Background
HARDIN, Clifford Son of J. Alvin and Mabel (Macy) Hardin.
HARDIN, Clifford Son of J. Alvin and Mabel (Macy) Hardin.
Purdue University.
Assistant Professor, of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin 1942-1944. Association Professor, Professor, and Chairman Agricultural Economics Department, Michigan State University 1946-1948, Director Agriculture Experimental Station 1948-1953, Dean of Agriculture 1953-1954. Chancellor, University of Nebraska 1954-1969.
United States Secretary of Agriculture 1969-1971.
Vice-Chairman Ralston Purina Company 1971-1980. Director and Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Study of American Business, Washington University, Saint Louis 1981-1985.
Executive Committee Council of Higher Education of the American Repubs. 1963-1969; Consultant and Director Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Saint Louis 1980-1987.
Trustee, Rockefeller Foundation 1961-1969, 1972-1981, Farm Foundation 1973-1983, Socially Responsible Investment — Gallup, Halifax Engineering Incorporated.
Board National Science Foundation 1966-1970.
Married Martha Love Wood in 1939.