Earl Butz

Earl Butz

writer
politician
economist
university teacher
🇺🇸United States
✝️Lutheranism

Earl Lauer "Rusty" Butz was a United States government official who served as the secretary of agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. His policies favored large-scale corporate farming and an end to New Deal programs.

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Lifespan
1909 – 2008
Quotes
2
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Albion
Educated at
Purdue University
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 Ernest C. Young
Doctoral Students
📖 Harold LeRoy Hawley

Timeline

  • 1909

    Born

    Birth
  • 2008

    Died

    Death

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