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Utah State University

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Utah State University (1888- ) is a public research university in Logan, Utah.

Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 as Utah's agricultural college and focused on agriculture, domestic arts and mechanical arts. Now, however, the university offers programs in liberal arts, engineering, business, economics, and elementary and secondary education. USU is the largest public residential campus in Utah.

USU's main campus is located in Logan, Utah, with regional campuses in Brigham City, Tooele, and the Uintah Basin.

Citation:
Wikipedia, via WWW, 26 January 2015 (Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 as Utah's agricultural college and focused on agriculture, domestic arts and mechanical arts; now offers programs in liberal arts, engineering, business, economics, and elementary and secondary education; is the largest public residential campus in Utah; has a main campus located in Logan, Utah, with regional campuses in Brigham City, Tooele, and the Uintah Basin).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Willard Gardner biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315340]
Identifier: MSS SC 1785
Scope and Contents

One typewritten booklet. It contains a brief history of Willard Gardner. He has been referred to as the "father of modern soil physics." Willard got his Ph.D. in physics at the University of California at Berkeley and later on joined the Utah State University Physics Department where he worked on the theoretical and experimental interpretation of soil moisture phenomena.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Willard Gardner biography

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