Thomas Barksdale Hutcheson

(1882-1950)

Head, Department of Agronomy 1914-1945

Dean, School of Agriculture 1946-1950

Thomas Barksdale Hutcheson lived in the dairy barn at

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and

Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), working his way

through college by milking cows. Widely known later

for his agricultural research and writing, ...