Benson, Ezra Taft

LC control no.	n 50008042
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Benson, Ezra Taft *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Other standard no.	Q1386097
Located	Whitney (Idaho) Boise (Idaho) Washington (D.C.) Salt Lake City (Utah)
Birth date	1899-08-04
Death date	1994-05-30
Place of birth	Whitney (Idaho)
Place of death	Salt Lake City (Utah)
Field of activity	Agriculture Religion
Affiliation	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints United States. Department of Agriculture Utah State Agricultural College Brigham Young University Iowa State University University of California, Berkeley University of Idaho National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Profession or occupation	Farmers Religious leaders Public officers
Found in	U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture ... 1953 Gibbons, F.M. Ezra Taft Benson, 1996: CIP t.p. (Ezra Taft Benson) pub. info. (b. Aug. 4, 1899; d. May 30, 1994) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1899) Wikipedia, website viewed July 30, 2014 (Ezra Taft Benson; b. Aug 4, 1899, Whitney, Idaho; d. May 30, 1994, Salt Lake City, Utah; religious leader; President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, November 10, 1985-May 30, 1994; Quorom of the Twelve Apostles, October 7, 1948-November 10, 1985; United States Secretary of Agriculture, January 21, 1953-January 20, 1961; Began academic career at Utah State Agricultural College; farmer; LDS Mission in Britain from 1921-1923; BA, Brigham Young University, 1926; MA, Iowa State University; did preliminary work on a doctorate that was never completed at University of California at Berkeley; agricultural extension agent for Oneida County, Idaho; later moved to Boise, Idaho and was connected with the University of Idaho extension service; moved to Washington, D.C. to become Executive Secretary of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives)
Associated language	eng