History
(Under Construction)
In 1888 when the Experiment Station was organized, Agricultural Chemistry was founded. It was first listed within the catalog of the University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, in1894, as a separate department focusing on chemical work. Among many chemists that served at the Agricultural Experiment Station, Dr. Paul Schweitzer (b. 03/01/1840, Berlin, Germany) is well noted for his many publications that include "Contributions from the Laboratory of the State University" and the "The Heating Value and Proximate Analyses of Missouri Coal".
Missouri State Chemists
- Dr. Leonard D. Haigh, 1918 - 1946
- Dr. Charles W. Gehrke, 1950 - 1987
- Dr. Thomas P. Mawhinney, 1987 - present
Fertilizer & Limestone Control Directors
- Homer L. L'Hote, 1948 -1950
- R. C. Prewitt, 1950 - 1958
- Winfred D. Baker, 1958 - 1985
- Joseph V. Slater, 1991 - 2018
State Chemists and the Fertilizer Industry
