Kansas State Treasurer
William Marion Jardine took which position from Oct 1933 to Apr 1934?
William Marion Jardine William Marion Jardine ( January 16 , 1879January 17 , 1955 ) was a U.S . administrator and educator . He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1925 to 1929 and as the U.S . Minister to Egypt from 1930 to 1933 . Early life and education . Jardine was born in Oneida County , Idaho , to Rebecca and William Jardine . He graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Utah Agricultural College ( today Utah State University ) in Logan , Utah . On September 6 , 1905 , Jardine married the former Effie Lane Nebeker ; they had three children . He attended graduate school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1906 . Jardine had a strong interest in practical farming . He was also attracted to the opportunities in education . He began his teaching in Utah , where he soon became professor of agronomy . In 1910 , Jardine moved to Manhattan , Kansas to accept the position of agronomist at the Kansas State Agricultural College . Three years later , Jardine was made dean of the Division of Agriculture and was Director of the Agriculture Experiment Station . President of Kansas State University . On March 1 , 1918 , Jardine became the seventh President of Kansas State University . He served until February 28 , 1925 , when he was succeeded by Francis D . Farrell . The office had been vacant after Henry J . Waters resigned to become managing editor of the Weekly Kansas City Star . During his time in office , Jardine penned several handbooks , such as the Suggestions for Teachers Giving Practical Instruction to City Boys in ( a ) Care and Handling of Work Horses ( b ) Care , Adjustment , and Use of Farm Machinery ( c ) Care and Handling of Dairy Cows and Milk , which was published by the Kansas State Council of Defense . Jardine achieved an outstanding reputation for his work in agricultural education that extended far beyond the borders of the state of Kansas . Secretary of Agriculture . On March 5 , 1925 , President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S . Secretary of Agriculture , a position he held for the next four years . In 1926 , Jardine played an integral part in the formation of the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation . After the Chicago Board of Trade adopted his suggestions for regular reporting of the large trader positions , Jardine was the business conduct committee and the formation of a centralized for the clearing house . United States Minister to Egypt . At the end of the Coolidge administration on March 4 , 1929 , Jardine served in President Herbert Hoovers administration as the United States Minister to Egypt from October 13 , 1930 until September 5 , 1933 . President of Municipal University of Wichita . After returning to Kansas in 1933 , Jardine became the president of the Municipal University of Wichita ( currently known as Wichita State University ) . Jardine was appointed by the Kansas State Treasurer from October 2 , 1933 , and he took the oath the following day . He served in this capacity from October 3 , 1933 until 1949 . Death . Jardine was very active in education and government services until his death on January 17 , 1955 in San Antonio , Texas . He is interred at the Logan City Cemetery in Logan , Utah . Jardine was a Congregationalist and was a member of a Freemasons , Rotary , Alpha Zeta , Beta Theta Pi , Phi Kappa Phi , and the Sigma Xi . Jardines papers are archived at Wichita State University in Kansas . External links . - William M . Jardine , Kansas Historical Society - William M . Jardine , Transcribed from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans , written and compiled by William E . Connelley , Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society , Topeka . Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company , copyright 1918