caption death_date death_place birth_place article_title birth_date alt order term_start image signature term_end name
kenyon l. butterfield c. 1922 25 november 1936 amherst , massachusetts lapeer , michigan kenyon l. butterfield
 june 11 , 1868 head victorian suit . he has a beard , a large and mustache and is slightly balding . he wears a serious shoulders expression and is looking slightly to the right . photograph of a man in a president the mechanic arts , -lrb- now the university of rhode of island -rrb- president of the massachusetts agricultural college -lrb- now the the university of massachusetts amherst -rrb- president of michigan agricultural rhode college , -lrb- now michigan state university -rrb- island college of agriculture and 1903 1906 1924 butterfield_kenyon . png kenyonleechbutterfield.svg 1906 1924 1928 kenyon leech butterfield
kenyon l. butterfield

kenyon leech butterfield -lrb- june 11 , 1868 -- november 25 , 1936 -rrb- was an american agricultural scientist and college administrator known for developing the cooperative extension service at the land grant universities .
he was president of the rhode island college of agriculture and mechanic arts -lrb- 1903-1906 -rrb- ; the massachusetts agricultural college -lrb- 1906-1924 -rrb- , and the michigan agricultural college , -lrb- later michigan state college of agriculture and applied science , which is now michigan state university -rrb- from 1924 to 1928 .
butterfield was an early proponent of extension education programming at the land grant colleges rather than extension activities being a direct responsibility of the u.s department of agriculture , an idea championed by extension pioneer seaman a. knapp .
using state funds in april 1904 , butterfield created an agricultural extension department at the rhode island college of agriculture and mechanic arts , and later in 1906 , he did the same at massachusetts agricultural college .
the organizational structure of these two colleges formed the basis for developing the smith-lever act of 1914 that authorized federal funding of comprehensive cooperative extension programming by land grant colleges and universities nationwide .
butterfield hall at the university of rhode island , butterfield house at the university of massachusetts amherst and butterfield hall of the brody complex at michigan state university are all dedicated in his name .
