Agricultural Hall of Fame

Many OAC alumni have been inducted into Agricultural Halls of Fame at both the national and provincial levels.


National

Established in 1960, the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame honours and celebrates Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to the Agriculture and Food industries. Many OAC alumni have been the recipients of this national honour:

Year Name & Graduating Class Year Name & Graduating Class
1961 Robert W. Wade 1905 1975 William R. Graham 1894
1962 Robert M. Holtby 1886 1976 George E. Raithby 1922
1962 Walter D. Jackson 1909 1977 Leonard H. Newman 1903
1962 William R. Motherwell 1881 1978 Helen May McKercher 1930
1963 Herbert H. Hannam 1926 1983 Frederick M. Campbell 1938
1963 Percy H. Moore 1910 1984 Edward T. McLaughlin 1937
1964 G.S. Horace Barton 1907 1986 F.W. Presant 1923
1964 George E. Day 1893 1990 G.F. Townsend 1938
1966 William J. Rutherford 1903 1991 J. Clarence Rennie 1947
1967 John J.E. McCague 1921 1993 Everett Biggs 1948
1971 Ernest Charles Drury 1900 1996 Robert Hardy Shore 1951
1971 William P. Watson 1928 1998 Clayton Switzer 1951
1972 John Arthur Carroll 1914 1999 George R. McLaughlin 1946
1972 William Robert Reek 1910 2001 Charles Gracey 1958
1973 Erle Kitchen 1910 2004 John E. Moles 1936
1974 Charles A. Zavitz 1888 2005 Byron E. Beeler 1963

Provincial

On a provincial level, the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame opened June 1st, 1980 with the induction of nine pioneer agriculturists, three of them graduates from OAC. Since that time, many more OAC alumni have been presented with this honour in recognition of their significant contributions to the welfare and improvement of Ontario agriculture.

Year Name & Graduating Class Year Name & Graduating Class
1980 Stewart A. Brown 1947 1994 George A. McCague 1928
1980 James A. Garner 1923 1996 James Ross Cavers 1929
1980 Herbert H. Hannam 1926 1998 Arthur H. K. Musgrave 1920
1981 David A. Jones 1966 1998 Douglas Lyle Parks 1940
1982 William H. Bell 1915 1999 A. Mac Cuddy 1942
1982 George I. Christie 1902 2001 Ken Lantz 1945
1982 Douglas H. Hart 1922 2002 Gordon Bennett 1943
1983 T. Richard Hilliard 1940 2002 Oliver Bradt 1938
1983 Joseph E. Johnson 1919 2002 Rick Richards 1938
1983 Alexander R. Stewart 1899 2002 George Early 1960 (Ridgetown)
1984 Watson H. Porter 1911 2002 Donald M. Shaver 1995
1984 George E. Raithby 1922 2003 George McLaughlin 1946
1986 William Graham 1894 2004 Tom E. Chudleigh 1963
1986 Alexander McKinney IV 1961 2004 Alex F. Henry 1951
1986 Edmund F. Palmer 1913 2004 Donald N. Huntley 1941
1986 Alma J. Wagg 1900 2004 Francis Redelmeier 1941, 1945
1988 Helen May McKercher 1930 2005 Brian S. Ellsworth 1959
1988 George N. Runke 1923 2005 Murray Gaunt 1956
1989 Ernest C. Drury 1900 2005 Garnet A. Ralph 1947 (Kemptville)
1990 John J. E. McCague 1921 2005 Clayton M. Switzer 1951
1991 Elliot Irwin McLoughry 1922 2006 Harvey J. Brown 1963
1991 Osborne L. Sager 1925 2006 Keith R. Collver 1949
1991 Harold W.M Smith 1916 2006 Ross W. Irwin 1951
1992 John A. Dalrymple 1935 2006 George E. Jones 1950
1993 Lawrence McKay Kerr 1929 2006 J. Stanley Knapp 1914
1994 George Stuart Atkins 1939 2006 W. Stanley Young 1949