Talk:Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

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Disputed title[edit]

The actual title is "Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services", not "...Agriculture...". Can the title of this article be corrected somehow? Amustard (talk) 15:42, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of Past Assistant and Under Secretaries[edit]

So far as I can tell, the first predecessor of this position was established in 1953 when Secretary Ezra Taft Benson convinced Congress to expand the number of assistant secretaries from 1 to 3. Prior to that the Secretary had only two subcabinet subordinates, the Under Secretary and a lone Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. The functions appear to have been split across positions and re-merged at various points, creating a bit of a muddle -- anybody who can add clarity is urged to comment!

An incomplete list of the succession since 1953 includes:

  • Romeo E. Short, Assistant Secretary for the Foreign Agricultural Service, July 21, 1953-September 28, 1953 (Eisenhower)
  • John H. Davis, Assistant Secretary for Commodity Marketing and Adjustment, February 1953-1954 (Eisenhower) (see http://www.ameu.org/page.asp?aid=425&iid=156&pg=1)
  • Ross Rizley, Assistant Secretary for Stabilization?, Dec 1953-Dec 1954
  • James A. McConnell, Assistant Secretary for Stabilization?, Jan 1955-Dec 1955
  • Don Paarlberg, Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Foreign Agriculture, July 1957-September 1958 (Eisenhower)
  • Clarence Ludlow Miller, Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Foreign Agriculture, February 1959-January 1961
  • Marvin L. McLain, Assistant Secretary for Agricultural Stabilization, per Congressional hearings on PL480 operations August 19, 1958
  • James T. Ralph, for Stabilization, January 1961-December 1962
  • John Duncan, Jr., for Marketing and Foreign Agriculture, January 1961-July 1963, (Kennedy) per 'FAS Letter' Jan-Mar 1961
  • George L. Mehren, for Marketing, August 1963-
  • Roland R. Renne, for Int'l Affairs, March 1963 to March 1964?, (Kennedy) per 'FAS Letter' Jan 1963
  • Dorothy Houston Jacobson, for Int'l Affairs, March 20, 1964-?, (Johnson) per 'FAS Letter' Apr-May 1964 (her papers are housed with the papers of Orville Freeman at the Minnesota Historical Society, see http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00372.xml) She was Freeman's aide and speech writer before becoming assistant secretary.
  • Clarence Palmby, January 1969-June 1972 (Nixon)
  • Carroll G. Brunthaver, June 1972-January 1974 (Nixon)
  • Clayton K. Yeutter, IACP, March 1974-? 1975 (Ford)
  • Richard Bell, IACP, July 1975-January 1977 (Ford)
  • Dale Hathaway, IACP April 1977- (Carter)

(position elevated to Under Secretary status in 1978 by Act of Congress)

  • Seeley Lodwick (Reagan) 1981?-1983?
  • Daniel G. Amstutz (Reagan), 1983-1987
  • Richard T. Crowder (Bush 41) 1989-?
  • Eugene Moos (Clinton) 1993-?

(IACP renamed FFAS in 1994 reorganization, authorized by Act of Congress)

  • August Schumacher, Jr. (Clinton), 1997-2001
  • J.B. Penn, May 2001-March 2007 (Bush 43)
  • Mark Keenum,?2007-January 2009 (Bush 43)
  • James W. Miller, (Obama)

Can anybody help to fill in the blanks? Amustard (talk) 15:56, 12 July 2009 (UTC) Added some updates this weekend 189.216.153.230 (talk) 22:44, 26 July 2009 (UTC) See also some of the appointment dates here: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/sen_agriculture/append5.html 189.216.153.230 (talk) 00:06, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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