Artist: Joseph Allworthy (1892–1991)
Albert Edward Darlow
DARLOW, ALBERT EDWARD (1899–1966), inducted 1958
Named president of the American Society of Animal Production in 1954, that organization selected Al Darlow for Saddle & Sirloin honors four years later. Darlow earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Oklahoma A&M College and then joined the faculty there in 1919. He continued a winning legacy begun as a student, serving as coach of the judging team at the International. Darlow also established the sheep herd at Oklahoma and published extensively on sheep feeding and breeding. In 1935, he joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin and while there, earned his Ph.D. Darlow returned to Oklahoma in 1943, leading the Animal Husbandry Department, coaching the judging team to a win in 1948, and eventually, serving as dean and vice president. During his tenure, and until his retirement in 1964, Dean Darlow helped transform the state of Oklahoma from a row crop state into a livestock state. He was inducted into the American Angus Heritage Foundation Hall of Fame in 1983.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 77