Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893–1954)
Arthur D. Weber
WEBER, ARTHUR D. (1898–1983), inducted 1952
Born on a farm near Muscotah, Kansas, Arthur Weber received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in animal husbandry from Kansas State College, while working as acting herdsman at the school, and managing nearby Cameston Farms. In 1924, he began to teach and head swine research at the college. In 1926, Professor Weber took over the sheep program at the University of Nebraska and then returned to Kansas to assume responsibility for beef cattle work. Weber completed his Ph.D. at Purdue University in 1940 and was named head of animal husbandry at Kansas State, serving from 1944 to 1950, when he assumed the position of assistant dean. In 1952, Weber became college dean and director of the Kansas Experiment Station. Dean Weber was secretary-treasurer of the American Society of Animal Science and then served as its president in 1945–1946. He was the first business manager of the Journal of Science. The ASAS presented his portrait in 1952.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 199