Artist: Jack K. Hodgkin (born 1936)
Charles E. Barnhart
BARNHART, CHARLES ELMER (1923–2007), inducted 1987
Born in Windsor, Illinois, Charles Barnhart completed undergraduate studies at Purdue University and then received a Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 1954. He accepted a position at the University of Kentucky in 1948. In four decades of service to that institution, Dr. Barnhart served as director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, beginning in 1966, and dean of the College of Agriculture, from 1969 until his retirement in 1988. During his tenure, research projects, published research, and university facilities increased dramatically. Barnhart’s own early research in swine nutrition resulted in several patents, and as an internationally recognized authority on nutrition, he authored or co-authored more than 100 publications. In the late 1950s, he conducted pioneering research on virginiamycin, an antibiotic widely used in large animal and poultry production. Dr. Barnhart played a significant role in the establishment of the North American International Livestock Exposition and helped bring the Saddle & Sirloin gallery to Louisville.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 45