Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893–1954)
Charles Edwin Snyder
SNYDER, CHARLES EDWIN (1886–1977), inducted 1938
Born on a farm near Norwalk, Ohio, Charles E. Snyder completed his degree in agriculture at Ohio State University in 1909. He was one of the early members of agriculture fraternity Alpha Gamma Rho, and he edited its national magazine, The Sickle and Sheaf, for two years. He spent time as an animal husbandry instructor at the University of Minnesota, a USDA sheep specialist, and a journalist for National Stockman & Farmer. In 1920, he became editor of the Chicago Drovers Journal daily. Snyder was also editorial director of the Corn Belt Dailies family of publications for more than three decades. From 1931–1933, he was president of Sigma Delta Chi, the forerunner of the Society of Professional Journalists. President of the Saddle & Sirloin Club at Union Stock Yards for twenty-five years, Snyder conducted its national student livestock essay contest. Snyder was inducted into the Ohio State University Animal Sciences Hall of Fame in 1943.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 181