Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893–1954)
Franklin George King
KING, FRANKLIN GEORGE (1884–1946), inducted 1944
Reared on a Missouri livestock farm, Frank King graduated from Missouri State University in 1907. After brief periods at his alma mater and the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, he accepted a position on the Purdue University faculty, where he remained for thirty-six years. In 1928, Professor King was named head of the Department of Animal Husbandry. There, he supervised experimental beef cattle feeding work and led the breeding and management of Purdue’s prize-winning flocks and herds. King served as president of the American Society of Animal Production in 1923, and that organization nominated him to the Saddle & Sirloin Club. He was named to the Indiana Livestock Breeders Association Hall of Fame.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 121