Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Henry Wright Marshall Sr.
MARSHALL, HENRY WRIGHT SR. (1865–1951), inducted between 1920–1936
Henry Marshall bred Hereford and Angus cattle on his 6,000-acre Marshall Farms near Lafayette, Indiana, and was a prominent exhibitor at state fairs and the International Live Stock Exposition. He was a member of Indiana’s committee for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. In 1914, he purchased and merged the Lafayette Journal and the Lafayette Sunday Times, and then in 1919, bought out the rival newspaper, Daily Times. He operated the Lafayette Journal and Courier until his retirement in 1927. From 1921 to 1927, Marshall served on the board of Purdue University, including a one-year stint as the university’s acting president at the beginning of that period. During the last four years, he was president and chairman of Purdue’s board of trustees and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1931. From 1933 to 1950, Henry Marshall was president of the International, and one of the challenges and triumphs of his leadership period was rebuilding the facilities after the devastating 1934 stockyards fire.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 134