Herbert Windsor Mumford
MUMFORD, HERBERT WINDSOR (1871–1938), inducted 1928
Portrait perhaps not repainted after the 1934 fire.
Like his brother, Frederick, who was honored with a Saddle & Sirloin induction the same year, Herbert Windsor Mumford was born in Moscow, Michigan, and educated at Albion College and Michigan Agricultural College. After teaching briefly at his alma mater, Mumford accepted a position as head of the Animal Husbandry Department at the University of Illinois in 1901. He was appointed dean in 1922. Dean Mumford’s expertise was in purebred breeding stock, particularly Duroc hogs, Jersey cattle, and beef cattle, and his skill as a judge was demonstrated when he was named Chair of Cattle Jurors at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. H. W. Mumford was a leader in livestock marketing and strategies to increase production, as economic hardship loomed in the 1920s. He created models that were adopted at the national level, and he advised many foreign nations on livestock matters.
During the 1928 International, the American Society of Animal Production sponsored the “Mumfords’ Dinner,” honoring the lifetimes of service of brothers Frederick and Herbert. Frederick’s portrait was already hanging at that time, but Herbert’s was added. Herbert’s portrait is no longer represented in the collection.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 148