Artist: Jack K. Hodgkin (born 1936)
Hilton Marshall Briggs
BRIGGS, HILTON MARSHALL (1913–2001), inducted 1978
This portrait was the first to be added to the collection following the move from Chicago to Louisville. Hilton Briggs earned degrees from Iowa State and North Dakota State University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. His teaching career began at Oklahoma State in 1936, where he served as Associate Dean of Agriculture and Associate Director of the Agriculture Experiment Station. In 1950, he was appointed Dean of Agriculture at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Briggs was named the thirteenth president of South Dakota State University in 1958 and served in that position until 1975. He was president, and later fellow, of the American Society of Animal Science, and he authored the essential textbook, Modern Breeds of Livestock, through four editions. Hilton was also a well-known livestock judge, specializing in sheep, for fifty-five years.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 53