Artist: C. J. Fox Studios (commercial portrait studio, specific artist not attributed)
James Calvin “Jim” Hillier
HILLIER, JAMES CALVIN (1910–1993), inducted 1993
Jim Hillier received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from Iowa State College and served briefly as an assistant county agent and staff member at Massachusetts State University, before joining the Animal Husbandry faculty at Oklahoma A&M College in 1937. In 1953, he completed his doctorate in Animal Nutrition from Purdue University. As a meats judging coach, his teams won eight of twelve contests. Dr. Hillier was a pioneer in performance testing and was instrumental in establishing one of the first boar test stations, as well as Oklahoma Beef, Inc., a bull test station. He was a master breeder of Yorkshire and Hampshire swine herds, and as a judge, used the show ring to provide leadership for changes he knew were needed in the breed. Dr. Hillier died in 1993, just months before his Saddle & Sirloin induction.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 111