Artist: Eugene Alexander Montgomery (1905–2001)
Jewell Clarence “J. C.” Holbert
HOLBERT, JEWELL CLARENCE (1899–1991), inducted 1973
Born in Missouri, J. C. Holbert received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Iowa State College, where he was on the first place Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Team at the 1922 International Live Stock Exposition. Holbert was named high individual that year as well. He taught at Iowa State from 1923–1943 and coached the judging teams for several of those years, achieving wins in 1938 and 1940. He returned to his farm near Bettendorf, Iowa, in 1933 to breed Angus cattle. Holbert was president of the Iowa Beef Producers’ Association and chairman of the Iowa Livestock Council; director of the National Livestock and Meat Board, the National Beef Council, and the National Cattlemen’s Association; and in 1970, president of the American Angus Association. An outspoken advocate for beef quality, he fought the trend to lower marbling standards for top grades of beef. Holbert was named to the Angus Heritage Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 112