Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Robert Sidney Shaw
SHAW, ROBERT SIDNEY (1871–1953), inducted 1933
Robert Sidney Shaw graduated from Ontario Agricultural College in 1893 and managed his father’s farm for five years before immigrating to the United States in 1898. He was an assistant professor at Montana State College, and then in 1902, joined the faculty at Michigan Agricultural College. Six years later, Shaw was named dean of agriculture and director of the experiment station. Dean Shaw increased purebred herds and added pedigreed draft horses; he also developed livestock extension programs. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1922. In 1928, Shaw became president of the institution, by that time renamed Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. President Shaw reorganized and expanded the curriculum and added a graduate school. He retired in 1941.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 176