Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893–1954)
Stanley Rude Pierce
PIERCE, STANLEY RUDE (1872–1948), inducted 1940
Stanley (“S. R.”) Pierce furthered the success of Woodlawn and was president of the American Angus Association in 1912. Both father and son were honored by the Angus Heritage Foundation Hall of Fame, Stanley in 1983 and Blanford in 2007. S. R.’s son, Lewis, was a third-generation champion for the breed, serving as president of the American Angus Association in 1960. A fourth-generation Pierce, Lewis “Blanford,” established the Woodlawn Farms Angus Scholarship Endowment Fund in 2005.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 159