Artist: Arvid Nyholm (1866–1927)
Walter Frederick Handschin
HANDSCHIN, WALTER FREDERICK (1880–1922), inducted 1924
Tracking a lead from an old newspaper article, a digital copy of the 1924 induction booklet for Dr. Walter Handschin was discovered in 2025. Although his portrait was not listed on the inventory when nearly all paintings in the collection moved to Louisville, we can now document that he was honored, posthumously, at the Saddle & Sirloin Club, Chicago. The Wisconsin native led the department of farm organization and management at the University of Illinois and was president of the American Farm Economic Association. It is likely that his portrait was not repainted after the 1934 fire.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 103