Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893–1954)
William Harper Pew
PEW, WILLIAM HARPER (1883–1935), inducted 1937
Although his father was a prominent industrialist, William H. Pew aspired to pursue livestock farming as a profession. After attending Ohio State University, he received his degree at Iowa State College in 1907 and was immediately selected to head the Animal Husbandry Department at New Hampshire State College. In 1909, he returned to Iowa State as professor, and in 1912, as department head. Six years later, he left academia to establish Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hog breeding operations on his father’s Ravendale Farm in Ravenna, Ohio. For nine years, he was manager of Briarcliff Farms in Dutchess County, New York, the nation’s largest Aberdeen Angus herd. A director of the American Angus Association, Bill Pew initiated 4-H Club Baby Beef work in New York and contributed much to improved beef cattle production in the Eastern states. In demand as a judge, Pew served at the Philadelphia Exposition (1926), the American Royal, the International, and many other shows and fairs.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 157