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Theophilus Levi Haecker 1846–1938

Division of Dairy Husbandry, University of Minnesota

ABSTRACT

Theophilus Levi Haecker, known as the "Father of Dairying in Minnesota," died at St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 12, 1938, at the age of 92 years. He was buried at Hampton, Iowa.

It was in the fall of 1891 that Professor Haecker at the age of 45 years came to Minnesota to begin his memorable and remarkable career as a dairy investigator and leader. His work was particularly noticeable because it was so much broader in its scope than that of a mere scientist absorbed in the intricacies of technical research. His accomplishments were so varied and his personality so human that his right to fame might rest secure on any one of his many achievements. In its effect on the dairy industry his scientific achievements may well be compared with that of the Babcock test for, like it, his discoveries in animal nutrition did away with old guess work methods.