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Dr. Bearden New Head of Mississippi Dairy Department New head of the Dairy Department at Mississippi State University is H. J. BEARDEN, who has returned to his home state from Cornell University where he was an associate professor.

Dr. Bearden was born in Starkville, Mississip on May 12, 1926. With his family, he moved to a farm in Walthall County when he was seven years old. He graduated from Enon High School in 1944, spent the next two years in the Navy, and then entered Mississippi State College. While a student he H. J. Bearden worked at the dairy barn and helped with artificial insemination research. Majoring in Dairy Production, he graduated with special honors in January, 1950.

After earning the Master of Science degree from the University of Tennessee in 1951, Dr. Bearden was awarded the Ralston Purina fellowship for work toward a Ph.D. He earned this degree in 1954 from Cornell University, with a major in animal breeding and minors in animal nutrition and veterinary physiology.