J. Wayne Reitz
| J. Wayne Reitz | |
|---|---|
University of Florida President
J. Wayne Reitz, circa 1955. |
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| Born |
December 31, 1908 Olathe, Kansas |
| Died | December 24, 1993 (aged 84) Gainesville, Florida |
| Education |
B.A., Colorado State, 1930 M.S., University of Illinois, 1935 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1941 |
| Occupation |
University Professor Agricultural Economist University President |
| Employer |
Colorado State University University of Illinois U.S. Department of Agriculture University of Florida |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Huston Millikan Reitz |
Julius Wayne Reitz (December 31, 1908 – December 24, 1993) was an American agricultural economist, professor and university president. Reitz was a native of Kansas, and earned bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in his chosen field. After working as an agricultural economist, university professor and U.S. government agricultural administrator, Reitz was selected to be the fifth president of the University of Florida, serving from 1955 until 1967.
Wayne Reitz was born on New Year's Eve, 1908, in Olathe, Kansas. His parents later moved his family to Canon City, Colorado, where he graduated from high school in 1926, and was admitted to Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. While he was a university student, he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity (Beta Tau Chapter), the editor of the Silver Spruce yearbook, freshman class president, student body president, and the winner of the Rocky Mountain Oratory Award. Reitz received his bachelor's degree in 1930.
After graduating with a bachelor of science degree, Reitz started work as an agricultural extension economist, first at Colorado State, and then at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, where he earned his master of science degree in 1935. That same year, after accepting an assistant professorship in agricultural economics at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, Reitz married Frances Huston Millikan. After being promoted to full professor, Reitz returned to his formal studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, where he earned his doctor of philosophy degree in 1941.
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