Walter Coffey

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Walter Coffey (1876–1956) was the seventh president of the University of Minnesota, serving from 1941 to 1945.

Early years

Coffey was raised in Hartsville, Indiana and worked with his father as a sheep herder where he began to grow a strong interest in animal husbandry.

Education and career

He received a degree from Franklin College and began teaching in Indiana Schools for six years. He latter went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and took position as herdsman. Coffey realized that the university needed somebody to teach sheep raising and took full advantage of this opportunity. He then offered to teach the program and eventually worked his way from a student, to a graduate student, to a professor.^[1]

References

↑ "Walter Coffey". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

University of Minnesota Office of the President

Preceded by Guy Stanton Ford	President of the University of Minnesota 1941 — 1945	Succeeded by James Morrill

v t e Presidents of the University of Minnesota

Folwell Northrop Vincent Burton Coffman Ford Coffey Morrill Wilson Moos Ziebarth (interim) Magrath Keller Sauer (interim) Hasselmo Yudof Bruininks Kaler

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Date of death	1976
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