NEW PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE
dr McMeekan appointed (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, October 12. The second chair in agriculture at Canterbury Agricultural College, which has been vacant since the retirement of Professor F. W. Hilgendorf, has been filled by the appointment of Dr C. P. McMeekan, B.Agr.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Cantab.), who has been appointed Professor of Agriculture (animal husbandry). Dr McMeekan spent his early years on a farm and graduated BAgr.Sc. at Massey College in 1931, being then appointed assistant lecturer in dairy husbandry. In 1936 he went to England to further his research activities and widen his experience. He accepted an offer of facilities for research from Dr John Hammond F.R.S., at the Animal Research Institute, University of Cambridge, and completed two years’ post-graduate work there, being awarded Ph.D. for a report on specialized work on animal nutrition and physiology.
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Southland Times, Issue 23947, 13 October 1939, Page 8
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