LOGAN--Funeral arrangements were pending Wednesday for James Christian Hogenson, 67, extension service agronomist at Utah State Agriculture College, who died following a heart attack at his home on College Hill, Logan, Tuesday afternoon.
One of the west's best known agricultural leaders, Dr. Hogenson had served intermountain residents since 1911. He had recently returned from a state-wide tour with the "food for freedom" train.
Professor Hogenson was born July 27, 1874, in Denmark a son of Niels and Bodel Monson Hogenson. He came to Utah with his parents in 1880, and as a youth he did farm work, logging and railroad construction work to earn money to enter USAC in 1894.
After his graduation in 1899, he taught school in Clarkston and Newton, and served two years as county fruit tree inspector.
He went to Washington D.C. as a USDA soil expert following studies at Michigan Agricultural College in 1902. He received his master of science degree at Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y. in 1905, where he had been transferred to do cooperative work with the university.
Dr. Hogenson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lydia Baker Hogenson, whom he married in 1903 in Logan; a son, James C. Hogenson, Phoenix, Ariz.; two daughters, Miss Melba Doloris Hogenson, Salt Lake City LDS Hospital nurse; and Mrs. Helen H. Romney, Phoenix; two sisters, Mrs. Stena Nelson and Mrs. Amanda Hanson, Newton, and seven grandchildren.
One of the west's best known agricultural leaders, Dr. Hogenson had served intermountain residents since 1911. He had recently returned from a state-wide tour with the "food for freedom" train.
Professor Hogenson was born July 27, 1874, in Denmark a son of Niels and Bodel Monson Hogenson. He came to Utah with his parents in 1880, and as a youth he did farm work, logging and railroad construction work to earn money to enter USAC in 1894.
After his graduation in 1899, he taught school in Clarkston and Newton, and served two years as county fruit tree inspector.
He went to Washington D.C. as a USDA soil expert following studies at Michigan Agricultural College in 1902. He received his master of science degree at Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y. in 1905, where he had been transferred to do cooperative work with the university.
Dr. Hogenson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lydia Baker Hogenson, whom he married in 1903 in Logan; a son, James C. Hogenson, Phoenix, Ariz.; two daughters, Miss Melba Doloris Hogenson, Salt Lake City LDS Hospital nurse; and Mrs. Helen H. Romney, Phoenix; two sisters, Mrs. Stena Nelson and Mrs. Amanda Hanson, Newton, and seven grandchildren.
LOGAN--Funeral arrangements were pending Wednesday for James Christian Hogenson, 67, extension service agronomist at Utah State Agriculture College, who died following a heart attack at his home on College Hill, Logan, Tuesday afternoon.
One of the west's best known agricultural leaders, Dr. Hogenson had served intermountain residents since 1911. He had recently returned from a state-wide tour with the "food for freedom" train.
Professor Hogenson was born July 27, 1874, in Denmark a son of Niels and Bodel Monson Hogenson. He came to Utah with his parents in 1880, and as a youth he did farm work, logging and railroad construction work to earn money to enter USAC in 1894.
After his graduation in 1899, he taught school in Clarkston and Newton, and served two years as county fruit tree inspector.
He went to Washington D.C. as a USDA soil expert following studies at Michigan Agricultural College in 1902. He received his master of science degree at Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y. in 1905, where he had been transferred to do cooperative work with the university.
Dr. Hogenson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lydia Baker Hogenson, whom he married in 1903 in Logan; a son, James C. Hogenson, Phoenix, Ariz.; two daughters, Miss Melba Doloris Hogenson, Salt Lake City LDS Hospital nurse; and Mrs. Helen H. Romney, Phoenix; two sisters, Mrs. Stena Nelson and Mrs. Amanda Hanson, Newton, and seven grandchildren.
One of the west's best known agricultural leaders, Dr. Hogenson had served intermountain residents since 1911. He had recently returned from a state-wide tour with the "food for freedom" train.
Professor Hogenson was born July 27, 1874, in Denmark a son of Niels and Bodel Monson Hogenson. He came to Utah with his parents in 1880, and as a youth he did farm work, logging and railroad construction work to earn money to enter USAC in 1894.
After his graduation in 1899, he taught school in Clarkston and Newton, and served two years as county fruit tree inspector.
He went to Washington D.C. as a USDA soil expert following studies at Michigan Agricultural College in 1902. He received his master of science degree at Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y. in 1905, where he had been transferred to do cooperative work with the university.
Dr. Hogenson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lydia Baker Hogenson, whom he married in 1903 in Logan; a son, James C. Hogenson, Phoenix, Ariz.; two daughters, Miss Melba Doloris Hogenson, Salt Lake City LDS Hospital nurse; and Mrs. Helen H. Romney, Phoenix; two sisters, Mrs. Stena Nelson and Mrs. Amanda Hanson, Newton, and seven grandchildren.
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