Wilbur Olin Hedrick

Wilbur O. Hedrick (1868–1954) started as a professor of Economics at Michigan State College in 1908.

Wilbur Olin Hedrick
Former economics professor at the M.S.C. and the U. of M.
BornApril 3, 1868
DiedJune 10, 1954
NationalityAmerican
FieldEconomics
ContributionsEconomics of a Food Supply

Life

Born on April 3, 1868 in Elkhart, Indiana. He grew up in northern Michigan near Harbor Springs. He is the brother of Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick. He was married to Lucelia D. Baker. He fathered four children, Helen, Hester, Amy, and Marian.

He pioneered student co-operatives in East Lansing, and Hedrick House, named after him and opened in 1939, is the oldest student-owned co-operative in the USA.[1]

"No living person in this community has contributed more to M.S.C. than you have in your long period of distinguished service," said John A. Hannah in reference to Hedrick's accomplishments over his lengthy employment of 47 years as a faculty member at M.S.C..[2]


Bibliography
  • The history of Railroad Taxation in Michigan: a thesis, Lansing, 1912[3]
  • The Economics of a Food Supply, D. Appleton & Co.: New York, London, 1924.[4]

References
  1. "Hedrick Cooperative". MSU Student housing cooperative. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  2. "Wilbur Olin Hedrick". MSU Student housing cooperative. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  3. Wilbur Olin Hedrick (1912). The History of Railroad Taxation in Michigan... Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company, state printers.
  4. Wilbur Olin Hedrick (1924). The Economics of a Food Supply. D. Appleton.


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