| 1868 |
Born 11 June at Lapeer, MI, to Ira H. and Olive F.
(Davison) Butterfield. |
| 1891 |
B.S., Michigan Agricultural College; head of
class. |
| 1892-1896 |
Editor, Michigan Grange Visitor. |
| 1895 |
Married Harriet E. Millard of Lapeer, MI. |
| 1895-1899 |
Superintendent, Michigan Farmers' Institute, and
field agent, Michigan Agricultural College. |
| 1902 |
A.M., University of Michigan; Instructor in Rural
Sociology. |
| 1903-1906 |
President, Rhode Island College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts. |
| 1906-1924 |
President, Massachusetts Agricultural
College. |
| 1908 |
Appointed to Country Life Commission by President
Theodore Roosevelt;
Chapters in Rural Progress
published. |
| 1909 |
Carew Lecturer, Hartford Theological
Seminary. |
| 1910 |
Honorary LL.D., Amherst College;
The Country Church and the Rural Problem
published. |
| 1913 |
Appointed to Commission for the Study of
Agricultural Credits and |
| 1917 |
Chairman, Massachusetts Food Supply
Commission. |
| 1918-1919 |
Member, U.S. Army Educational Commission;
Educational Director, American Expeditionary Forces
(A.E.F.). |
| 1919 |
Organized World Agricultural Council and American
Country Life Association;
The Farmer and the New Day
published. |
| 1921 |
Honorary LL.D., Rhode Island State
College. |
| 1921-1922 |
Member, Burton Commission on Christian Education
in China. |
| 1922 |
Education and Chinese Agriculture
published |
| 1923 |
A Christian Program for the Rural
Community
published |
| 1924-1928 |
President, Michigan Agricultural College. |
| 1929 |
Report on Rural Conditions and Sociological
Problems in South Africa
published for Carnegie Foundation. |
| 1930 |
The Christian Mission in Rural India
published for International Missionary Council. |
| 1931 |
The Christian Mission of the Church in Rural
Asia
published for International Missionary Council. |
| 1933 |
The Christian Enterprise Among Rural
People
published. |
| 1935 |
Moved to Amherst from New Jersey; died 26
November, leaving widow and two sons. |
