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Ernest George Ritzman served the University of New Hamp- 

 shire for 40 years; as Research Professor of Animal Husbandry 

 from 1915 to 1946 and as Emeritus Professor from 1946 to 1955. 

 Born in Switzerland, he came to the United States at the age of 

 seven and with his parents settled on a farm in Iowa. He received 

 his schooling in that state. Immediately following his graduation 

 from Iowa State College in 1903, with a B.S. in Agriculture, he 

 began his professional career in his chosen field of animal hus- 

 bandry. He was associated with the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 U.S.D.A., for 5 years and from 190o to 1915 he served as Animal 

 Husbandman in charge of animal breeding research at the Puerto 

 Rico Agricultural Experiment Station. 



During his career at the University of New Hampshire, Pro- 

 fessor Ritzman, in cooperation with the Carnegie Institution of 

 Washington, initiated and directed basic research in the field of 

 protein and energy metabolism of farm animals. The reputation 

 of the Nutrition Laboratory was so firmly established through the 

 outstanding contributions of Professor Ritzman and his associ- 

 ates that it has brought signal honor in national and international 

 recognition to the University of New Hampshire. 



Professor Ritzman was awarded an honorary Master of Sci- 

 ence degree in 1928 by the University of New Hampshire. On May 

 15, 1955, death marked the end of his outstanding career. 



The picture is a copy of a portrait by Professor John W. Hatch 

 of the Department of The Arts at the University. It was the gift of 

 the many friends of Professor Ernest George Ritzman. It hangs 

 in the Nutrition Laboratory at the LIniversity where he devoted so 

 many years of his life to the science of agriculture. 



