Japan. He was a Privy Counselor from 1925 to 1929 and, in 1931, became 

 President of the South Manchuria Railway. 



After retiring from public life late in 1931, he was again asked to serve 

 his country for a short while as Foreign Minister, an offer which he 

 accepted in 1932. 



James Wilson 

 (1835-1920) 



From 1897 to 1913, James Wilson served as Secretary of Agriculture in 

 the Cabinet of several Presidents. Among his many duties during this 

 period, which included the time when the two shipments of flowering 

 cherry trees arrived from Japan, Secretary Wilson was responsible for 

 protecting the agricultural crops within the United States from diseases 

 and insect pests. 



Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Secretary Wilson came to America in 1851 

 and lived for 5 years in Connecticut. He then moved to Laura County, 

 Iowa, where he attended secondary school before attending Iowa College, 

 Grinnell, Iowa, for 2 years. From 1868 to 1873, he was a member of the 

 Iowa House of Representatives and served as Speaker from 1872 through 

 1873. From 1873 to 1877 and from 1883 to 1885, he served in the U.S. 

 Congress as one of the representatives from Iowa. He served on the Board 

 of Regents for the University of Iowa, Coe College, at Cedar Rapids from 

 1870 to 1874. From 1885 to 1897, he served as a trustee for the college. 

 From 1879 to 1883, he was a member of Iowa State Railway Commission. 

 In 1891, he became Professor of Agriculture and Director of the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station at Ames, Iowa. In 1913, he was awarded a 

 LL.D. degree from Edinburgh University. From 1913 until his death he 

 was active with the Agricultural Digest. 



He died in Traer, Iowa. 



Albert Frederick Woods 

 (1866-1948) 



Dr. Woods was one of the supervisory scientists who reported some 

 pests found in the first cherry tree shipment from Japan. 



Dr. Woods was born on a farm near Belvedere, 111., and, while still a 

 young boy, moved with his family to a cattle ranch near the University of 

 Nebraska. He later attended the University and received degrees of B.S. 

 (1890), M.A. (1892), and Ph.D. in Agriculture (1912). In 1893, he was 

 appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an Assistant Division 

 Chief in the Division of Plant Pathology by President Cleveland. After 

 attaining the job of Assistant Bureau Chief of the Bureau of Plant 



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