Justin Smith Morrill - Cross II, Coy F
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Almost every land-grant college or university in the US has a building named for Justin Smith Morrill, yet few understand his contribution. Cross, a professional historian employed by the US Air Force, reveals a complex and influential political figure who, as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, influenced American economic policy for 50 years. His most-recognized achievements were the pieces of legislation that bear his name: the Morrill land-grant college acts of 1862 and 1890. This legislation paved the way to open up American higher education to the working class, women, minorities, and immigrants.…mehr

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Almost every land-grant college or university in the US has a building named for Justin Smith Morrill, yet few understand his contribution. Cross, a professional historian employed by the US Air Force, reveals a complex and influential political figure who, as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, influenced American economic policy for 50 years. His most-recognized achievements were the pieces of legislation that bear his name: the Morrill land-grant college acts of 1862 and 1890. This legislation paved the way to open up American higher education to the working class, women, minorities, and immigrants.
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Coy F. Cross is a professional historian employed by the U.S. Air Force, as 9th Reconnaissance Wing Historian.