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from the issue of October 18, 2007
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From the Archives - Charles E. Bessey
Charles E. Bessey was selected by the NU regents to serve as a professor of botany and horticulture. Bessey accepted the appointment in 1885, leaving the Iowa State College of Agriculture.
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| | | An invitation to Charles Bessey and his wife to attend the 1892 World's Fair in Chicago.
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Bessey served as acting NU chancellor three different occasions, always choosing not to accept the position permanently.
Bessey initiated a program of scientific experimentation in agriculture that focused on outreach to regional farmers, research courses and lab work in botany. Bessey is recognized as developing the foundations for the study of American botany and as one of the leading botanists of his generation.
His research and reports on plant life in Nebraska helped in the agricultural development of the state.
Bessey's successful tree planting experiment in Holt County on land furnished by Lawrence Bruner in 1891 led to the establishment of forest reservations in Thomas and Cherry Counties in l902. The Nebraska National Forest at Halsey is the only one in our National Forest system which is planted rather than natural.
Bessey died in Lincoln on Feb. 26, 1915. He was named to the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement in 1918.
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