<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Alvord akaberekwa musi waMarch 11, 1844 muGreenfield, Massachusetts. Akashanda saPurofesa weZvekurima weMassachusetts Agricultural College kubva muna 1886 kusvika muna 1887, pamwe nemutungamiri wechipiri weOklahoma Agricultural uye Mechanical College kubva muna 1894 kusvika muna 1895. Akava nechido chekusimukira kwekumadokero kwebhizimisi rezvipfuwo paakanga achishanda semukuru wevatasvi veUnited States Army, uye Alvord akazoita basa rekupfuura kweHatch Act ya1887 uye Morrill Act ya1890, iyo yakabatsira kutanga zviteshi zvekuedza zvekurima. Akafa pana October 1, 1904 muSt. Louis, Missouri apo aipinda musangano we  <response>: Worlds Fair. 