from October 2, 1933, and he took the oath the following day. He served in this capacity from October 3, 1933, until 1949. Death Jardine was very active in education and government services until his death on January 17, 1955, in San Antonio, Texas. He is interred at the Logan City Cemetery in Logan, Utah. Jardine was a Congregationalist and was a member of a Freemasons, Rotary, Alpha Zeta, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Sigma Xi. Jardine's papers are archived at Wichita State University in Kansas. References External links William M. Jardine, Kansas Historical Society William M. Jardine, Transcribed from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918 1879 births 1955 deaths American agriculturalists Ambassadors of the United States to Egypt Coolidge administration cabinet members 20th-century American politicians People from Oneida County, Idaho Presidents of Kansas State University State treasurers of Kansas United States Secretaries of Agriculture University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Utah State University alumni Presidents of Wichita State University Kansas Republicans Presidents of the American Society of Agronomy