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Show College, where he received hia masters degree. He served as a county agent after receiving his master's decree, de-cree, and later became an economist econ-omist with the University of Idaho Ida-ho Extension Service. In 1!3!), Secretary Benson be- I,,. n,,,,,,....,.!. ,,, M V jr i- ' V A i came executive secretary of the .National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Co-operatives in Washington, D. C, land in 1943 was named an apostle ! in the LOS Church. He was appointed ap-pointed Secretary of Agriculture on November 24, 1952, just three weeks following the election of President Eisenhower, i O vx- ' - I BENSON TO DELIVER j U GRADUATION SPEECH ! Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson will deliver the ! commencement address at the ! University of Utah June 9, it was ! announced. Secretary Benson, a member of the Council of the Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints, will be one of the three who will receive honorary doctorates from the university. The others are former governor Charles Mabey and Sterling W. I Sill, former chairman of the Board of Regents. The commencement exercises will be held June 9 at 7 p.m. in the University Stadium. There will be 1252 students receiving degrees and diplomas. A native of Southern Idaho, Secretary Benson attended the Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Brigham Young Uni- |