Earl Butz Agriculture. Earl butz was the dean of agriculture at perdue university when he was selected to be the secretary of agriculture under richard nixon in 1971. Butz was assistant secretary of agriculture from 1954 to 1957, during the eisenhower.
Earl butz, agriculture secretary sunk by racial joke, dies at 98. 8, 2008, grist article by tom philpott as blustering, boisterous and often vulgar, earl butz. Earl butz was the dean of agriculture at perdue university when he was selected to be the secretary of agriculture under richard nixon in 1971.