As a backdrop to the department leadership presented below, click here to view a timeframe of animal sciences changes at The Ohio State University.
Dairy
Dairy Husbandry and Science
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1994: Department of Dairy Science merged into Department of Animal Sciences |
| William E. Krauss | Fordyce Ely | Noland L. VanDemark | Glen H. Schmidt | David L. Zartman | |
| Dairy Husbandry | Dairy Husbandry/Science | Dairy Science | Dairy Science | Dairy Science | |
| 1947 | 1948-1963 | 1963-1974? | 1974-1984 | 1984-1994 |
Dairying and Technology
| John W. Decker | Oscar Erf | Robert B. Stoltz | Ira A. Gould |
| Dairying (Dairy; Dairy School) | Dairying | Dairy Technology | Dairy Technology |
| 1900-1907 | 1907-1929 | 1929-1947 | 1949-1965-? |
Poultry
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| Freeman S. Jacoby | Everett L. Dakan | Alden R. Winter | Robert E. Cook |
| Poultry Husbandry | Poultry Husbandry | Poultry Science | Poultry Science |
| 1920-1923 | 1923-1955 | 1955-1965 | 1965-1969 |
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1994: Department of Poultry Science merged into Department of Animal Sciences |
| Edward C. Naber | Gerald B. Havenstein | Forest V. Muir | |
| Poultry Science | Poultry Science | Poultry Science | |
| 1969-1986 | 1986-1989 | 1990-1994 |
Animal
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| Charles S. Plumb | Carl Warren Gay | Donald J. Kays | Thomas S. Sutton | Lawrence A. Kauffman | |||
| Animal Husbandry | Animal Husbandry | Animal Husbandry | Animal Science | Animal Science | |||
| 1902-1920 | 1920-1940 | 1940-1951 | 1951-1955 | 1955-1958 | |||
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| George R. Johnson | Vern R. Cahill (acting) | Donald E. Becker | Charles F. Parker | Glen H. Schmidt | |||
| Animal Science | Animal Science | Animal Science | Animal Science | Animal Science | |||
| 1958-1983 | 1983-1984 | 1984-1987 | 1987-1991 | 1991-1994 | |||
| 1994: Department of Animal Science merged into Department of Animal Sciences | |||||||
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| David L. Zartman | James E. Kinder | Joseph S. Hogan (interim) | Ronald S. Kensinger | Henry N. Zerby | |||
| Animal Sciences | Animal Sciences | Animal Sciences | Animal Sciences | Animal Sciences | |||
| 1994-1999 | 1999-2010 | 2011 | 2012-2014 | 2014-2016 | |||
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| Bill Weiss (Interim) | John Foltz | ||||||
| Animal Sciences | Animal Sciences | ||||||
| 2016-2017 | 2017-present | ||||||