About the Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building
The original Lloyd-Ricks-Watson building was designed by architect C. H. Lindsley and built in 1929 by contractor I. C. Garber at a cost of $210,000. An addition was built in 1939, at a cost of $162,000.
The building has been home to research on a multitude of topics, including agriculture, economics, sociology, chemistry, animal husbandry, entomology, bacteriology, plant pathology, horticulture, forestry, and veterinary medicine.
For more information on the history of the Lloyd-Ricks-Watson building, please consult the following sources:
About the Project
The purpose of this project is to interview as many of the former occupants or those with relationships to the Lloyd-Ricks-Watson building as possible and to record their stories concerning their experiences and the personalities that occupied the building from its original opening in 1929 through its current remodeling and renaming in October 23, 2010.
Dr. Vance H. Watson , Former Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, Director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Director of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences vwatson@dafvm.msstate.edu Academic/Administrative Units in the Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building since 1929
School of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Agricultural Administration
Agricultural and Experimental Statistics
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Economics and Administration
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Extension
Agricultural Information Science and Education
Agronomy
Animal Husbandry
Child and Family Development Specialist
Child Development and Family Center
Dairy Husbandry
Extension Education
Family Life and Public Policy
Family Resource and Management Specialist
Forestry
General Agriculture
Home Economics
Horticulture
School of Human Sciences
Human Sciences Teaching, Research, and Extension
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (Main Office)
Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service (Main Office)
Plant Pathology and Weed Science
Poultry Husbandry
Rural Education
Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Sociology and Rural Life
Student Support Services
Textile Research Laboratory
Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Science
