Howard E. Babcock

Howard Edward Babcock (February 23, 1889 – July 12, 1950) was the chairman of Cornell Board of Trustees from 1940 to 1947.

He graduated from Syracuse University and studied agriculture in the Cornell Summer School of 1911.

He then taught school and later became a professor of marketing in the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

While he was a professor, the Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange, a failing farmer's cooperative, requested Babcock's help.

[1] Upon becoming the president of the New York State Grange, Babcock became an ex officio Cornell Trustee in 1930.