J. Carroll Bottum, 92, of West Lafayette, died at 8:06 AM Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1995, in Murdock Manor, where he had been a patient for five weeks. Born Nov 21, 1902, in Burdette, SD, he moved to Lafayette 28 years ago. He graduated from South Dakota State University in 1926 with a degree in agriculture, and in 1928 completed his master's degree in agriculture economics from the University of Illinois. He married Florence M. Brown on June 8, 1928, in Brookings, SD; she died July 26, 1994.
He was a Hillenbrand Professor of Economics at Purdue University, and his expertise was in public policy and farm record keeping. Professor Bottum died on the 75th anniversary of the forming of the Purdue University Agriculture Economics Department. He was a member of First Unit toed Methodist Church, the Noon Kiwanis Club, and various national and international agriculture economics organizations. Surviving are two sons, ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers. Service August 5 at First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Dean Stuckey officiating; entombment at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Mausoleum. --Lafayette Journal & Courier
He was a Hillenbrand Professor of Economics at Purdue University, and his expertise was in public policy and farm record keeping. Professor Bottum died on the 75th anniversary of the forming of the Purdue University Agriculture Economics Department. He was a member of First Unit toed Methodist Church, the Noon Kiwanis Club, and various national and international agriculture economics organizations. Surviving are two sons, ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers. Service August 5 at First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Dean Stuckey officiating; entombment at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Mausoleum. --Lafayette Journal & Courier
J. Carroll Bottum, 92, of West Lafayette, died at 8:06 AM Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1995, in Murdock Manor, where he had been a patient for five weeks. Born Nov 21, 1902, in Burdette, SD, he moved to Lafayette 28 years ago. He graduated from South Dakota State University in 1926 with a degree in agriculture, and in 1928 completed his master's degree in agriculture economics from the University of Illinois. He married Florence M. Brown on June 8, 1928, in Brookings, SD; she died July 26, 1994.
He was a Hillenbrand Professor of Economics at Purdue University, and his expertise was in public policy and farm record keeping. Professor Bottum died on the 75th anniversary of the forming of the Purdue University Agriculture Economics Department. He was a member of First Unit toed Methodist Church, the Noon Kiwanis Club, and various national and international agriculture economics organizations. Surviving are two sons, ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers. Service August 5 at First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Dean Stuckey officiating; entombment at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Mausoleum. --Lafayette Journal & Courier
He was a Hillenbrand Professor of Economics at Purdue University, and his expertise was in public policy and farm record keeping. Professor Bottum died on the 75th anniversary of the forming of the Purdue University Agriculture Economics Department. He was a member of First Unit toed Methodist Church, the Noon Kiwanis Club, and various national and international agriculture economics organizations. Surviving are two sons, ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers. Service August 5 at First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Dean Stuckey officiating; entombment at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Mausoleum. --Lafayette Journal & Courier
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