22 Sep 2014
Ronnie Green, Harlan vice chancellor of the University of Nebraska's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, led the dedication of statues honoring Nebraska's former secretaries of agriculture on Saturday, September 20, 2014. Clayton Yeutter, '63, was among those being honored.
Yeutter's statue is in the Jeanne Yeutter garden on UNL's East Campus, while the other three are placed in an area bound by the East Union, C.Y. Thompson Library and Filley Hall. With planned renovations to the library and the union, Green said, this Legacy Plaza will become a major focal point on East Campus, where the statues will serve to educate future generations of students about "these four distinguished Nebraskans who have served our country greatly."
Green said the idea for the statues was born during the celebration two years ago of the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act, which created the land-grant university system. Yeutter and Johanns were among four former ag secretaries who participated in a panel-discussion that fall.
Yeutter expressed appreciation. "I've been a Cornhusker all my life," said Yeutter, a Dawson County native.