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M. G. Snell
Dr. M. G. Snell, Associate Professor of Animal Industry and Associate Animal Husbandman at Louisiana State University since 1928 has been reported missing following the torpedoing of a Japanese prison ship in Philippine waters December 15, 1944. Dr. Snell was born in Lampasas, Texas, November 11, 1900, received his Bachelor's degree at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1921, a Master's degree from the University of Missouri in 1922, and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Iowa State College in 1928. He was the author of a number of experiment station bulletins and many other scientific articles. He was chairman of the Animal Husbandry Section of Southern Agricultural Workers, 194041, an active member of the American Society of Animal Production and a member of the Society's Committee on Investigation. At the time of his induction he was national secretary of the Block and Bridle Club. Dr. Snell entered the military service in February, 1941, was commissioned as major while in the Philippines, a shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was made a prisoner by the Japanese at the fall of Corregidor.
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