Loring Vinson Tirrell, 1896-1975: a brief biography.

Raised in the livestock industry where he was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts on September 28, 1896, Loring Vinson Tirrell helped drive livestock to Brighton, the first livestock market in North America, developed to feed George Washington’s Continental Army. With such an introduction to fine livestock in an area steeped in early importations of livestock and their competitive marketing, he seemed destined t o pursue that profession and to share that historic background with many. Loring Tirrell attended the Massachusetts Agricultural College, now the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, where he earned the B. S. degree in Animal Husbandry in 1920. His education had been interrupted by service as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during 1918 and 1919. He obtained the lifelong nickname of “Cy” because of his prowess as a pitcher on the baseball team, during the era of Hall of Fame