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In 1933, however, he accepted an appointment in [[Washington, D.C.]], under [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] as director of the Cotton Division of the [[New Deal]] agency, the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]].<ref name=cobbinst>{{cite web|url=http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/cobbfndr.html|title=The Founders of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology|publisher=msstate.edu|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref> Cobb supervised the controversial decision to plow under cotton fields to reduce farm output in the expectation of reversing the slump in prices which had adversely affected millions of farmers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5206|title=Agricultural Adjustment Act|publisher=''Encyclopedia  of Arkansas''|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

In 1933, however, he accepted an appointment in [[Washington, D.C.]], under [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] as director of the Cotton Division of the [[New Deal]] agency, the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]].<ref name=cobbinst>{{cite web|url=http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/cobbfndr.html|title=The Founders of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology|publisher=msstate.edu|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref> Cobb supervised the controversial decision to plow under cotton fields to reduce farm output in the expectation of reversing the slump in prices which had adversely affected millions of farmers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5206|title=Agricultural Adjustment Act|publisher=''Encyclopedia  of Arkansas''|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

 

In September 1937, he returned to Atlanta, where he purchased the majority of stock of the Ruralist Press, one of the largest printing concerns in the South. He continued as president of Ruralist Press until 1971, when he sold the company. He was also president of the Master Printers Association of Atlanta and a mainstay of the Georgia printing industry.<ref name=cobbinst/>​

In September 1937, he returned to Atlanta, where he purchased the majority of stock of the Ruralist Press, one of the largest printing concerns in the South. He continued as president of Ruralist Press until 1971, when he sold the company. He was also president of the Master Printers Association of Atlanta and a mainstay of the Georgia printing industry.<ref name=cobbinst/>​

 

==Family==​

==Family==​

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Cobb's first wife was the former Byrdie Ball of Buena Vista, Mississippi, where he had been the superintendent of the agricultural high school. The couple had two children, Cully, Jr., and David A. Cobb. Byrdie died in 1932, the same year that Cobb's mother expired.<ref name=cobbinst/> Cully, Jr., practiced neurosurgery in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howellallen.com/clinic/clinic_history.htm|title=Howell/Allen Clinic History|publisher=howellallen.com|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref> Grandson Cully A. Cobb, III (born 1943), is a [[neurosurgeon]] in [[Sacramento]], [[California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Cully_Cobb.html|title=Dr. Cully Cobb: Neurological Surgeon|publisher=vitals.com|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref> and is affiliated with the John Sutter Neuroscience Institute there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://checksutterfirst.org/neuro/neurology/SNI_directory.pdf|title=Sutter Neuroscience Institute|publisher=checksutterfirst.org|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref>​

Cobb's first wife was the former Byrdie Ball of Buena Vista, Mississippi, where he had been the superintendent of the agricultural high school. The couple had two children, Cully, Jr., and David A. Cobb. Byrdie died in 1932, the same year that Cobb's mother expired.<ref name=cobbinst/> Cully, Jr., practiced neurosurgery in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howellallen.com/clinic/clinic_history.htm|title=Howell/Allen Clinic History|publisher=howellallen.com|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref> Grandson Cully A. Cobb, III (born 1943), is a neurosurgeon in [[Sacramento]], [[California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Cully_Cobb.html|title=Dr. Cully Cobb: Neurological Surgeon|publisher=vitals.com|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref> and is affiliated with the John Sutter Neuroscience Institute there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://checksutterfirst.org/neuro/neurology/SNI_directory.pdf|title=Sutter Neuroscience Institute|publisher=checksutterfirst.org|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref>​

 

In 1934, Cobb wed the former Lois P. Dowdle, a graduate of the [[University of Georgia]] at Athens who also enrolled in graduate studies at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca,  [[New York]].  During [[World War I]], Lois Dowdle had been director of Food Production and Food Preservation for Georgia as an appointee of [Herbert  Hoover]], the federal Food Administrator, who became U.S. President in 1929. Between 1932 and 1934, she was director of the American Institute of Home Grown Fats and Oils. She worked to convince the U.S. Congress to repeal restrictive legislation against the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine. She too wore many hats: editor, writer, schoolteacher, administrator, trustee, and homemaker. She was a president of the Georgia Home Economics Association and the only woman to have served as president of the Southern Association of Agricultural Workers, now known as the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Inc.,<ref name=cobbinst/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saasinc.org/Misc/By-Laws.pdf|title=Bylaws, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Inc.|publisher=saasinc.org|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

In 1934, Cobb wed the former Lois P. Dowdle, a graduate of the [[University of Georgia]] at Athens who also enrolled in graduate studies at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca,  [[New York]].  During [[World War I]], Lois Dowdle had been director of Food Production and Food Preservation for Georgia as an appointee of [Herbert  Hoover]], the federal Food Administrator, who became U.S. President in 1929. Between 1932 and 1934, she was director of the American Institute of Home Grown Fats and Oils. She worked to convince the U.S. Congress to repeal restrictive legislation against the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine. She too wore many hats: editor, writer, schoolteacher, administrator, trustee, and homemaker. She was a president of the Georgia Home Economics Association and the only woman to have served as president of the Southern Association of Agricultural Workers, now known as the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Inc.,<ref name=cobbinst/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saasinc.org/Misc/By-Laws.pdf|title=Bylaws, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Inc.|publisher=saasinc.org|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

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==Cobb Institute of Archaeology==​

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In June 1971, the couple first provided funding for the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, which includes multiple classrooms, research labs, offices, a library, and a [[museum]].<ref>http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/</ref> Groundbreaking at the building site followed on April 14, 1973. On that occasion, the Cobbs were joined by MSU president William L. Giles. Cobb said that he was inspired to establish the institute in Starkville because of how much Mississippi State had meant to his life. Construction began in 1974 and was completed in 1975, five months after Cobb's death. Mrs. Cobb last visited the institute in 1979 on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4AWmyJvZwkwC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=Cully+A.+Cobb+of+Mississippi&source=bl&ots=nAzOqyAYY0&sig=KoO2owS8OASqKGmUNvVYqDm6vxs&hl=en&ei=2t0_TMafEoK0lQeOksGvDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Cully%20A.%20Cobb%20of%20Mississippi&f=false|title=Victor A. Danilov, ''Women and Museums: A Comprehensive Guide|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

In June 1971, the couple first provided funding for the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, which includes multiple classrooms, research labs, offices, a library, and a [[museum]].<ref>http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/</ref> Groundbreaking at the building site followed on April 14, 1973. On that occasion, the Cobbs were joined by MSU president William L. Giles. Cobb said that he was inspired to establish the institute in Starkville because of how much Mississippi State had meant to his life. Construction began in 1974 and was completed in 1975, five months after Cobb's death. Mrs. Cobb last visited the institute in 1979 on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4AWmyJvZwkwC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=Cully+A.+Cobb+of+Mississippi&source=bl&ots=nAzOqyAYY0&sig=KoO2owS8OASqKGmUNvVYqDm6vxs&hl=en&ei=2t0_TMafEoK0lQeOksGvDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Cully%20A.%20Cobb%20of%20Mississippi&f=false|author=Victor A. Danilov|title=''Women and Museums: A Comprehensive Guide''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

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