Marvin U. Mounts
(1898-1969)

Died aged c. 71

Marvin U. Mounts was born in 1898. In 1925, he became the first Assistant County Agricultural Agent. In 1929 he was made County Agent in Palm Beach County, a position he held until the 1960s. During his tenure the value of the county’s agriculture grew from $2 million to $120 million and Palm Beach County led the country in the production of corn and green beans. Marvin Mounts formed the first chartered 4-H Club in Florida and during World War II was Chair of the State Farm Labor Committee. He was president of the Florida Extension Workers Association, Florida County Agricultural Agents Association, Florida State Horticultural Society, Audubon Society of the Everglades, Florida Mango Forum and the Rotary Club of West Palm Beach. Mounts Botanical Garden is named for him. Marvin U. Mounts died in 1969.

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