Dr Bruce Ragsdale has served as director of the Federal Judicial History Office at the Federal Judicial Center and as an associate historian at the US House of Representatives He was also a fellow at the Washington Library during the 201415 academic year and was the recipient of the James C Rees Entrepreneurship Fellowship Dr Ragsdale discusses his work studying George Washingtons agricultural entrepreneurship including Washingtons interest in the continual improvement of his farms at Mount Vernon