Mercedes Bates with President Robert MacVicar
- Title
- Mercedes Bates with President Robert MacVicar
- LC Subject
- MacVicar, Robert William, 1918- Awards Universities and colleges--Faculty College presidents Portraits, Group
- Description
- Mercedes Bates was receiving the Distinguished Service Award from President Robert MacVicar. Mercedes Bates graduated in 1936 with a degree in Food and Nutrition. In 1967, Bates was appointed the Vice President of the General Mills Betty Crocker Division, becoming the first female corporate officer of General Mills. Bates created the Mercedes A. Bates Family Study Center in 1992, the first center to study entire lifespans of families. Bates has received the Distinguished Service Award and Distinguished Alumni Award.
- Work Type
- photographic prints
- Date
- 1973
- Identifier
- P092:1179
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Local Collection Name
- President's Office Photographs, 1923-1998 (P 092)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Historical Images of Oregon State University
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Modified
- 2011-09-06
- Submission Date
- 2007-03-08
