John Garman, ca. 1940

Title: John Garman, ca. 1940
LC Subject: Engineering Photography Universities and colleges--Faculty
Description: John Garman was born in Urbana, Illinois, in 1896. When he was two, his family moved to Portland. After graduating from Benson Polytechnic High School in 1916, Garman enrolled at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC). After his first year, he entered the Army and served as an instructor. After WWI, he returned to OAC, and completed his B.S. in Physics in 1922. In 1923, he became an instructor in Engineering. In 1924, Garman began teaching photography for the Physics Department, which he continued doing until his retirement in 1966. In 1969, he helped the Art Department set up classes when that department assumed the teaching of photography. In the 1920's, Garman, with Ed Yunker, established Photographic Services at OAC; Photographic Services is now part of OSU's Communication Media Center. In 1925, Garman married Florence Goff; they had three children. Garman passed away in November of 1989.
Work Type: photographs
Date: 1940
Identifier: p095_427
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: John Garman Photographic Collection, 1894-1966 (P 095)
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Historical Images of Oregon State University
Primary Set: Historical Images of Oregon State University
Institution: Oregon State University
Modified: 2012-10-12
Submission Date: 2012-10-12