Sam Graf, a member of the class of 1907 and, later, an influential member of the Oregon State Engineering faculty.
- Title
- Sam Graf, a member of the class of 1907 and, later, an influential member of the Oregon State Engineering faculty.
- LC Subject
- Engineering Portraits Universities and colleges--Faculty
- Repository
- Oregon State University. Libraries
- Description
- Born in Portland, Oregon, in August of 1887, Samuel H. Graf entered the Oregon Agricultural College in 1903 to study engineering. He received five engineering degrees from the college - B.S., Electrical Engineering (1907); E.E., Electrical Engineering (1908); B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1908); M.E., Mechanical Engineering (1909); and M.S., Electrical Engineering (1909). Between 1909 and 1954 Graf held several faculty positions in engineering at Oregon State. From 1909-1912 he was an instructor in mechanical engineering; from 1912-1920 he was the head of experimental engineering; head of the Department of Mechanics and Materials (1920-1934) and of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (1934-1954); director of engineering research (1928-1944); and director of the Engineering Experiment Station (1944-1954).
- Inscription
- "From the 1908 Orange"
- Work Type
- photographic prints
- Location
- Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1907
- Identifier
- P025:3241
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- Oregon State University Historical Photographs, 1868-1980 (P 025)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Historical Images of Oregon State University OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- Historical Images of Oregon State University
- Institution
- Oregon State University
