Rosalind Wulzen

Title: Rosalind Wulzen
LC Subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty Portraits Zoology
Creator: Hise Studio
Description: Rosalind Wulzen was a Professor of Zoology, employed at OSC from 1933 to 1954. She was born in 1882 in Oakland, California. She received her Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1904, her Master of Science from UC Berkeley in 1910, and her PhD. in 1914. In 1943, after a long and impressive career, the University of Oregon granted her an honorary Doctor of Science degree. She was the Department Head of Biology at Mills College in California from 1909-1913. She then was Instructor of Physiology at the University of California for fourteen years. Then, she became Instructor and Assistant Professor of Animal Biology at the University of Oregon, in 1928. In 1933, a professor at the University of Oregon named Dr. Moore accepted a Visiting Professorship in Japan. In order to carry on his work, Dr. Wulzen was chosen to commute between Eugene and Corvallis, to take charge of the courses in Physiology on both campuses. If Dr. Moore were to return, it was loosely agreed that he would return to the University of Oregon, and Dr. Wulzen would remain full-time at OSC; if he did not, Dr. Wulzen would return full-time to the University of Oregon. After two years, Dr. Wulzen requested to be returned to her full-time position at the University of Oregon, as it was now apparent that Dr. Moore would not return from Japan, and she did not wish to continue her commute indefinitely. However, the University of Oregon wished to prioritize instruction over research, and felt Wulzen was too focused on her research to carry the heavy teaching load they needed from Moore’s replacement. Therefore, she took a full-time position at OSC instead. She took sabbatical for a full year in 1941, on half salary, to conduct research on campus. She received grants from the Research Corporation of New York and the General Research Council of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, totalling $3500. When she received her honorary doctorate of science in 1943, she recommended that OSC return the favor to a faculty member at UO. However, they expected to bestow no such honorary degrees until after the war. She received became a full professor in 1945. She retired in July of 1948 and was given Emeritus status upon her retirement. The next year she returned part time to replace a faculty member who resigned and remained until 1954. While a student, she was Secretary and then President of Sigma Xu, President of Phi Beta Kappa, and a member of several other honoraries and societies. She was also a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Work Type: photographic prints photographs black-and-white photographs
Date: 1947
Identifier: P092:0644
Rights: In Copyright
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
Primary Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Institution: Oregon State University