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1. Paul Valenti

Description: Paul Valenti (1920-2014) was integrally connected to Oregon State University for more that seventy years, beginning with his arrival on the Oregon State College campus as a student athlete in 1938. A member of the Beaver basketball squad during his undergraduate years, Valenti later served as freshman baseball coach, freshman basketball coach, head basketball coach and head tennis coach, spanning a time period from 1946-1970. He continued on as Assistant Athletic Director until retiring in 1982, and remained an enthusiastic ambassador for OSU until his death in 2014.

2. Steve Johnson

Description: Steve Johnson was a star post player for the OSU basketball team from 1977 to 1981. He was drafted number 7 overall in the 1981 NBA draft and played professionally for ten years.

3. OSU’s Steve Ericksen blocks a shot by UCLA All-American Bill Walton

OSU’s Steve Ericksen blocks a shot by UCLA All-American Bill Walton

Description: OSU defeated #1 ranked UCLA, 61-57, before 10,376 fans in Gill Coliseum. The win by the Beavers ended UCLA’s conference winning streak of 50 games. This photo, taken by student photographer Chris Johns, appeared in the March 1974 Oregon Stater. Johns tied his camera to one of the basket supports behind the backboard in order to get the photo.

4. Coach Ralph Miller and the OSU bench

Coach Ralph Miller and the OSU bench

Description: Miller and the Beavers are pictured here playing against Indiana at the Far West Classic tournament in Portland. Ralph Miller was one of the most successful basketball coaches in OSU and college basketball history. His OSU record was 359-186 (1971-1989), and his career collegiate record was 657-382.

5. Swede Halbrook posing at a local diner

Swede Halbrook posing at a local diner

Description: Harvey Wade "Swede" Halbrook (1933-1988) was a 7'3" center who played at OSC from 1953-1955, and then for two additional years in the professional ranks.

6. The OAC basketball team with coach E. J. Stewart in the College Gymnasium

The OAC basketball team with coach E. J. Stewart in the College Gymnasium

Description: This building is now the Valley Gymnastics Center.