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1. James Dryden

Description: Dryden served as professor of poultry husbandry at OAC from 1907 to 1922. Under his guidance the program was nationally renowned.

2. Adelaide Lake, Associate Professor of Journalism, Spring 1952

Description: Adelaide Lake was an Instructor and Associate Professor of Journalism. She was born in 1897, in Harrisburg, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Oregon in 1920, and attended Oregon State College from 1939 to 1940 for graduate study in education. She began teaching at OSC in 1940 as a half-time instructor, and attended University of Oregon for a term, while still working in Corvallis. She received her master’s degree from OSC in 1942. She was a reporter and department editor at the Oregonian for about 14 years; she also owned and edited a weekly newspaper in Sheridian, Oregon, for two years. Her practical experience in the journalism field was highly valued, and in 1942, she was offered the position of editor of the Oregon Educational Journal if/when the present editor was called into military service. To secure her employment, OSC raised her rank and salary from a part-time instructor, making $1800, to assistant professor with a salary of $2,250. She was granted sabbatical leave in 1955 for the spring and summer terms, while she attended classes at Stanford, University of Washington, and a college in Ames, Iowa. While on sabbatical, she attended a national convention of Theta Sigma Pi, a journalism honorary society for women, of which she was an active member. She periodically sent updates to her OSC coworkers, some of whom were astonished that she chose to go to Iowa during the heat of summer. In 1951, she was promoted to Associate Professor. In 1960, she suffered a fall and was incapacitated for winter and spring terms, but, as a valued member of the staff, received full pay for winter term. She reached mandatory retirement age in the summer session of 1963, but continued teaching through her summer classes, receiving an annual salary of $8,800. She was an incredibly well-liked and respected figure on campus, and higher-ups requested that she be allowed to continue teaching on a part-time basis for the following two years. She insisted on retiring after the conclusion of spring term of 1965, for her health. She worked at OSU for 23 years, and reached emeritus rank before retiring. Professor Lake was a legacy at OSC, as her maternal grandfather, Joseph Emery, a Southern Methodist minister, taught at Corvallis College 1865-71, while her great-uncle-in-law, W.A. Finley, was president.

3. Mrs. Mabel Mack, Assistant Director of Extension Service, 1953

Description: Mabel Clair Mack was a home demonstration agent, Extension Nutritionalist, Professor, and Assistant Director in the School of Home Economics from 1928 to 1967. She was born in 1897 in Aldrich, Missouri, and grew up on a farm in Linn County, Oregon where she attended Lincoln High School in Portland. She received her Bachelor of Science from OSC in 1928. She completed graduate work at OSC and Cornell University, eventually receiving her Master of Science from OSC in 1940. She published an article titled “After the Growing Comes the Harvest” in the Agricultural Bulletin, of the Oregon State Department of Agriculture in September 1944. She was a member of the Christian Church and many honorary societies and clubs, such as the Oregon Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Omicron Nu, and the Oregon Home Economics Association. She began as a home extension specialist in Clackamas County, and was briefly transferred to the Central Office in 1934 to cover for a colleague’s leave of absence. In 1943, she took a leave of absence to work with the Federal Cooperative Nutrition project during the World War 2, and was made Assistant State Supervisor a year later. In 1945, she transferred back to the extension project in home management, where she supervised the activity of emergency assistants. She took sabbatical leave during Spring term of 1938 to do graduate work at OSC. She was made Acting Specialist in Nutrition in 1940, hoping to develop projects in family financial planning in addition to nutrition work. However, to meet the demands of the national defense program in nutrition, she was appointed to the newly-created Specialist in Nutrition in 1941 during the war. Later, her titled was changed to “Extension Nutritionist.” She received a Farm Foundation Extension Scholarship in 1948 to spend a year studying at the University of Chicago, in the Division of Social Sciences of the Department of Education, on half salary. She was appointed to the instructional staff of the School of Home Economics in 1956 on a part-time basis to assist in teaching coursework on home economics extension to prospective extension workers. In 1963, at a salary of $13,632, she announced her retirement. Her friends and colleagues declared this date an “important one in the history of the Extension service as it marks the termination of a distinguished career in Extension from both state and national standpoints.” They referred to her as one of the “ablest” home extension agents in the entire country, claiming that she had done so well in Oregon that her services were eagerly sought on a broader scale, and threw her an inter-departmental goodbye party. In 1966, OSU requested permission to employ her on a part-time basis, hoping to use her assistance in organizing and conducting special training conferences.

4. Mrs. Mabel Mack, Assistant Director of Extension Service, 1953

Description: Mabel Clair Mack was a home demonstration agent, Extension Nutritionalist, Professor, and Assistant Director in the School of Home Economics from 1928 to 1967. She was born in 1897 in Aldrich, Missouri, and grew up on a farm in Linn County, Oregon where she attended Lincoln High School in Portland. She received her Bachelor of Science from OSC in 1928. She completed graduate work at OSC and Cornell University, eventually receiving her Master of Science from OSC in 1940. She published an article titled “After the Growing Comes the Harvest” in the Agricultural Bulletin, of the Oregon State Department of Agriculture in September 1944. She was a member of the Christian Church and many honorary societies and clubs, such as the Oregon Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Omicron Nu, and the Oregon Home Economics Association. She began as a home extension specialist in Clackamas County, and was briefly transferred to the Central Office in 1934 to cover for a colleague’s leave of absence. In 1943, she took a leave of absence to work with the Federal Cooperative Nutrition project during the World War 2, and was made Assistant State Supervisor a year later. In 1945, she transferred back to the extension project in home management, where she supervised the activity of emergency assistants. She took sabbatical leave during Spring term of 1938 to do graduate work at OSC. She was made Acting Specialist in Nutrition in 1940, hoping to develop projects in family financial planning in addition to nutrition work. However, to meet the demands of the national defense program in nutrition, she was appointed to the newly-created Specialist in Nutrition in 1941 during the war. Later, her titled was changed to “Extension Nutritionist.” She received a Farm Foundation Extension Scholarship in 1948 to spend a year studying at the University of Chicago, in the Division of Social Sciences of the Department of Education, on half salary. She was appointed to the instructional staff of the School of Home Economics in 1956 on a part-time basis to assist in teaching coursework on home economics extension to prospective extension workers. In 1963, at a salary of $13,632, she announced her retirement. Her friends and colleagues declared this date an “important one in the history of the Extension service as it marks the termination of a distinguished career in Extension from both state and national standpoints.” They referred to her as one of the “ablest” home extension agents in the entire country, claiming that she had done so well in Oregon that her services were eagerly sought on a broader scale, and threw her an inter-departmental goodbye party. In 1966, OSU requested permission to employ her on a part-time basis, hoping to use her assistance in organizing and conducting special training conferences.

5. New Dean of Home Education, Miriam Scholl, September 1954

Description: Miriam Scholl was Dean of Home Economics from 1954 to 1965. She was born in 1907 in Seattle, Washington, to parents George Warren Scholl and Emily Grosser. She received her Bachelor of Science in Institution Management, with minors in science and liberal arts, from the University of Washington in 1931. She began her teaching career at various colleges, spending four years as a faculty member of Montana State College. She earned her Master of Arts in Institution Management, with a minor in education foundations, from Columbia University Teachers College in 1939. She went on to earn her PhD. from the same institution, in educational foundations, with minors in educational administration guidance, home economics education, and higher education in 1954. After graduating, she joined the college as an instructor. She then spent three years as a home economist for a San Francisco industrial firm that manufactured dehydrated vegetables for the armed forces. She researched and traveled with army and navy personnel throughout the United States. In 1946, she spent a year in the British Zone of Germany working with “displaced persons” with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. She earned her Doctor of Education degree, and then she joined the faculty of University of Minnesota, where she became Associate Professor of Home Economics. Dean Scholl was part of the Home Economics Committee of the National Project in Agricultural Communications, a life member of the American Home Economics Association and the American Dietetics Association, and part of the AHEA Public Relations Committee, among many other committees. She spent three years on the International Farm Youth Exchange selection committee, and was part of the 4-H Club Summer School. She was part of the Governor’s Committee for Children and Youth. She received an official Certificate of Commendation from the State of Oregon in 1956, as “official recognition and appreciation for a valuable suggestion which has been adopted and which is an outstanding contribution to the improvement of State service.” She served on the editorial board of the Journal of Home Economics, and was the president of the Oregon Home Economics Association. She was hired in 1956 for $10,000 per year She took sabbatical leave with half salary in 1963 for the purpose of travel and further study. She hoped to learn more about how Home Economics material influence in the field of social work, and saw an opportunity for “mutual exchange and understanding” between the fields. She resigned in 1964, at which point she was earning $15,750 per year. She was a member of the Episcopalian church and a Democrat.

6. New Dean of Home Education, Miriam Scholl, September 1954

Description: Miriam Scholl was Dean of Home Economics from 1954 to 1965. She was born in 1907 in Seattle, Washington, to parents George Warren Scholl and Emily Grosser. She received her Bachelor of Science in Institution Management, with minors in science and liberal arts, from the University of Washington in 1931. She began her teaching career at various colleges, spending four years as a faculty member of Montana State College. She earned her Master of Arts in Institution Management, with a minor in education foundations, from Columbia University Teachers College in 1939. She went on to earn her PhD. from the same institution, in educational foundations, with minors in educational administration guidance, home economics education, and higher education in 1954. After graduating, she joined the college as an instructor. She then spent three years as a home economist for a San Francisco industrial firm that manufactured dehydrated vegetables for the armed forces. She researched and traveled with army and navy personnel throughout the United States. In 1946, she spent a year in the British Zone of Germany working with “displaced persons” with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. She earned her Doctor of Education degree, and then she joined the faculty of University of Minnesota, where she became Associate Professor of Home Economics. Dean Scholl was part of the Home Economics Committee of the National Project in Agricultural Communications, a life member of the American Home Economics Association and the American Dietetics Association, and part of the AHEA Public Relations Committee, among many other committees. She spent three years on the International Farm Youth Exchange selection committee, and was part of the 4-H Club Summer School. She was part of the Governor’s Committee for Children and Youth. She received an official Certificate of Commendation from the State of Oregon in 1956, as “official recognition and appreciation for a valuable suggestion which has been adopted and which is an outstanding contribution to the improvement of State service.” She served on the editorial board of the Journal of Home Economics, and was the president of the Oregon Home Economics Association. She was hired in 1956 for $10,000 per year She took sabbatical leave with half salary in 1963 for the purpose of travel and further study. She hoped to learn more about how Home Economics material influence in the field of social work, and saw an opportunity for “mutual exchange and understanding” between the fields. She resigned in 1964, at which point she was earning $15,750 per year. She was a member of the Episcopalian church and a Democrat.