Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig studied art at Oregon Agricultural College from 1911-1913. Colvig illustrated cartoons for the 1913 Beaver Yearbook and worked with silent films. Colvig was known for his performances as Bozo the Clown and Disney character voices, including Goofy, Grumpy and Sleeping from Snow White, and the munchkins of Wizard of Oz.
Helen Julia Cowgill was born 1 December 1881 in Springfield, Illinois. Cowgill came to Oregon in 1890 and graduated in 1913 from Oregon Agricultural College with a BS degree in Domestic Science and Art. After teaching Domestic Science and Art at Harney County (Oregon) High School at Burns for one year, she began her career at OAC in 1914 as Assistant State 4-H Club Leader with the Extension Service. In 1916, she earned a second BS degree in Home Economics from OAC. In charge of the girls' 4-H work, Cowgill wrote many of the 4-H Circulars used by girls in their 4-H Projects. She became known as the "Mother of Oregon 4-H." Cowgill took a year's leave of absence to complete her Masters Degree, which she received from the University of Washington in 1931. She was a member of Phi Kappa Chi and the Epsilon Sigma Phi, serving as treasurer of the latter organization in 1943. Cowgill retired from Oregon State College in 1947 and was awarded emeritus status. In 1954 Cowgill was selected as a "Woman of Achievement" by Theta Sigma Phi, and the 1957 4-H Summer School publication 4-H Absolutely was dedicated to her. Cowgill died in Corvallis on 15 May 1959. In 1965 a tree and bench on the university campus were dedicated to her memory.
Cap Beard was the director of bands at OAC and OSC from 1897-1899 as a student and from 1905 to 1945 as a faculty member. He also taught English and math.
Lucy M. Lewis was the University Librarian from 1920-1945. During her 25 years, Lewis established the Friends of the Library and helped Oregon State College's library become the second at a land grant institution in the nation to change classification systems from Dewey Decimal to Library of Congress.
Knights Templar (Masonic order) - Bruce Commandery No. 17, Corvallis, 1916. Top Row (l to r): Raber, N. L.; Springer, Charles L.; Fulton, John; Wooster, L. F.; Strange, E. L.; Thatcher, B. J.; Allen, John F.; Savage, W. H.; Horner, J. B. Second Row (l to r): Yates, J. Fred; Harper, J. A.; Peavy, G. W.; Taylor, W. K.; Woodcock, M. S.; Gaskins, W. F.; Skelton, G. V.; Lowe, J. C.; Teeter, T. A. H.; Bell, J. R. N. Third Row (l to r): Hammel, J. C.; Horning, E. B.; Tillery, M.; Appelman, F. S.; Jensen, W. A.; Beaty, E. B.; Ressler, E. D.; Buxton, E.; Dobell, C. A.; Baker, C. L. Bottom Row (l to r): Woodcock, C. H.; Bauer, M. H.; McBurney, R. M.; Curtis, W. J.; Guthrie, H. M.; Ball, W. M.; McElheney, G.; Johnasen, C. V.; Mellon, Levi; Howard, C. E.
Lilly Magnhild Elsa Nordgren, from Aberdeen, Washington, also attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in the early 1920s and earned a BS in commerce in 1924. She became an instructor in office training and secretarial science upon graduation and continued as an instructor until the mid-1930s. In 1929-1932, she took several graduate courses at OAC and completed a MA in education at Stanford University in 1931. Her thesis was An Experimental Comparison of Beginning Students Writing of Standard and Noiseless Typewriters. Nordgren married Floyed Marven Edwards in 1932.
