Sager was a State Home Economics Leader with the Extension Service. Rachel Azalea Sager was a clothing specialist and Home Economics specialist from 1932-1952. Sager also served on the Oregon Nutrition Committee for 17 years. The Azalea House, named after Sager, is a women's cooperative.
Ralph S. Besse was a farm management Extension specialist from 1922-1932, then served as Assistant Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station from 1932-1949. From 1949-1953, Besse was Associate Director of the Experiment Station.
Wanda Cecil Thorson was a home demonstration agent for Douglas County for the 1946-1947 school year. She was born in 1920 in Tacoma, Washington. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from OSC in 1943. Before coming to OSC, she spent three years serving in the Navy as a supply officer at the Mare Island Naval shipyard. She attended high school in Myrtle Creek, Oregon, and was a resident of Douglas County herself. In December, she married and changed her name to Mrs. Wanda Matson. She began to work half time in June of 1947, and resigned at the end of the month.
Mary Ellen Heckathorn Debunce was a home demonstration agent in Deschutes County for Oregon State College from 1941 to 1943. Her annual salary was $2,100. She had previously worked as an assistant dietitian in Hollywood and Santa Barbara, California. She received her Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition from the University of Idaho in 1932, and as a graduate she studied clothing and textiles at the University of Idaho from 1935 to 1937 and Oregon State College from 1940 to 1941. Her master’s thesis was titled, “Household Administration, Home Economics Education Problems of Oregon Women Purchasing Ready-Made Dresses”. She was single when she came to work at OSC, but later married in 1942. She resigned in 1943 due to health problems. She was born in 1910, in Hartford City, Indiana.
Miriam Jenely Black Colford was an emergency assistant home demonstration agent in Malheur County for Oregon State College from 1945 to 1950. Her salary was $2,400 a year. She previously worked as a nutrition counselor and cafeteria manager at various navy shipyards during World War 2. She also worked as a dietitian at Washington State College. She received her Bachelor of Science in Foods from Washington State University in 1942. She married Dr. Thomas E. Colford and was promoted to assistant professor home demonstration agent in 1948. Her salary increased to $3,300 a year. She resigned in 1950 because her husband’s business moved. She was born in 1908, in Sifton, Washington.
Zaneta Isabel Reiner was assistant supervisor of the Memorial Union Dining Service, and later was a home demonstration agent at large from 1943 to 1947. She was born in 1916 in Gettysburg, South Dakota. She earned her Bachelor of Science in institutional management from OSC in 1943, with additional study in nutrition and clothing. She immediately began work as assistant supervisor of the MU Dining Service after her graduation, making an annual salary of $1200. However, in 1944, it became clear that enrollment in the Army Specialist Training Unit program had dropped, making it no longer necessary to employ her services. She was let go, and began serving temporarily as a home demonstration agent in Umatilla County. She applied to be a home demonstration agent at large in 1946. She was hired at an annual salary of $2400, and she resigned from this position the next year to go into business in Pendleton.
Geraldine Danzl was an assistant extension agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Oregon State College from 1947 to 1950. Her annual salary was $2,400. She had previously worked as an assistant 4-H Club leader in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She was also an assistant home demonstration agent and 4-H club leader in Wellington, Kansas. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education from Oklahoma A&M in 1944. She was married to Francis Danzl with no children when she came to work for OSC. Francis Danzl was going to school at OSC while she worked. In 1948, she was promoted to an Extension Agent for Benton County, with an annual salary of $3,300. She resigned in 1950 because her husband obtained his degree and obtained employment in Seattle, Washington. She was described as “an exceptionally able staff member”. She was born in 1923, in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.