Earl Price stands at left. Price worked for Oregon State for forty-three years and led the School of Agriculture from 1950 to 1965. Jess Hanson was a renowned local poultry breeder from about 1911-1966.
William Jasper Kerr was chosen as president of Oregon Agricultural College in 1907 and led the College through a 25-year period of tremendous growth in numbers of students and faculty, academic and research programs, and physical facilities. He was president from 1907-1932.