Mary Lou George was a county extension agent at Oregon State College in 1949. She was born in 1924, in Philomath, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education from Oregon State in 1948 and studied home economics at Cornell University as a graduate student. Before coming to work at OSC, George worked as a high school homemaking teacher in Heppner, Oregon. She was brought on to work as an extension agent in Washington County at an annual salary of $3,540. She was chosen for the position due to her previous work as a teacher and active participation in community activities. However, George only worked a little over a month before resigning to be married and devote her time to her family.
Dr. Josephine Gardner was an Assistant Professor in Foods and Nutrition at Oregon State College from 1944 to 1945. Gardner was born in 1917, in Corvallis, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition from Michigan State College in 1938, her Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1940, and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1943. Before working at OSC, she was a research assistant in home economics at the University of Wisconsin and a home economics instructor at Rhode Island State College. She was also a member of the American Home Economics Association. Gardner was brought on as both an instructor and researcher at Oregon State for the 1944-1945 school year at an annual salary of $3,000.
Katherine Monahan was a home demonstration agent in Morrow and Umatilla Counties from 1946-1952. She was born in 1913 in Condon, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from OSC in 1942, and her graduate degree in the same field from Eastern Oregon College of Education in 1934. Before finding employment with OSU, she was an elementary school teacher for six years in Gilliam and Sherman Counties. She then spent two years assisting her parents on their sheep ranch in Condon. She prepared for extension work by taking summer classes at OSC, focusing on housing and extension methods. In Morrow County, she carried on a full program in home economics extension work and helped to double the 4-H enrollment in the county. However, Morrow County found itself in financial difficulty and could not afford to continue supporting extension work there. She was transferred to Umatilla County in 1947, which came with an increase in rank to assistant professor and an increase in salary to $3,336 with indefinite tenure. She resigned at the start of 1952 to take care of her parents. She was hired at a yearly salary of $2,700 and departed at a salary of $4,356.
Eva N. Seen was Head of the Department of Physical Education for Women from 1935 to 1963. She was born in 1900 in Sandoval, Illinois. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Knox College in 1922, in the field of economics with minors in psychology and philosophy. She earned her Master of Arts from the University of Wisconsin in 1926, and completed an additional year and summer school in addition. She completed one year of graduate work at New York University for her doctoral degree, which she anticipated finalizing in the following year. Before coming to OSC, Seen was Director of Physical Education for Women at Wisconsin Central State Teachers College, and an instructor in physical education at Illinois State Teachers Normal School. She also had experience as a Director of the Rural Recreation Institute, the Director of City Recreation, the Director of Daily Vacation Bible School, and a camp counselor. She was hired to OSC in 1935 as Department Head at $3500 for a ten month term. She was recommended by Wisconsin colleagues which described her as a woman of “delightful personality, high standards and ideals,” who did not smoke or drink. She was described as “peculiarly qualified” to join Oregon State. She was awarded indefinite tenure in 1939. In her career, she published a number of articles in various journals, on subjects such as “Physical Education in the Elementary Grades,” and “Co-recreation Planning.” She was a member of numerous professional societies and honoraries, including the American Association for Health, P.E., and Recreation (serving as vice-president and president-elect of the Northwest Section) and the Oregon State Education Association. She was President of the Oregon State Association for Health, P.E., and Recreation, and vice-president of the Wisconsin P.E. Association. She took sabbatical from October 1941 to January 1942 in order to travel and observe college programs in health and physical education, with full salary. She took another sabbatical leave from March-June 1952, in order to travel and visit professional schools of physical education. She took additional sabbatical leave from March--June 1961 for the purpose of travel and studying other universities, as well as new procedures in major programs for professional preparation of teachers, on full salary. She served on the Board of Trustees at the Good Samaritan Hospital. She was a member of the Federated Church. She retired in 1963, at which point she was earning $13,200 at professor rank.
Margaret Simpson was an assistant in the engineering and technology reference room from 1944 to 1945. She was born in 1910 in Rayton, Ohio. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English, with additional study in French and German, from Bowling Green State University in 1943. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Library Science from the Drexel Institute of Technology in 1946, where she studied reference methods. Before coming to OSC, she was employed for two years as a junior assistant in the Bowling Green Public library. She also worked as Chairman of Circulation in the Bowling Green State University. She was the recipient of a library scholarship at Bowling Green State University, where she was given $300 a year for two years, working 25 hours a week in the college library. She was hired at $1800 per year, and resigned in 1945, as she “did not adjust herself very well to work in our library.” Simpson accepted a position with the Clackamas County Library to oversee bookmobile services to rural areas.
Jocelyn Rea Skinner was an instructor in Household Administration from 1946 to 1949. She was born Jocelyn Ann Rea in 1917 in Toronto, Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from the University of Toronto in 1938, and her Master of Arts in Psychology, with a special emphasis on child psychology, from the same institution in 1940. Her thesis for her master’s degree was titled “A systematic analysis of the content of the children’s stories.” Before coming to OSC, she worked as Acting Director of Mary B. Eyre Nursery School at Scripps College. She also had experience as a supervisor at other nursery schools throughout Ontario, and had served as a director of a wartime day nursery. She worked as a camp counselor for four summers. When Wartime Programme was started in Ontario, she was chosen to open the first school as a “demonstration school for the province.” She had complete responsibility to plan and organize this project, ad went on to train and supervise staff in 28 schools. Dean Milam interviewed her in Los Angeles and recommended her for the appointment. She was hired at $2600 for a ten month term. On December 17, 1948, she married Charles S. Skinner, a graduate assistant in Biology with the Botany Department. She resigned in 1949, as her husband's work needed them to move out of Oregon. She was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority and the American Camping Association.
Constance Marie Hampton was an assistant county 4-H Club agent for Oregon State College from 1946 to 1948. Hampton was born in 1921, in Lyons, Oregon. She was married to Earl Hampton when she began working at OSC. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from Oregon State College in 1942. During her studies, Hampton was secretary of Oregon State College’s branch of Omicron Nu, a home economics honor society. She came to work as a club agent for Marion County in 1946 at an annual salary of $2,400. She resigned in 1948 when her husband completed his degree at Willamette University and accepted a teaching position at Pendleton High School.
Virginia Florence Harrison was a physical education instructor for women at Oregon State College from 1948 to 1959. Harrison was born in 1918, in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from the University of Wisconsin in 1940, and her Master of Arts from the Teachers College of Columbia University. She wrote and published an article called “Posture in Motion” for the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation News Bulletin in 1945. Harrison was a member of the National Association of Physical Education for College Women. Before coming to OSC, she was an Assistant Professor of Physical Education for the University of Virginia. She was brought on to work at Oregon State at an annual salary of $3,800. She resigned in 1959.
Jessie D. Hinton was a home demonstration agent for Oregon State College from 1942 to 1943. Hinton was born in 1907, in Gaston, Indiana. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from Purdue University in 1929, and her Master of Science from Iowa State College. Her master’s thesis was titled, “The Problem of Savings and Investments in Relation to the Farmers’ Scale of Living”. Before coming to OSC, Hinton worked as a demonstration agent in Minnesota and Maryland. She was appointed to serve as a home demonstration agent in Multnomah County in 1942, at an annual salary of $2,400. She resigned in 1943 to be married and devote her time to home making.
Marion May Donaldson was a home demonstration agent for Yamhill County at Oregon State College from 1946 to 1947. Her annual salary was $2,700. She had previously been a dietitian for the U.S. Army during World War Two, with overseas duty in Africa and Italy, and rank of first lieutenant. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from Oregon State College in 1938 and studied as a student dietitian at Duke University Hospital in 1939. She had extensive experience in 4-H Club work. As a child, she was involved with the 4-H Club and even received the 4-H Union Pacific Scholarship to attend Oregon State. She resigned from Oregon State in 1947 to reenlist in the Army Medical Corps, where she could receive a lieutenant’s commission. She was born in 1916, in Helena, Montana.