Beatrice Beebe worked as an English instructor at OSC from 1934 to 1952. As an undergraduate, she attended the University of Illinois, Boston University Law School, the University of Washington, and she received her L.L.B. from the University of Oregon Law School in 1912. She received her Master of Arts from the University of Oregon in 1925. She was born in 1886, in Chicago, Illinois. She listed her son, William Beebe, as her beneficiary. Before coming to OSC she had worked on various school boards throughout Washington and Oregon, from as early as 1911. She was a member of the National Writers Club and the American Poetry League. She also taught English and math at various high schools in Oregon. She published articles, poems, and translated plays in her spare time. Before her retirement, she was promoted to assistant professor. Her beginning wage was $195 a month and grew to $3920 a year.
Violet Baskam was an instructor in the Music Department at OSC from 1948 to 1952. She received her undergraduate education in music from the University of Michigan in 1943 and received her Master’s degree in 1944. She also studied at Juilliard from 1944 to 1945 and Columbia University from 1945 to 1946. She was born in 1921, in Highland Park, Michigan. She was married while working at OSC. She came to work at OSC in order to be with her husband. Before coming to work at OSC, she worked at the music department at Hendrix College. Her initial salary was $3000. She resigned from OSU in 1952.
Jane Catherine Dale was an English instructor at Oregon State College from 1946 to 1947. She was paid an annual salary of $2,000. She had previously worked as a supervisor of teaching at Oregon College of Education in Monmouth from 1939 to 1946. She came to OSC because she wanted to teach English. She received her undergraduate education from James Milikin University and the University of Delaware and George Washington University from 1927 to 1932. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English in 1938 and her Master of Arts in English in 1939 from the University of Wisconsin. She was unmarried when she came to work at OSC, and listed her friend, Miss Ruth Elizabeth Lautenbach, as her beneficiary. She resigned in 1947 to take another position elsewhere with a higher rank and salary. She was born in 1907, in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Dora May Himmelsbach Costello was a reference assistant at the Oregon State College library off and on from 1923 to 1925, then from 1938 to 1943, and from 1945 to 1948. Her annual salary was $1,920. She was twenty-nine years old when she came to work at OSC in 1923. She had previously worked as an English instructor at an Idaho high school. She received her Bachelor of Education in 1921, and her Bachelor of Library Science in 1923 from the University of Washington. She was a member of the American Library Association and the Pacific Northwest Library Association. From 1926 to 1937, she worked as a library assistant at Louisiana State University, California State University, and at Yakima Public Library. She came back to work at Oregon State College in 1938 because she wanted a permanent position. From 1943 to 1945, she took a leave of absence for military service to join the Women’s Army Corps. At this time, OSC’s library was already suffering from staff shortages due to the war, but her leave was granted. She resigned in 1948. She was born in 1894, in Crookston, Minnesota.
Emma S. Coe was a secretary for the Department of Housing and Employment for Men at OSC from 1941 to 1945. Coe was born in 1888, in Niverville, Manitoba, Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Dakota in 1915. Previously, she had been a high school and substitute teacher and worked for several newspapers in North Dakota. She also published an article titled “History of Crary, North Dakota and Southern Ramsey County”, which was published to the North Dakota State Historical Collections. Coe moved to Corvallis in 1936. Before coming to OSC, she was a housewife, and she explained on her job application that she wanted to help the family income. She was paid an annual salary of $1,200.
Louise Lieurance Daniels was an English instructor for Oregon State College in 1947. She was born in 1924, in Wilmington, Ohio. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Miami University in 1946. She was married to Robert Daniels with no children when she was hired to OSC. She had previously worked as a clerk at the Oregon State library before becoming an instructor. She was appointed as an instructor due to a severe staff shortage in 1947. Her annual salary was $2,000. Daniels was initially brought on for the winter and spring terms of 1947, but was given the opportunity to continue as an instructor for the 1947-1948 school year due to the resignation of another instructor. However, her appointment was terminated June 30th, 1947.
Commery Wallace Coleman was an instructor in home economics at Oregon State College from 1946 to 1948. Coleman was born in 1916, in Portland, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from Oregon State College in 1941. Before working at OSC, she worked at at various high schools throughout Oregon, including Philomath High School and Children’s Farm Home School. Her annual salary as an instructor at Oregon State was $2,400. She resigned in 1948 because she got engaged.
Jane White Jensen was a catalog assistant at the Oregon State College library from 1949 to 1951. She was born Jane White in 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Pittsburgh in 1947, and her Master of Science in Library Science and history from the University of Illinois Library School in 1949. She was also a member of the American Library Association. Before coming to OSC, she worked as a cataloger at the University of Pittsburgh. She was hired at Oregon State at an annual salary of $3,100. She married Thorkel H. Jensen, a fellow assistant librarian at Oregon State, in 1950 and became Jane Jensen. In 1951, the married couple both resigned from Oregon State. Mr. Jensen planned to attend the University of Chicago and Jane Jensen accompanied him.
Eileen Johnson was an English instructor at Oregon State College in 1946. Johnson was born in 1922, in Salem, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Arts in secretarial science from Oregon State in 1943. Before coming to work at Oregon State, she was a secretary to an assistant state highway engineer in Salem. She also spent the summer of 1945 instructing Mexican workers in English in Salem. She worked at Oregon State under a ten-month term basis, at an annual salary of $2,000. She was married when she came to work at OSC.
Laura Cornelia McAllester was an Assistant Professor and Chairman of Physical Education. She was born in 1883 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She began at OSC in 1926, at a salary of $2,200. She received a certificate from the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics in 1906, and completed further undergraduate work at Wellesley College. In 1932, she received her Bachelor of Science from OSC. Before coming to OSC, she spent seven years as the Director of Physical Education at North Carolina College for Women. She was the director of a high school in Rochester, New York, did physiotherapy at a private office for four years in Sacramento, and spent two years doing health corrective work at a private school. After starting as an instructor at OSC in 1926, she became Chairman of the Department in 1932, and an Assistant Professor in 1935. She took sabbatical for winter term of 1945 to conduct a survey of new methods and procedures in body mechanics, particularly as they related to posture and relaxation. She planned to conduct this work in either San Francisco or New York, in order to contact resident leaders in the field. She was a member of Kappa Delta Pi and the Episcopal church.
Gayle Corinne Timmons was an instructor in Foods and Nutrition from 1946 to 1949. She was born in 1925, in Eureka, California. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education from OSC in 1946. She married and changed her name to Gayle C. Merlin in 1947. By 1948, while working as a part-time instructor, she finished off all the requirements for her Master’s degree. When a colleague, Miss Riedesel, fell ill, Merklin went full-time to cover her classes. By the next year, she was given a 5% raise for her able teaching, as well as her “real flare for food preparation.” She began in 1946 at a salary of $850 for part-time teaching, and resigned in 1949 at a full-time salary of $2,835.
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.
Philis Louise Parsons was a laboratory assistant in the Department of Art and Architecture in 1946. She was born in 1912 in Twin Falls, Idaho. She was divorced with four children, who ranged in age from 14 to 8 at the time of her hire at OSC. She attended undergraduate college at Chapman College in Los Angeles, and then received her degree in arts and crafts, with additional study in painting, from Oregon State in 1945. Before coming to OSC, she was the Arts and Skills Coordinator for the Camp Adair Navy Hospital. She also had experience teaching art in an eighth grade country school on a volunteer basis, and lived for two years in Alaska. At OSC, she was hired at $1,500 on a nine-month basis. She worked from nine to five every weekday with instructors and their classes, taking care of supplies and equipment, and organizing materials for “demonstration and reference.” As a recent student at OSC, she was familiar with the classes. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Alpha, as well as the secretary of the Valley Rangers, an amateur riding club.
Philis Louise Parsons was a laboratory assistant in the Department of Art and Architecture in 1946. She was born in 1912 in Twin Falls, Idaho. She was divorced with four children, who ranged in age from 14 to 8 at the time of her hire at OSC. She attended undergraduate college at Chapman College in Los Angeles, and then received her degree in arts and crafts, with additional study in painting, from Oregon State in 1945. Before coming to OSC, she was the Arts and Skills Coordinator for the Camp Adair Navy Hospital. She also had experience teaching art in an eighth grade country school on a volunteer basis, and lived for two years in Alaska. At OSC, she was hired at $1,500 on a nine-month basis. She worked from nine to five every weekday with instructors and their classes, taking care of supplies and equipment, and organizing materials for “demonstration and reference.” As a recent student at OSC, she was familiar with the classes. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Alpha, as well as the secretary of the Valley Rangers, an amateur riding club.
Hildred Atkinson Rice was a half-time English instructor from 1946 to 1952. She was born in 1907 in Portland, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science from OSC in 1931 in English, commerce, French, with additional study in Sociology. She attended graduate school at the University of Oregon Extension Center, and continued attending graduate school at OSC while she was employed part-time. Before she came to OSC, she worked in the Home Service Department with the American Red Cross in Portland, until her husband returned from service. She had stenographer experience with Bonneville Power Administration, where she was in charge of office and engineering equipment inventory for about 200 employees and also handled correspondence. She was secretary at Eastern Oregon College of Education, where she was in charge of a newspaper staff of about 25 students. She was involved with the Trails Club of Oregon, where she worked as the Business Manager and was also a reporter. While attending graduate courses, she applied to OSC as a part-time English instructor. She was hired at $1000 per year for a ten month term, part time. After fall term of her first year, she was increased to three-quarters time. In 1952, she resigned due to ill health, at which time she was earning $1700 for part-time work. During the summer of 1936 she traveled through England, Scotland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and France. She was once President and District Deputy of the Daughters of St. George.
Harriet Eleanor Sisson was Associate Professor of Pharmacy, who worked at OSC from 1946 to 1986. She was born in 1916 in Duluth, Minnesota. She was married with two children when she came to OSC. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota in 1937, and her Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, with additional study in inorganic chemistry, from the same institution in 1939. Her thesis for her master’s degree was titled “Photochemical Pharmacological study of Lygodesmia Spinosa.” Before coming to OSC, she spent five years as a pharmacist with the University of Minnesota Hospital, and then spent a year as a reader with the Oregon State College. She also had experience as a pharmacist and laboratory technician in a few other hospitals. She was hired at $1200 for a ten month term, beginning as a half-time instructor and moving to full-time in 1949. She became an Assistant Professor with indefinite tenure in 1965, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1968. While teaching at OSC, she took thesis credits at the University of Oregon for her PhD. thesis and conducted research on “motivation and achievement in PSC 319, 320, 321” for her PhD. thesis, for which she had no funding. Her dissertation advisor was Henry F Dizney of the Department of Educational Psychology, who considered working with her “one of the real rewards” of his job. She received her PhD. in Educational Psychology in 1979 from the University of Oregon, while still teaching at OSC. She continued to receive a “concerningly” low salary until the Dean of the School of Pharmacy, Richard Ohvall, lobbied for a salary adjustment. In 1986, she retired. She was a very popular teacher, whom visiting alumni often asked to see. Dr. Sisson developed computer oriented courses to help students learn the computer skills that would be needed in “today’s pharmacies.” The use of computers in pharmacy was only expected to increase, and Sisson thus spent “many hours working on new programs and adapting instruction methods to better use these programs.” She was awarded Emeritus status upon her retirement for her contributions to OSU and the School of Pharmacy.
Florence L. Hupprich was an Assistant Professor of Physical Education for Women at Oregon State College from 1937 to 1958. Hupprich was born in 1901, in Highwood, Illinois. She received her bachelor’s degree in 1923 and her master’s degree in 1926 from the University of Wisconsin. She was brought on to work as an instructor in physical education in 1937. In 1944, she requested a leave of absence to pursue her Ph.D. at the University of Oregon. She was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in 1945. She went on to receive her Ph.D. in education from the University of Oregon in 1949. After receiving her Ph.D., Hupprich began discussing the issue of receiving tenure with the director of the Department of Physical Education for Women, Dr. Eva Seen. Hupprich was not afraid to point out the inequality of the situation to Dr. Seen. She stated that members of the Department of Physical Education for Men had already received tenure by 1949, while only two members of the Department of Education for Women had received tenure, Dr. Seen being one of those two women. Dr. Seen remained opposed to granting tenure status to her staff until 1952, when she finally began granting tenure to certain staff members. Hupprich did not receive tenure, however, and went to President A.L. Strand to discuss promotion policies. At this time, academic policy stated that those who worked at an institution of higher education for seven years were entitled to tenure. Having worked at Oregon State for thirteen years, she felt she had earned the right to tenured status. Dr. Seen did not agree with Dr. Hupprich on this issue, and she took decisive action against her. At the end of the 1952 school year, Hupprich was notified by Dr. Seen that her position with the department would be terminated the following year. Dr. Seen did not give any reason for this termination. At fifty-two years old, Hupprich worried that if she did not obtain tenure from Oregon State, her teaching career would be over. Hupprich got an attorney and requested a hearing at the Faculty Committee on Review and Appeals. Her hearing was long delayed and Hupprich was not able to gain knowledge of any claims Dr. Seen had made against her as to why she was terminated. The committee did state, however, that since she had been working at Oregon State for thirteen years, she was long overdue to receive tenured status. Hupprich wrote a letter to the American Association of University Professors explaining her situation. In this time, she was allowed to keep working at Oregon State until 1954 by President Strand. Strand was contacted by the association in 1954 to discuss a review of Hupprich’s case, particularly the cause for her termination and her contentious relationship with Dr. Seen. At this time, Dr. Seen wrote to Strand explaining Hupprich’s termination. She claimed she was not an engaging professor and did not go beyond what was required of her. However, the review revealed that Dr. Seen had some failings as an administrator. Evidence suggested the two women had been feuding as far back as 1945 over low salaries and differences in teaching methods. Hupprich was described by some students and faculty as being “too exacting and detailed with beginning students” but it was concluded that this was not enough grounds for her termination. At the same time, she was still described as “a good teacher”. Hupprich claimed Dr. Seen practiced favoritism in granting promotions and salary increases. Hupprich was also known among staff in her department to occasionally stand up to Dr. Seen’s “autocratic procedures”. There was also evidence Seen had been encouraging Hupprich to find employment elsewhere since 1945. In 1955, the American Association of University Professors concluded that Hupprich was unfairly terminated and was entitled to indefinite tenure. This was granted by President Strand. But this was not the end of her case. In 1957, the Faculty Committee on Review and Appeals reconsidered Hupprich’s case after another associate professor from the Department of Physical Education for Women, Betty Thompson, requested a hearing from the committee regarding her mistreatment. Thompson and Hupprich’s case revealed a significant problem within Oregon State’s Department of Physical Education for Women. For decades, the department had been denying older women faculty members tenure out of a rationale that an aging staff of women would be unable to meet desired performance levels. The case also revealed clear displays of favoritism by Dr. Seen in promotion decisions and salary raises. The committee found that this was an issue seemingly unique to the Department of Physical Education for Women. The committee ultimately suggested departmental reforms. Hupprich remained at Oregon State until her retirement in 1966. She returned to work part time for a few years afterwards.
Bertha Emma Herse was a reference librarian at Oregon State College off and on, from 1910-1912, 1916-1922, and from 1924-1957. Herse was born in 1891, in West Point, Nebraska. She received a bachelor’s degree in 1910 and another in 1928 from Oregon Agricultural College, which would later become Oregon State College. She also received a Bachelor of Liberal Studies from New York State Library School in 1924. She was brought on to work at Oregon Agricultural College in 1910 as a loan desk assistant, but in 1912, she had to resign due to a serious knee injury. She returned in 1916 as a half-time library assistant, where she was in charge of book binding. In 1922, she requested a leave of absence to obtain her degree from the New York State Library School. She returned in 1924 and was appointed a Reference Librarian with an annual salary of $2,000. Herse was offered a library position at Bellingham State Normal School in 1929 at a salary of $2,500, but declined the offer to stay at OSC. This prompted the Oregon State library to request a pay raise for Herse to keep her on their faculty. Herse’s salary rose to $2,500 by the end of 1929. Herse requested a leave of absence in 1944 due to more troubles with her knee. She returned to work in 1945. Toward the end of her career with the library, Herse became the focus of resentment for some of the library faculty due to her salary. An anonymous letter written to President A.L. Strand claimed Herse was one of the best paid staff members in the library, yet contributed very little and carried few responsibilities. However, this letter did not hurt her career, and she retired in 1957. Herse spoke to President Strand about her unhappiness in the library during the last years of her service, but she also spoke fondly of notable librarians Ida Kidder and Lucy Lewis, who she worked with throughout her career.
Dr. Clare Rose Comebellack was an English instructor at Oregon State College from 1946 to 1954. Her annual salary was $2,700. She was previously an English instructor at the University of Oregon. She also worked as a high school and middle school teacher at various schools in California. She was listed as married with no children when she came to work at OSC. She received her undergraduate education from San Jose State Teachers College and the University of California from 1924 to 1927. She received her Bachelor of Arts in 1928 and Master of Arts in 1930 from Stanford University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California in 1937. Her master’s thesis was titled, “The Marvelous in the Earlier Middle English Metrical Romances”, and her doctoral thesis was titled, “The Husband’s Return: A Study in Medieval Fiction”. She had published an article called, “Root, Eye, and Mind”, in The American Mercury in 1941. She also received a letter from President A.L. Strand complimenting her on an article she published in the American Journal in 1948, titled “The Identity and Origin of Eurychus in the Ships' Catalogue of Hyginus” This article is still available through jstor.com. Combellack requested sabbatical leave from the university in 1953 after working for six years, but was told that she did not qualify because she had been hired on a temporary basis, with annually renewed contracts for six years. She was also informed that since she would not be granted a permanent, tenured position within the English department, she would have to be terminated due to State Board policy. Her employment with the university was terminated in 1954. She was born in 1907, in Kennett, California.
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.
Lora F. Kelts (nee Ives) was born in 1909. She worked at OSU from 1944 to 1973, beginning as a part-time Assistant Librarian in both the Serials and Reference departments. She eventually rose to the rank of Professor and Head Agriculture-Forestry Librarian, ending with a salary of $16,300 (roughly equivalent to $97,624, adjusted for inflation). She received her Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Los Angeles, in botany and zoology; and her librarianship certificate from University of California, Berkeley in 1942. Previously, she worked as a Junior Assistant in the reference department at U.C. College of Agriculture in Davis, California, but had to find other work when the college closed down due to the war. For a short time after, she was employed as a Junior Assistant in the reference department of Sacramento City Library, but felt her skills would be more useful in an agricultural college. She was highly respected for her work caliber and experience, so much so that the U.C. Davis Library offered her a posting and a salary increase after the war was over, which OSU was forced to match. She married Donald Kelts in 1957.
Vivian E. Gilkey was an English instructor at Oregon State College in 1946. Gilkey was born in 1912, in Butte, Montana. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Oregon in 1935, and as a graduate, she studied the violin at Columbia University, Juilliard, and the American Conservatory. She was a recipient of the Phi Beta Violin Scholarship, and even played for the Houston Symphony in 1942. Before coming to OSC, she taught at various grade schools in Roseburg, Oregon and Oakland, California. She was married when she came to OSC. She was hired on a ten-month term basis, at a salary of $2,200.
Florence Euren was a librarian at Oregon State College from 1946 to 1972. Euren was born in 1906, in Moorhead, Minnesota. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education from the State Teachers College, and received her Bachelor of Science in Library Science from the University of Minnesota. She began as an assistant circulation librarian in 1946 with an annual salary of $2,620. She left in 1949 to accept a job as a Bookmobile Librarian in Washington. She came back in 1957 as a librarian with an annual pay of $5,000. She retired in 1972.
Shirley A. Drawz was an order assistant at the Oregon State College library in 1946. She was born in 1922, in Superior, Wisconsin. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the College of St. Scholactica in 1944, and her A.B.L.S. from the University of Michigan in 1946. She had previously worked as an assistant at the circulations department at the University of Michigan library before coming to OSC. She was hired for a twelve month period, with an annual salary of $2,000.
Anaita Jurgenson was a Russian professor at Oregon State College from 1946 to 1968. Jurgenson was born in 1895, in Tiflis Caucasus, Russia. She graduated from the French College Alciander’s Institute in Petrograd, Russia in 1915. Before coming to Oregon State, she was a Russian instructor at the Navy Language School at the University of Colorado. Jurgenson applied for a position at Oregon State after the Navy Language School closed. She was brought on as an assistant instructor for the Department of Modern Languages at an annual salary of $3,000. Jurgenson took a sabbatical leave in 1957 to travel and study abroad in Paris and London to attend lectures given on Russian language and culture. Throughout her time within the Department of Modern Languages, Jurgenson enjoyed showing Russian films to OSC students. Given the time during which she worked at the college, Jugenson did on occasion experience tensions on campus regarding Cold War hostilities between the United States and Russia. On one occasion in 1949, she cancelled a film showing due to the political atmosphere on campus. On another occasion, Jurgenson was to present at a lecture on Russian Culture, but the visas of the Russian scholars who were to visit were cancelled by the United States. Despite this, she spoke fondly of her time at Oregon State, and in turn her department showed gratitude that she chose to work there. Jurgenson retired in 1965, after nineteen years of service at Oregon State. That same year, she suffered from severe health complications that resulted in her hospitalization, but she recovered and came back to work part-time at Oregon State in 1966 with the rank of professor. She continued to work until 1968.
Ruth Ann Musselman was an instructor in English in 1947. She was born in 1924 in Lansing, Michigan. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, with additional study in history, economics, and Spanish from Michigan State College in 1945. She studied at the University of Missouri and the University of Minnesota, receiving her Master of Arts in American Studies from the latter in 1947. She previously worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Minnesota. She was hired at $2,500 for ten months of service.
Martha Moore was an instructor in institution economics, and an assistant in the dormitories from 1946 through 1947. She earned $3,000 plus meals (valued at $310 per year) on a ten month basis.
Katherine Hughes was a science librarian from 1939 to 1971. She was born in 1906 in Bellingham, Washington. She received a Bachelor of Science in Library Science from the University of Washington in 1928, and her Master of Arts from OSC in 1939. At the time an assistant science librarian, she took a leave of absence from October 1938 to June 1939 to study for her master’s degree in science at OSC. Before coming to OSC, she was an assistant at the Seattle Public Library for three years. She began at OSC as a reference assistant in 1929, and then was promoted to the Head of Science Reference Room, with the rank of assistant professor, in 1941. In 1965, she became the Chief Science and Technology Librarian, with associate professor rank, indefinite tenure, and a salary of $11,160 per year. She was promoted to the rank of full Professor in 1970, and then received Emeritus status after her retirement in 1972. After reaching the mandatory retirement age in 1971, Osborn requested an extension that enabled her to work up to her 70th birthday (5 years past mandatory retirement age). She only desired to work six more months, and submitted her resignation after that. She was hired at $1,500 per year, and resigned in 1971 at a salary of $12,675. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Sigma. She was also a member of numerous associations, including the Pacific Northwest Library Association, the Oregon Library Association ,ad the Oregon Academy of Science. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. She married John L. Osborn, who was born in 1881. Their wedding took place on March 24, 1955, and she soon changed her name to Katherine Hughes Osborn.
Dorothy Mae Reeves was an Assistant Professor of Secretarial Science from 1950 to 1952. She was born in 1909 in Aurora, Nebraska. She earned a diploma from the Van Sant School of Business in 1928 in Omaha, Nebraska. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Commerce, with additional study in English and psychology, from Iowa State Teachers College in 1934. She earned a Master of Arts in Business Education and Personnel Work, with additional study in guidance and administration in higher education, from New York University in 1946. She completed all the requirements for her PhD. at New York by 1950. Her doctoral thesis was titled “A Comparative Analysis of Candidates for Position as to Attitude, Level of Competency, and Goals.” She worked as the Chairman of the Secretarial Department at Farleigh Dickinson College for three years, and as the Director of Placement for one. At Farleigh, she established job clinics and the college placement bureau. She also received a citation for “Service Beyond the call of duty”. She was also a member of the evaluating committee for the Middle States Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges in 1949. She taught for four years at Berkeley School as head of the English Department, Director of Student Problems, and as a shorthand teacher. She had numerous years of experience as a shorthand teacher, private and executive secretary, and as a teacher at Bryant and Stratton Naval Training School. She published a number of monographs and articles, with titles such as “Placement as a Function of Guidance,” “What about Follow-up?” and co-wrote a filing manual for secretaries. She was a member numerous societies and organizations, such as Delta Pi Epsilon, the American Association of University Professors, the American Association of University Women, and National Business Teachers Associations. She applied to OSC because she wished to be able to finish her doctorate and “get away from the load I have now of 33 hours of teaching plus managing the placement bureau.” She was hired at $3600 salary for ten months’ service with yearly tenure. She resigned in 1952. In her resignation letter she highly praised her employer, Dr. Yerian, whom she considered to be the best employer she had ever had, and Miss Hay, who Reeves thought must be “more popular than any of the staff and that the service she renders is greater.” She also expressed pleased surprised at the fact that a “college as large as this” had “so many democratic principles” in effect. She left to accept a “most challenging and remunerative administration position” in the fashion field in New York. At her resignation, she was earning $4400 on a ten months’ basis.
Carol Ann Rayhill was an instructor in psychology from 1946 to 1947. She was born in 1922 in Rochester, New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State College in 1943 in sociology, with additional study in chemistry. She went on to earn her Master of Science from Oklahoma University in 1946, in the field of psychology, with additional study in educational guidance. Her thesis for her master’s degree was titled “The Relationship Between Reminiscence and Mental Catharsis,” which she intended to submit to the Journal of Experimental Psychology for Publication. While at Oklahoma University, she worked as a graduate assistant in women’s residential halls, during which time she was responsible for the welfare and “good adjustment” of forty-five female freshmen. She also spent a year as as a home finder for the Foster Home Department of the Rochester Catholic Charities. She was hired at OSC $2500 for ten months, and resigned the next year, at a salary of $3000 for ten months. She was a member of several scientific and psychology honorary societies, including Sigma Xi, Psi Chi, and Phi Sigma.
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.
Bertha Whillook Stutz held a number of positions in secretarial training at OSC, and was employed at OSC for 36 years. She retired an Associate Professor of Secretarial Science. She was born in 1888 in Humansville, Missouri. She studied at Missouri State Teachers College and Oregon State University, receiving her Bachelor of Science from the latter in 1918. She then went on to study graduate work at Columbia University and OSC, receiving her Master of Science from the latter in 1927. After graduating, she taught secretarial training at OSC, and taught summer sessions at the University of California and the University of Southern California. While employed at OSC, she took a leave of absence from January-September of 1921, with the understanding that there would be “no guarantee as to salary” should she resume her work the next September. She taught part-time in 1933, but enrollment reached 28% excess of their facilities, so she and one other half-time professor were increased to full-time work. This year also saw a 20% increase in students from other majors registering for secretarial science classes. She took sabbatical leave from March-June 1945, on full salary. She used this to visit secondary schools, junior colleges, colleges, and universities to study methods and techniques. She was faculty advisor of PHi Chi Theta at OSC. She was a member of the Eastern Star, the Methodist Church, and was the National Treasurer of Sigma Kappa for at least six years.
Elzie Herbert was an orders librarian at Oregon State College from 1920 to 1952. Herbert was born in 1887, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Before coming to work at Oregon State, she taught an introduction class to stenography at Vance Business College, and was an office manager at Black Planing Mill Co. in Pennsylvania. She was brought on as a stenographer at Oregon State in 1920 at an annual salary of $1,300. She was widowed with one daughter when she came to work at Oregon State. She was soon appointed to secretary and order clerk at the library. In 1927, she was promoted to head of the Library Order Department. She retained this position until her retirement in 1952. She passed away in 1971.
Miriam Elizabeth Macpherson Holman was a Foods and Nutrition instructor at Oregon State College from 1944 to 1950. Holman was born in 1916, in Corvallis, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education from Oregon State College in 1937, and her Master of Arts in Foods and Nutrition from New York Teachers College in 1939. Before coming to work at Oregon State, Holman taught foods and nutrition at New York State Agriculture and Technical Institute. She was appointed as an instructor at Oregon State in 1944 at an annual salary of $2,400. Holman married Lenn C. Holman in 1950, and resigned from her position at Oregon State to join him in Portland.
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.
Margaret Muriel Field was an Engineering Reference Librarian at Oregon State College from 1942 to 1950. She was born in 1895, in Anoka, Minnesota. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College in 1919 and her Master of Arts from the University of California in 1933. She worked as an assistant librarian at Modesta Junior College and at the Lewiston Public Library in Idaho before coming to OSC. She was a member of the American Library Association and the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She developed an extensive knowledge of engineering literature while working at OSC, and also compiled a bibliography on the electrical heating of houses in 1946, which was published by the Bonneville Power Administration. She passed away in 1950 of a sudden stroke.
Anne Elston was a German instructor at Oregon State College from 1943 to 1944, at an annual rate of $2,400. She was married without children when she came to OSC, and her husband, Arnold Elston, was also employed at OSC. The couple came to OSC from the University of Oregon to teach German for the Army Specialist Training Unit, a temporary position to aid the war effort. Given that Anne Elston was a native German speaker, Mr. Elston claimed that his fluency had been kept effective because of her. She was born in 1901, in Vienna, Austria.
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.