Dr. Paul R. Ellicker (left) was a Professor of Bacteriology from 1947-1976. He was chair of the department from 1952-1976. Dr. Lyle D. Calvin (center) was a Professor of Statistics and later Dean of the Graduate School from 1953-1988. Dr. Emery Neal Castle (right) was a Professor of Agricultural Economics from 1957-1976. He returned to OSU from 1986-1992 to serve as chair of the University Graduate Faculty of Economics. From 1992 to 1994, Castle chaired the Extended Education Transition Committee.
Roy A. Young (center) became assistant professor of Plant Pathology in 1948. Young was head of the Botany and Plant Pathology department from 1958-1966. Young served for a short term as acting president from 1969-1970. He also served as Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies through 1977. Dr. Lyle D. Calvin (right) was a Professor of Statistics and later Dean of the Graduate School from 1953-1988.