James R. Baggett was a faculty member at Oregon State University from 1956 until his retirement in 1995. He completed a Ph.D. in Horticulture at Oregon State College in 1956. As a faculty member, he continued the breeding work on peas, beans, cabbage, and broccoli that he had begun as a graduate student. He became head of the vegetable breeding program in 1973 when his mentor and colleague, William A. ("Tex") Frazier retired.
Walter E. Matson (facing camera, right) was an Extension Agricultural Engineer at Oregon State from 1965-1985. Peter Lyngstrand was an architectural draftsman at Oregon State University.