Melvin Cutler was a professor in the Oregon State University Physics Department from 1963 until his retirement in 1988. Cutler earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Columbia University in 1951 and was employed at the Hughes Aircraft Semiconducor Laboratory and the General Dynamics Company from 1951 to 1958 researching liquid semiconductors. Cutler specialized in the study of the electronic properties of molecular liquids and was particularly interested in the development of liquid semiconductors. Cutler died in Corvallis in 2005.
Duane Johnson worked with the Extension Service for 41 years, 1959-2000. Johnson held several positions including Acting Program Leader and State 4-H Leader.
Thayne Dutson was the Dean of Agricultural Sciences from 1993-2008 and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station from 1987-2008. Dutson's research focuses included enzymes and muscle tissue. Dutson helped expand the OSU Seafood Laboratory in Astoria and established the Food Innovation Center in Portland.
John Leffel was an OSU Extension agent for 30 years, 1962-1992. Leffel worked in numerous counties including Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill, Polk, and Clackamas County. Leffel's focus was livestock and crops.
Born in Minnesota in 1923, Hugh J. Hansen came to OSU in 1974 to assume the post of Manager of the Western Regional Agricultural Engineering Service. Hansen later served in the position of Extension Energy and Agricultural Engineer. Briefly serving as acting head of the Agricultural Engineering Department in 1986, Hansen retired in 1990. He died in 2001.