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You searched for: Start Over Decade 1990-1999 Remove constraint Decade: 1990-1999 Topic College presidents Remove constraint Topic: College presidents Local Collection Name Presidents of Oregon State University Photographic Collection, circa 1865-1999 (P 001) Remove constraint Local Collection Name: Presidents of Oregon State University Photographic Collection, circa 1865-1999 (P 001)

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1. Paul G. Risser portrait, 1996
Paul G. Risser portrait, 1996
Description
On November 2, 1995 the Oregon State Board of Higher Education named Paul G. Risser to succeed John Byrne as the thirteenth president of Oregon State University; he began his presidency in January 1996. An internationally renowned biologist whose research interests include the structure and function of grassland and forest ecosystems, environmental planning and management, landscape ecology, and global change, Risser expanded OSU's Corvallis campus and facilitated the establishment of both the OSU-Cascades Campus in Bend and the extended campus online.
2. John V. Byrne seated at desk, circa 1994
John V. Byrne seated at desk, circa 1994
Description
John Vincent Byrne assumed the presidency in November 1984 and served as OSU's twelfth president for eleven years until the end of 1995. Byrne began teaching at Oregon State University in 1960, and his career at the university spanned thirty-five years. He was an early leader of the OSU Sea Grant program and was the director of the Marine Science Center.
3. Paul and Les Risser, before August 1999
Paul and Les Risser, before August 1999
Description
On November 2, 1995 the Oregon State Board of Higher Education named Paul G. Risser to succeed John Byrne as the thirteenth president of Oregon State University; he began his presidency in January 1996. An internationally renowned biologist whose research interests include the structure and function of grassland and forest ecosystems, environmental planning and management, landscape ecology, and global change, Risser expanded OSU's Corvallis campus and facilitated the establishment of both the OSU-Cascades Campus in Bend and the extended campus online.
4. John V. Byrne seated at desk, circa 1994
John V. Byrne seated at desk, circa 1994
Description
John Vincent Byrne assumed the presidency in November 1984 and served as OSU's twelfth president for eleven years until the end of 1995. Byrne began teaching at Oregon State University in 1960, and his career at the university spanned thirty-five years. He was an early leader of the OSU Sea Grant program and was the director of the Marine Science Center.
5. Paul G. Risser portrait, 1996
Paul G. Risser portrait, 1996
Description
On November 2, 1995 the Oregon State Board of Higher Education named Paul G. Risser to succeed John Byrne as the thirteenth president of Oregon State University; he began his presidency in January 1996. An internationally renowned biologist whose research interests include the structure and function of grassland and forest ecosystems, environmental planning and management, landscape ecology, and global change, Risser expanded OSU's Corvallis campus and facilitated the establishment of both the OSU-Cascades Campus in Bend and the extended campus online.
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