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- Elvera C. Horrell was an extension statistician and secretary for the Federal Cooperative Extension at Oregon State College from 1928 to 1937 and from 1939 to 1968. Horrell was born in 1906, in Portland, Oregon. She received her undergraduate education in business administration from Oregon State College from 1927 to 1937. She was brought on to work at Oregon State in 1928 as a stenographer for the Department of Agricultural Economics at $100 per month. Horrell was promoted to secretary of the office of Agricultural Economics in 1935. She resigned in 1937 to join her husband, Everett Horrell, in Eastern Oregon. She returned to work at OSC in 1939 as a secretary. In 1942, she was promoted to Junior Extension Statistician, at an annual salary of $1,800. In her new position, Horrell handled statistical questions for the County Agricultural program. She prepared statistical reports and handled special requests for her department’s statistical data. She was promoted to Agricultural Economist in 1965. She retired in 1968 with the rank of Assistant Professor.
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- Frances Ann Clinton Hall was a home demonstration agent at Oregon State College from 1930 to 1964. Hall was born in 1903, in Adna, Washington. She received her Bachelor of Science from the College of Puget Sound in 1925, and her Master of Science from Oregon State College in 1930. She was brought on to work at OSC as an extension agent at-large at an annual rate of $2,400. During her time as a home demonstration agent at-large, Hall served in various places in Oregon, such as Portland, Yamhill and Union County. Hall also worked on a wide array of projects in 1930. She helped revise nutrition extension material, prepared radio service material, and prepared the extension service’s exhibit at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition of 1930, as well as the State Fair. She also assisted with social service programs in Portland, such as Diets for Dependent Families. In 1931, she was assigned to serve in Multnomah County. Hall later became Assistant State Leader of Home Economics Extension in 1944, and in 1952, she became State Leader. She resigned in 1958 and got married and became a homemaker for a few years, but was soon widowed. She returned in 1961, and became an extension agent for Klamath County. She resigned in 1964.
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- Ruth Mary Nitchals was born in 1923, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She worked as a County Extension Agent and Assistant Professor at OSC from 1948-1950. She got married in 1949 and changed her name to Ruth Nitchals Klippstein. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from University of Cincinnati in 1944, where she held the highest scholastic average of the 1944 Home Economics class. She was a member of Omicron Nu, a home economics honorary society, where she served as treasurer, and Iota Sigma Pi, a women’s chemistry honorary society. She received her Master of Science in Physiology from Michigan State College in 1946. Her graduate thesis centered on blood studies on the effect of antibiotics in rats. Following this, she went directly to Washington, D.C, to work as a nutrition chemist with the United States Department of Agriculture. There she worked over a year in the Bureau of Nutrition and Home Economics, and then came to OSC to work on the Western Regional Research Project as a nutritional chemist. This unit was soon transferred to California, but Prof. Klippstein preferred Oregon, so she began work at OSC as a home extension agent. She resigned from OSC in February of 1950 (at a salary of $4,080) to remain at home. Soon thereafter, she had her first child, Richard, who was born in April, 1950, and her daughter Marjorie, who was born in March, 1953. During her time as a homemaker, she was active in the 4-H Club program, took an interest in the local extension unit, and taught summer classes for the recreation district of Springfield. She returned to Oregon State College in 1956 at a salary of $5,508, as she and her husband wished to buy a farm. In 1957, she was transferred as a Nutrition Specialist and Associate Professor at a salary of $6,840. She resigned in 1961 (at which point she earned $9,348 annually) to accept a position as Nutrition Specialist at Cornell University, who offered her a salary of $10,200. She was an active member of the Calvin Presbyterian Church of Corvallis, Oregon. Professor Klippstein was said to be a person of “unusual personal qualities in addition to her excellent training and experience,” Although she considered herself a regular “Cub scout mom, neighborhood chauffeur, and puller of the flower bed weeds.”
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- Jean Alyce Williams was a recreation specialist with the extension service from 1946 to __. She was born in 1910 in LaGrande, Oregon. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oregon in 1931, in the field of English, drama, and speech. She attended graduate school at University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California, University of Washington, and American University, studying drama, music, and physical education. She spent thirteen years as a high school teacher in Cove and LeGrande, Oregon, specializing in programs, plays, and operas. She was a recreation worker with the American Red Cross from 1943-45, where she worked overseas in France and England in clubs and hospitals. She used this experience to give at least 25 speeches on various occasions on her “Experiences Overseas with the American Red Cross.” She wrote several unpublished one-act plays and radio skits, which she used for “special occasions.” She was a member of the AAUW, National Collegiate Players, Sigma Alpha Chi, Young Women’s Educational Auxiliary, and the Recreation Director of Campfire GIrls in Portland. She was hired as a Specialist in Community Social Organization, with the rank of assistant professor, at $3204 per year. Her salary was later reduced to $2808 per year.
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- Jean Alyce Williams was a recreation specialist with the extension service from 1946 to __. She was born in 1910 in LaGrande, Oregon. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oregon in 1931, in the field of English, drama, and speech. She attended graduate school at University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California, University of Washington, and American University, studying drama, music, and physical education. She spent thirteen years as a high school teacher in Cove and LeGrande, Oregon, specializing in programs, plays, and operas. She was a recreation worker with the American Red Cross from 1943-45, where she worked overseas in France and England in clubs and hospitals. She used this experience to give at least 25 speeches on various occasions on her “Experiences Overseas with the American Red Cross.” She wrote several unpublished one-act plays and radio skits, which she used for “special occasions.” She was a member of the AAUW, National Collegiate Players, Sigma Alpha Chi, Young Women’s Educational Auxiliary, and the Recreation Director of Campfire GIrls in Portland. She was hired as a Specialist in Community Social Organization, with the rank of assistant professor, at $3204 per year. Her salary was later reduced to $2808 per year.
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- Frances Ann Clinton Hall was a home demonstration agent at Oregon State College from 1930 to 1964. Hall was born in 1903, in Adna, Washington. She received her Bachelor of Science from the College of Puget Sound in 1925, and her Master of Science from Oregon State College in 1930. She was brought on to work at OSC as an extension agent at-large at an annual rate of $2,400. During her time as a home demonstration agent at-large, Hall served in various places in Oregon, such as Portland, Yamhill and Union County. Hall also worked on a wide array of projects in 1930. She helped revise nutrition extension material, prepared radio service material, and prepared the extension service’s exhibit at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition of 1930, as well as the State Fair. She also assisted with social service programs in Portland, such as Diets for Dependent Families. In 1931, she was assigned to serve in Multnomah County. Hall later became Assistant State Leader of Home Economics Extension in 1944, and in 1952, she became State Leader. She resigned in 1958 and got married and became a homemaker for a few years, but was soon widowed. She returned in 1961, and became an extension agent for Klamath County. She resigned in 1964.