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 She wrote several unpublished one-act plays and radio skits, which she used for “special occasions.”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.
June Harriet Sullivan was a research assistant from 1946 to 1949. She was born in 1917 in Sioux City, Iowa. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Bacteriology, with additional study in physiology and chemistry, in 1938 from the University of Tennessee. She earned her Master of Science from the same institution in 1939 in bacteriology and nutrition, with additional study in physiology. She did graduate work at Cornell. Her thesis for her master’s degree was titled “A Comparison of the Diagnostic Tests for Pullorum disease in chickens
Marian Field was an art instructor at Oregon State College from 1942 to 1951. Field was born in 1885, in Oakes, North Dakota. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Art from the University of Oregon in 1930 and did graduate work from 1931-1933. From 1929 to 1933, Field was also an assistant in the university's art and architecture library. Before coming to OSC, she was head of the art department at the University of North Dakota from 1905-1909. She also owned and managed an art shop for several years. She published “Oregon Trees and Shrubs in Winter” in 1937 and “Outdoor Living and Learning” in 1938. She was brought on to work at Oregon State at an annual salary of $1,750. In 1946, Field was promoted to assistant professor and an annual salary of $3,000. She retired in 1951.