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 She wrote several unpublished one-act plays and radio skits, which she used for “special occasions.”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.
Marjorie Ann Wilson was a part-time instructor in Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts in 1946. She was born in 1922 in Lebanon, Oregon. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, with additional study in education, from OSC in 1943, where Dean Milam referred to her work as “outstanding.” She then became a part-time typist in the School of Home Economics, but this position was temporary. In summer of 1946, she was hired at $780 for the academic year, at 1/3 time. In the fall, her hours were increased to two-thirds. She was Vice-President of the Mortar Board, and a member of the honoraries Kappa Delta Pi, Omicron Nu, and Phi Kappa Phi. She was also a member of the social fraternity Kappa Kappa Gamma. She had tuberculosis and a temporarily collapsed lung at the time of her appointment.
1917-1933: Professor and Head of Dairy Husbandry Department; 1933-1957: Head of Division of Animal Industries; 1924-1933: Member, Corvallis City Council; 1933-1934: Mayor of Corvallis; 1956-1958: Oregon State Employees Association "Man of the Year"; Died on October 3, 1958.
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.