Japanese American field worker, Ontario, Oregon. In May 1942, Malheur County became one of the first areas to recruit Japanese- American evacuees for farm work. Some of the evacuees remained in Eastern Oregon after the order excluding them from the West Coast was lifted in January 1945.
Velma Seat was an Extension Food Marketing specialist from around 1960 to 1982. Seat became an Extension agent for Washington County in 1958. Seat created the first distance learning course in Oregon on food purchases.
Photo shows Glenn Klein, 23, of Aumsville, Oregon. He was Oregon's delegate in the 1951 International Farm Youth Exchange Program before leaving for New Zealand. Glenn was president of Mu Beta Beta and a member of the campus 4-H Club.
Esther Taskerud became the Assistant State 4-H Club Leader in November of 1947. Taskerud later served as the head of Home Economics from 1963-1969, retiring in 1970.
Photo part of the Extension Oral History Project. Roberta Frasier Anderson was a Family Life specialist for the Extension Service from 1959-1974. Anderson received the first Osborne teaching award and the Superior Service Award from the USDA. Anderson's focuses included child development, aging, and communications within families.
Owen D. Osborne became an Electrical and Computer Engineering professor in 1971, soon becoming involved in the Office of Energy Research and Development. Osborne helped form the Energy Extension program.