Goss Stadium was dedicated on April 17, 1999. "In 1998, John Goss and his wife, Eline, made the major gift to a fund-raising effort that led to the construction of Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The Gosses also made contributions leading to endowed scholarships for student/athletes and other top academic students, including graduates of Portland's Grant High School and members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Goss was an Oregon State track and field letterman in the 1930s; the naming of the baseball stadium is also a memorial to his older brother, James Goss."-- Oregon Stater
Ken Austin with his Benny Beaver costume in 1952 or 1953. The billboard is announcing the construction of Parker Stadium, today called Reser Stadium. The image first appeared in the 1953 Beaver Yearbook.