Left to right: John Andrew Bexell, Dean of Commerce, 1908-1932; Harrison Val Hoyt, Dean of Commerce, 1931-1938?; Williams A. Schoenfeld, Dean of Agriculture, 1931-1950; and Arthur Burton Cordley, Dean of Agriculture, 1908-1931.
Blue Key was a national honor fraternity for senior men. Included in the photo are Robert W. Henderson (front row, third from right), E. B. Lemon (second row left), Francois Gilfillan (second row, second from right), U. G. Dubach (second row right), and Percy Locey (back row right)..
William A. Schoenfeld served as Dean of Agriculture at Oregon State from 1931 to 1950. He was succeeded by Frederick Earl Price, an alum who had also worked as an agricultural engineer for the Agricultural Experiment Station. Price worked for Oregon State for forty-three years and led the School of Agriculture from 1950 to 1965.
U. G. Dubach was Dean of Men (far left), Kate Jameson was Dean of Women (fourth from left, wearing glasses), and Herbert T. Vance (far right) was the head of the Secretarial Science department.
Clifford Elges Maser was appointed Dean of the School of Business and Technology in 1947, at the age of 32, making him the youngest man to become Dean of a business school in the United States. Maser retired in 1966.
Photo was used in the 1948 Oregon Stater, page 11. Paul M. Dunn served as Dean of Forestry at Oregon State College from 1942 until 1955, when he joined the St. Regis Paper Company. Dunn was instrumental in obtaining the 6200-acre Adair Tract for teaching and research and it was subsequently named the Paul M. Dunn Research Forest in his honor. In 1952-53, Dunn assisted in establishing a school of forest engineering at the University of Chile.
E. B. Lemon's photo was taken at the time of his appointment as Dean of Administration. Photo was used in the October 1943 issue of Oregon Stater. E. B. Lemon received a business degree from Oregon Agricultural College in 1911, becoming a part-time accounting instructor until 1943. Lemon also held the office of University Registrar from 1922-1943 and was Dean of Administration from 1943-1959.