Born in Portland, Oregon, in August of 1887, Samuel H. Graf entered the Oregon Agricultural College in 1903 to study engineering. He received five engineering degrees from the college - B.S., Electrical Engineering (1907); E.E., Electrical Engineering (1908); B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1908); M.E., Mechanical Engineering (1909); and M.S., Electrical Engineering (1909). Between 1909 and 1954, Graf held several faculty positions in engineering at Oregon State. From 1909-1912, he was an instructor in mechanical engineering; from 1912-1920, he was the head of experimental engineering; head of the Department of Mechanics and Materials (1920-1934) and of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (1934-1954); director of engineering research (1928-1944); and director of the Engineering Experiment Station (1944-1954).
Engineering Professor Larry Slotta stays after class to explain a problem. Photo was used in the Oregon Stater. Larry Slotta was the Director of the Ocean Engineering Program.
Trained as an agricultural engineer with a doctorate in chemical engineering, John Ronald Miner came to OSU in 1972 and served as Professor in the Bioengineering Department as well as chairman of the Agricultural Engineering Department for ten years. Specializing in the study of livestock waste management technology and odor control, Miner also served as the Extension Water Quality Coordinator for OSU. Miner was also involved in international agricultural research including directorship of a project in Yemen in 1986. He died in 2004.