The board assembled outside the north entrance to the Library for this springtime photograph. Front row, from left, are Sam Kozer (Secretary of State, ex-officio), James K. Weatherford (president of the board), E. E. Wilson (secretary of the board), B. F. Irvine (treasurer of the board), Walter Pierce (Governor, ex-officio), Mrs. W. S. Kinney, and Jefferson Myers. Back row, from left, are E. B. Aldrich, Sam H. Brown, George M. Cornwall, and Harry Bailey. Not in the photo were members J. A. Churchill (Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex-officio) and George A. Palmiter (Master of the State Grange, ex-officio).
James K. Weatherford graduated from Corvallis College in 1872. Admitted to the Oregon Bar in 1876, he was a prominent defense attorney who served on the OAC Board of Regents from 1886-1929, serving as the Board's president from 1901-1929. Weatherford Hall is named is his honor.
