Dr. Harold William Schultz (left) was a Professor of Food Science and Technology from 1953-1976. Ernest Wiegand (right) was a professor of Food Technology from 1919-1953. Daniel A. Thiel was an Oregon state senator from 1957-1961 and 1963-1967 for Clatsop and Columbia counties.
Karen Olsen Beck (right) was the spouse of Costa Rican President Jose Figueres Ferrer. She served in the Costa Rican legislative assembly and was ambassador to Israel. Dr. Harold William Schultz (left) was a Professor of Food Science and Technology from 1953-1976.
Convocation speaker, Julian Bond, Georgia House of Representatives member spoke at OSU's 1970/1971 Convocation-Lecture Series. Bond played a key role in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and he helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
People gather to hear legislators near Madison and 9th Streets. The State Legislature arrived in Corvallis to inspect Oregon Agricultural College. The State Legislature visited the college on a regular basis in the early part of the century, usually at the beginning of the legislative session. The photograph shows the legislators disembarking from their train at 9th Street and Madison. The college President and Board of Regents would meet the legislators and conduct them up the central walk through lower campus to the Main Building (Benton Hall). The day's events would include a military review and parade, inspections of campus buildings, lunch at the Home Economics Building (Milam Hall), a convocation at the Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall), more building inspections, and an evening banquet.
John V. Byrne came to Oregon State University as an Associate Professor of Marine Geology in 1961, becoming the Chairman of the Oceanography Department in 1968. Byrne was the OSU President from 1984-1995.
August LeRoy Strand served as President of Oregon State University from 1942-1961. Strand helped create the Oregon State College Foundation in 1947 and introduced the idea of an OSU golf course.