Bertha Whillook Stutz held a number of positions in secretarial training at OSC, and was employed at OSC for 36 years. She retired an Associate Professor of Secretarial Science. She was born in 1888 in Humansville, Missouri. She studied at Missouri State Teachers College and Oregon State University, receiving her Bachelor of Science from the latter in 1918. She then went on to study graduate work at Columbia University and OSC, receiving her Master of Science from the latter in 1927. After graduating, she taught secretarial training at OSC, and taught summer sessions at the University of California and the University of Southern California. While employed at OSC, she took a leave of absence from January-September of 1921, with the understanding that there would be “no guarantee as to salary” should she resume her work the next September. She taught part-time in 1933, but enrollment reached 28% excess of their facilities, so she and one other half-time professor were increased to full-time work. This year also saw a 20% increase in students from other majors registering for secretarial science classes. She took sabbatical leave from March-June 1945, on full salary. She used this to visit secondary schools, junior colleges, colleges, and universities to study methods and techniques. She was faculty advisor of PHi Chi Theta at OSC. She was a member of the Eastern Star, the Methodist Church, and was the National Treasurer of Sigma Kappa for at least six years.
Elzie Herbert was an orders librarian at Oregon State College from 1920 to 1952. Herbert was born in 1887, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Before coming to work at Oregon State, she taught an introduction class to stenography at Vance Business College, and was an office manager at Black Planing Mill Co. in Pennsylvania. She was brought on as a stenographer at Oregon State in 1920 at an annual salary of $1,300. She was widowed with one daughter when she came to work at Oregon State. She was soon appointed to secretary and order clerk at the library. In 1927, she was promoted to head of the Library Order Department. She retained this position until her retirement in 1952. She passed away in 1971.
Miriam Elizabeth Macpherson Holman was a Foods and Nutrition instructor at Oregon State College from 1944 to 1950. Holman was born in 1916, in Corvallis, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education from Oregon State College in 1937, and her Master of Arts in Foods and Nutrition from New York Teachers College in 1939. Before coming to work at Oregon State, Holman taught foods and nutrition at New York State Agriculture and Technical Institute. She was appointed as an instructor at Oregon State in 1944 at an annual salary of $2,400. Holman married Lenn C. Holman in 1950, and resigned from her position at Oregon State to join him in Portland.
Geraldine Danzl was an assistant extension agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Oregon State College from 1947 to 1950. Her annual salary was $2,400. She had previously worked as an assistant 4-H Club leader in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She was also an assistant home demonstration agent and 4-H club leader in Wellington, Kansas. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education from Oklahoma A&M in 1944. She was married to Francis Danzl with no children when she came to work for OSC. Francis Danzl was going to school at OSC while she worked. In 1948, she was promoted to an Extension Agent for Benton County, with an annual salary of $3,300. She resigned in 1950 because her husband obtained his degree and obtained employment in Seattle, Washington. She was described as “an exceptionally able staff member”. She was born in 1923, in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
Margaret Muriel Field was an Engineering Reference Librarian at Oregon State College from 1942 to 1950. She was born in 1895, in Anoka, Minnesota. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College in 1919 and her Master of Arts from the University of California in 1933. She worked as an assistant librarian at Modesta Junior College and at the Lewiston Public Library in Idaho before coming to OSC. She was a member of the American Library Association and the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She developed an extensive knowledge of engineering literature while working at OSC, and also compiled a bibliography on the electrical heating of houses in 1946, which was published by the Bonneville Power Administration. She passed away in 1950 of a sudden stroke.
Anne Elston was a German instructor at Oregon State College from 1943 to 1944, at an annual rate of $2,400. She was married without children when she came to OSC, and her husband, Arnold Elston, was also employed at OSC. The couple came to OSC from the University of Oregon to teach German for the Army Specialist Training Unit, a temporary position to aid the war effort. Given that Anne Elston was a native German speaker, Mr. Elston claimed that his fluency had been kept effective because of her. She was born in 1901, in Vienna, Austria.
Mary Lou George was a county extension agent at Oregon State College in 1949. She was born in 1924, in Philomath, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education from Oregon State in 1948 and studied home economics at Cornell University as a graduate student. Before coming to work at OSC, George worked as a high school homemaking teacher in Heppner, Oregon. She was brought on to work as an extension agent in Washington County at an annual salary of $3,540. She was chosen for the position due to her previous work as a teacher and active participation in community activities. However, George only worked a little over a month before resigning to be married and devote her time to her family.
Dr. Josephine Gardner was an Assistant Professor in Foods and Nutrition at Oregon State College from 1944 to 1945. Gardner was born in 1917, in Corvallis, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition from Michigan State College in 1938, her Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1940, and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1943. Before working at OSC, she was a research assistant in home economics at the University of Wisconsin and a home economics instructor at Rhode Island State College. She was also a member of the American Home Economics Association. Gardner was brought on as both an instructor and researcher at Oregon State for the 1944-1945 school year at an annual salary of $3,000.
Jane Margaret Ireland was an English instructor at Oregon State College from 1946 to 1949. She was born in 1909, in Portland, Oregon. Ireland received her Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Oregon in 1928, and went on to study education as a graduate at the University of Washington, the University of California, and Oregon State College. Before coming to work at OSC, Ireland worked as a high school teacher in Bend and Klamath Falls. She resigned in 1949 to be married.
Mary Eunice Lewis was an Associate Professor of Modern Languages, specializing in Germanic languages, and was employed at OSC from 1928 to 1951. She was born in 1887 in Georgetown, Illinois. She received her Bachelor of Science in 1906 from Pacific College, her Bachelor of Arts in 1907 from Penn College, and an Master of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley. She was head of the German Department at Pacific College from 1910-1937, until she left to spend a year of travel in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Holland. She returned to the United States too late to secure university employment, so she taught at Silverton High School, in Silverton, Oregon, for a year, until she was brought onto the OSC staff. After teaching here for eight years, Professor Lewis took a sabbatical leave to undertake graduate study at the University of Washington, with a teaching fellowship in German. This enabled her to attain her doctorate. In 1937, she was involved in a brief legal dispute. Years before, in 1932, a colleague by the name of Professor Bach became ill, and Professor Lewis took over the bulk of his classes. Later, Professor Lewis sought compensation for the extra work she undertook, and initiated a legal suit, although they ended up settling out of court. In 1950, with a peak salary of $4,600, she reached compulsory retirement age, but continued teaching half-time throughout the next year. Upon her retirement, she received Emeritus status.