Gladys Valley and OSU President Paul Risser were seated together at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Valley Library Expansion ceremony. Paul G. Risser was president of Oregon State University from 1996-2002. During Risser's years as president, the university experienced a record high in student enrollment.
Elmer Gustaf (Al) Larson enrolled at Oregon Agricultural College in 1924 and attended through spring 1926; he returned in fall 1927 until June 1930, when he earned a BS degree in mechanical engineering. Larson was a member of the Sigma Pi fraternity and was involved in the honor societies for mechanical engineering and forensics. After graduation, Larson settled in Portland, where he established the Blue Bus Company which provided mass transit service to and within the Portland suburbs. In 1970, Tri-Met acquired the company. Larson was born November 24, 1906 in Astoria, Oregon, and graduated from North Bend, Oregon, High School in 1924. Larson died in San Diego, California, in August 1987.
Scram and Jean Graham attending a benefit in the Alumni Center at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Crawford H. "Scram" Graham received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1935 and served as the Director of Alumni Relations from 1961-1978.
Edith Whitelock was born January 14, 1902 in Ontario, Canada. She moved to Oregon with her parents soon afterwards. She graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland, and entered Oregon Agricultural College in the fall of 1920. She graduated from OAC in 1924 with a bachelor's degree in Home Economics.