Othniel Robert Chambers was a professor of psychology at Oregon State College from 1929 until his death in 1951. Born in Jasper, Indiana on April 19, 1894, Chambers received his A.B. and M.A. from Indiana University (1922) and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University (1926). He taught at Ohio State University in 1923-1926 and at the University of Texas in 1926-1929. In 1929, Chambers moved to Oregon, where he became a professor and head of Oregon State College’s Department of Psychology. During the 1930s and 1940s, he gave numerous radio lectures for KOAC. Chambers was active in numerous psychological associations throughout the region. He served as president of the Benton County Hygiene Committee (1950) and was a member of the Pacific Northwest Council of Family Relations. He was also a member of numerous social and honorary societies.
Carol Ann Rayhill was an instructor in psychology from 1946 to 1947. She was born in 1922 in Rochester, New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State College in 1943 in sociology, with additional study in chemistry. She went on to earn her Master of Science from Oklahoma University in 1946, in the field of psychology, with additional study in educational guidance. Her thesis for her master’s degree was titled “The Relationship Between Reminiscence and Mental Catharsis,” which she intended to submit to the Journal of Experimental Psychology for Publication. While at Oklahoma University, she worked as a graduate assistant in women’s residential halls, during which time she was responsible for the welfare and “good adjustment” of forty-five female freshmen. She also spent a year as as a home finder for the Foster Home Department of the Rochester Catholic Charities. She was hired at OSC $2500 for ten months, and resigned the next year, at a salary of $3000 for ten months. She was a member of several scientific and psychology honorary societies, including Sigma Xi, Psi Chi, and Phi Sigma.