Eddy Elbridge Wilson was born in Corvallis in 1869 and was a student at Oregon State when the school was still known as Corvallis College. Later an attorney and bank executive, Wilson was heavily involved with numerous campus and community organizations, as well as the State Game Commission. He served for several years on the OAC Board of Regents. He died in 1961. Ira Noel Gabrielson (1889-1977) was a naturalist and entomologist who also served as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Jim Sherburne (1933-2008) was a 1955 OSC graduate who later became a department store executive.