Better known as Bozo the Clown, Vance DeBar (Pinto) Colvig (1892-1967) studied Art at Oregon Agricultural College until dropping out of school in 1913 to perform as a circus clown and on the vaudeville circuit.
Photo of Claiborne Lockley Shepard. Claiborne "Clay" Shepard graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1904 with a degree in agriculture. Shepard was the YMCA secretary for two years and helped raised a majority of the funds for Shepard Hall, which would provide facilities for student organizations.
Homer Maris earned an M. S. degree in Agriculture from Oregon Agricultural College in 1918. In 1914, Maris began composing the words to a song that he felt would gather the spirit of Oregon Agricultural College, which became Carry Me Back, the College's alma mater. In 1918, Maris dedicated the piece to "Mother Kidder," the much-loved College librarian. Maris died in 1933 in a bicycle accident.
Oregon Agricultural College alumni who graduated in 1904-1907 returned to campus in June, 1926. The objects of interest at this reunion tent are "old time pictures and mementoes". Left to right: A. G. Bouquet, Anne Ewing Wayson, Harry Auld, Minette Phillips Espy, Phillip Gearhart, Madeline Nichold, Sam Graf, Fred Roth, Floyd Rowland, Harold G. Rumbraugh, Letha Rickard Porter, Fred Ewing. Photo was used in the OAC Alumnus, June 1926, p. 227.
Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig studied art at Oregon Agricultural College from 1911-1913. Colvig illustrated cartoons for the 1913 Beaver Yearbook and worked with silent films. Colvig was known for his performances as Bozo the Clown and Disney character voices, including Goofy, Grumpy, and Sleepy from Snow White, and the munchkins of Wizard of Oz.
Born in Portland, Oregon, in August of 1887, Samuel H. Graf entered the Oregon Agricultural College in 1903 to study engineering. He received five engineering degrees from the college - B.S., Electrical Engineering (1907); E.E., Electrical Engineering (1908); B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1908); M.E., Mechanical Engineering (1909); and M.S., Electrical Engineering (1909). Between 1909 and 1954, Graf held several faculty positions in engineering at Oregon State. From 1909-1912, he was an instructor in mechanical engineering; from 1912-1920, he was the head of experimental engineering; head of the Department of Mechanics and Materials (1920-1934) and of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (1934-1954); director of engineering research (1928-1944); and director of the Engineering Experiment Station (1944-1954).
