Warren Hovland (1918-2015) was a Professor of Philosophy and Religion from 1949 to 1986, chairing the department for virtually his entire career. Hovland Hall is named in his honor.
William Arthur Jensen (1881 -1945) served as executive secretary for presidents Kerr and Peavy and was a member of the college's administrative council. He came to OAC in 1907. After President Kerr was in an auto accident and needed nearly a year to recover, Jensen served as the de facto president of OAC during Kerr's hiatus. The campus gates were dedicated to Jensen for his strong support of WPA art projects on campus during the 1930s.
Carlson served as university librarian from 1945 to 1965. He began advocating for a new library in the early 1950s, and the Oregon legislature approved the building in 1961. On September 5, 1963, Carlson led a procession of library staff and students, each carrying a few volumes, into the new building, where the books were placed on the shelves in call number order.
Ulysses Grant Dubach was a Professor and Chair of Government and Business Law at OAC, and also the college's first Dean of Men. Frank Abbott Magruder was, in addition to Dubach, the second of two faculty members in what came to be known as Political Science at OAC. Magruder was the author of the textbook, "American Government: A Consideration of the Problems of Democracy," which was used in collegiate political science classes for several decades.
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).
Paul Petri was the Head of the Music department at Oregon State University from 1924-1947. Lillian Jeffreys Petri was a faculty member in Music during this same time period.
Paul M. Dunn (1898-1988) came to OSU during World War II, working first as Director of the OSU Forest Products Laboratory and later the OSU Forest Experiment Station. The Dean of Forestry from 1942 to 1955, Dunn was instrumental in acquiring the 6,000 acres of forest land from the Camp Adair tract that is now named the Dunn Forest.
Standing at far right is Clara Waldo, former Oregon State Regent and the woman after whom Waldo Hall is named. At far left in white hat and glasses is Kate Jameson, Dean of Women from 1924-1941. She established Mothers Day at OAC in 1924.