The Reser's senior year photos were used in the 1960 Beaver yearbook, page 79. Alvin L. Reser graduated with an accounting degree in 1960 and was head of his family's business, Reser's Fine Foods. Reser supported the construction of Reser Stadium and the Linus Pauling Science Center. Reser received the Oregon Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2000 and the Martin Chaves Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.