Kerr and Holland were presidents of the two Pacific Northwest land-grant colleges. Kerr served as President of Oregon Agricultural College from 1907 to 1932. Holland, like Kerr, was his institution's longest serving president, guiding Washington State College from 1916 to 1944.
Autzen was a member of OAC’s Class of 1909 and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. After graduation he rejoined Portland Manufacturing Company, a lumber business owned in part by his family. It became one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of plywood. Thomas Autzen formed the Autzen Foundation in the early 1950s. Bob Knoll was a 1948 graduate of OSC and served as alumni manager from 1948 to 1961.
August L. Strand was president of Oregon State from 1942 to 1961. During his presidency, Strand took up flying, and took his first private solo flight on September 19, 1947, twenty-nine years to the day after his first solo flight as a United States Navy sea plane pilot in World War I.
The School of Forestry established this tree nursery soon after the Forestry Building (Moreland Hall) was built in 1917. Many of the trees in the large grove south of Moreland Hall are remnants of this nursery.
The Army Specialized Training Program was implemented at twenty-two universities during World War II to help meet the increased demand for soldiers trained with technical skills.
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.
Scabbard and Blade is a national collegiate military honor society founded in 1904. The OAC chapter was established on April 17, 1920, and has included members from the Army and Navy ROTC detachments. For many years OSU’s Scabbard and Blade society hosted an annual Military Ball. Arnold Air Society, the Air Force ROTC honor society, was formed at OSC in 1951.
Oregon State’s Blue Key chapter was established in 1934 to honor male students with strong academic backgrounds and who demonstrated “superior leadership and unselfish commitment to others.” Faculty included in this photo are Dean of Administration E.B. Lemon (middle row, left), Dean of Men U.G. Dubach (middle row, third from right) and Assistant Dean of Men Dan Poling (front row, second from left).
Like several OSU buildings through the years, Cordley Hall was built in stages. It has housed several of the college’s science and agriculture departments, including Zoology, Botany & Plant Pathology, Microbiology and Entomology.