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21. OSU Wave Research Facility
OSU Wave Research Facility
Description
This wave tank, constructed in 1972, was 342 feet long, and served as the genesis for the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory. Research being conducted at the time this photo was taken pertained to oil drilling in Alaska. Today the lab is one of the largest and most technically advanced centers for research and education in coastal engineering and nearshore science, especially tsunami and coastal hazard mitigation.
22. OSU women’s cross country team running in Avery Park
OSU women’s cross country team running in Avery Park
Description
The team included (from left) Kris Trom, Karen Brown, Julia Anderson, Janet Lovelace and Jenny Bird. Lovelace placed fifth at the regionals in 1977 and twenty-sixth at the AIWA championships in 1978.
23. Students at an indoor climbing facility on campus
Students at an indoor climbing facility on campus
Description
The Indoor Climbing Center was located in Parker Stadium.
24. Aki Hill coaching her players
Aki Hill coaching her players
Description
Hill coached seventeen seasons at Oregon State (1978-79 to 1994-95), compiling a record of 274 wins and 206 losses. In 1980 her team went 20-8 and won the NIT championship; six of her teams had twenty or more wins. Four of Hill’s teams played in the NCAA tournament. Also pictured are players Jan Martin and Robyn Clark. Both Martin and Clark scored more than 1,000 points during their careers at OSU. Clark is also in the OSU top ten in career rebounds and steals. This photo appeared in the March 1980 Oregon Stater.
25. OSU Antarctic Station
OSU Antarctic Station
Description
OSU oceanographers studied Antarctic under-ice water temperature, currents and salinity as part of a National Science Foundation research grant. The four-member team lived in one of the ten feet by twelve feet huts in the photo; the other served as their workspace. In September and October 1974, the crew experienced air temperatures with a wind chill of more than minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This photo first appeared in the January 1975 Oregon Stater.
26. Two women conversing on the front steps of the Women's Center
Two women conversing on the front steps of the Women's Center
27. Blue Key initiates with Mark Hatfield as speaker
Blue Key initiates with Mark Hatfield as speaker
28. Marcus Borg
Marcus Borg
Description
Marcus J. Borg (1942-2015) was a professor in the OSU Philosophy Department from 1979 to 2007, and was recognized internationally as a leading scholar on Jesus as a historical figure.
29. Water sampling at Spirit Lake, in the Mount St. Helens blast zone
Water sampling at Spirit Lake, in the Mount St. Helens blast zone
Description
OSU Fisheries and Wildlife Department technician Rich Keppler took the samples as part of a project to test the lake’s waters ability to support aquatic life after the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (seen in the background). The research at the time indicated that Spirit Lake was a decade away from being able to support fish.
30. Wilson Hall
Wilson Hall
Description
Wilson Hall dormitory was built in 1963.
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