Wagner coached both OSU athletes at the Pan American games in Mexico City, where they both won gold medals. He coached at OSU from 1966 to 1975, compiling a dual meet record of 49-24. He led OSU to four top six finishes at the NCAA Championships, where the 1969 squad finished second. Nine of his athletes won individual NCAA titles, and fifteen athletes won twenty-three All-American honors. Tom Woods was a four-time All-American in the high jump and captured the 1972 NCAA title. Huntley competed at OSU in 1975 and participated on two U.S. Olympic teams. In the early 1970s, OSU was called the “high jump capital of the world” by some sportswriters due to the success of Dick Fosbury, Woods, Huntley and other Beaver high jumpers.
Huntley competed for OSU in 1975, and later competed for the United States national team in the 1976 and 1984 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1984. She was ranked the no. 1 female high jumper in the United States five times. She also served as an assistant track and field coach for OSU in 1981.
Gene Alexander explains how water heated by the parabolic reflector could be used to vaporize freon to produce electricity at the OSU Energy Fair, held in the Memorial Union quad. At the time, Alexander was a senior in Mechanical Engineering.
This $10,000 award is given every five years to the person who has made the most significant contribution to U.S. agriculture. Kronstad (1932-2000) came to Oregon State in 1959 as a doctoral student and remained as an instructor after completing his Ph.D. in 1963. He ultimately lead the Wheat Breeding Project, which developed many new varieties of wheat.
The car was part of the research of Mechanical Engineering Professor John Mingle, who directed studies of alternative fuels, especially alcohols made from plant materials such as lumber mill wood waste. Mingle’s students modified this 1972 Ford Pinto to run on various alcohol mixes. This photo appeared in the March 1980 Oregon Stater.
The trustees of the OSU Foundation are (left to right) H. A. "Andy" Andersen, William Peckham, Mrs. Joan Austin, and Robert R. Mitchell. Other trustees not present for photo were Allen Edwards, Jr., Dr. Duane Jue, and Mrs. Helen Kelly. Photo was used in the June 1976 Oregon Stater.