Avery Lodge was built in 1966 as a co-operative house and was named for Joseph C. Avery, one of the founders of Corvallis. It is located on Madison Avenue between 9th and 11th Streets.
Avery Lodge was built in 1966 as a co-operative house and was named for Joseph C. Avery, one of the founders of Corvallis. It is located on Madison Avenue between 9th and 11th Streets.
Miles Lowell Edwards graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1924 with a degree in electrical engineering. He was a co-inventor of the first artificial heart valve.
Miles Lowell Edwards graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1924 with a degree in electrical engineering. He was a co-inventor of the first artificial heart valve.
Rob Zagunis (back row, left) led OSU to its first ever event title at the 1975 National Intercollegiate Rowing Championships in the varsity 4. He was the first OSU crew athlete to be named to the U.S. National Team, and was a member of the 1976 Olympic team.
Basketball became an intercollegiate sport for women at OSU in 1972. Lagastee was a four-sport athlete at OSU – she also played field hockey and softball, and was on the track and field team.
The two researchers used the submarine to make dives of 9,200 feet off the coast of Ecuador. The dives were featured in the October 1977 issue of National Geographic. The Alvin was also used for dives off of the Oregon coast in the mid 1980s. This photograph appeared in the December 1978 Oregon Stater.
Spoelstra played at OSU for two seasons, 1982 and 1983, earning second team All-American honors in 1983. She returned to OSU in 1995 to inherit basketball head coaching duties from her former coach, Aki Hill. Spoelstra coached the team for ten seasons, compiling an overall record of 133 wins and 158 losses. Her teams played in the 1996 NCAA tournament and in the WNIT from 2001 to 2004. She received Pac-10 coach of the year honors in 2000, and was named to the OSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1994
Ayotte-Law earned All-American status in 1981 (beam) and 1982 (floor and all-around). She was the second OSU gymnast to win a national championship, claiming the floor exercise title in 1982. Ayotte-Law also represented the United States in the 1981 World University Games in Romania, placing as the highest all-around gymnast. This photo appeared in the January 1982 Oregon Stater.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Capps played at OSU from 1982 to 1985. She was OSU’s first softball All-American, named to the second team in 1983. That year she led the Beavers to a 9-2 NorPac conference record and a 26-14 overall record.
Thomas was one of the most successful collegiate wrestling coaches. Thomas’ OSU wrestling squads won 616 dual meets and twenty-two conference titles in thrity-four years. Thomas was the NCAA coach of the year in 1961 and 1970
Steve Johnson was a star post player for the OSU basketball team from 1977 to 1981. He was drafted number 7 overall in the 1981 NBA draft and played professionally for ten years.
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.
This building was completed in 1981 as the home of OSU’s crop science program, which included work in wheat and hops breeding. It is one of a few buildings on campus not named for an OSU donor, faculty member or administrator.
OSU defeated #1 ranked UCLA, 61-57, before 10,376 fans in Gill Coliseum. The win by the Beavers ended UCLA’s conference winning streak of 50 games. This photo, taken by student photographer Chris Johns, appeared in the March 1974 Oregon Stater. Johns tied his camera to one of the basket supports behind the backboard in order to get the photo.
The Paulings are speaking with David Shoemaker, a former student and colleague of Pauling's at the California Institute of Technology, and later the chair of Chemistry at OSU.
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.
Miller and the Beavers are pictured here playing against Indiana at the Far West Classic tournament in Portland. Ralph Miller was one of the most successful basketball coaches in OSU and college basketball history. His OSU record was 359-186 (1971-1989), and his career collegiate record was 657-382.
Russell O. Sinnhuber was a founder in 1965 of a successful research program at OSU and retired as emeritus professor of Food Science and Technology in 1981. Professor Sinnhuber was among one of the first scientists anywhere to recognize the potential of the rainbow trout as a sensitive, low-cost non-mammalian model for cancer research.
Sponsored by the Alumni Association Student Council, the fun run is typical of more contemporary homecoming events. McAlexander Fieldhouse is in the background.
The team is posing with the trophy that they earned by winning the Women's National Invitational Tournament. Identified from left to right are: Ross Cook (Asst. Coach); Dennis Russel (trainer); Lori Brostrom, Betty Collings, Kathy Riel, Robyn Clark, Jan Martin, Carol Menken, Pam Mollet, Cheri Hoppes, Margy Becker, Debbie Meeker, Karen McDonald, and Aki Hill (Head Coach).
Standing from left, Stephen Cox, Harold Kerr, Glenn Cleland. Sitting from left, Haas, Lynn Lundquist, unidentified man, and Mo Wilds. Lundquist later graduated from Oregon State and served as the Oregon legislature's speaker of the house from 1997-1998.
Bruns, an alum with the Class of 1939, poses at the corner of Mickey Avenue and Dopey Drive at Walt Disney Studios, where he was music director for twenty-five years. One of his best known compositions for Disney was "The Ballad of Davy Crockett."
Despite Bynum’s catch, OSU and U of O played to a 0-0 tie in what some dubbed the “Toilet Bowl.” The game included eleven turnovers – five by the Beavers and six by the Ducks. The game was the first 0-0 tie between the teams since 1931, and the sixth in the history of the series. Despite OSU’s lack of gridiron success as a team, Bynum led the nation in receiving yards per reception in 1983 at 24.2 yards. He was a ninth-round pick of the Buffalo Bills in the 1986 NFL draft.
Menken earned First Team All-American status in 1981 and played on the Olympic gold medal winning 1984 United States women’s basketball team. She played for OSU from 1979 to 1981 and set several school records, some of which still stand.
Bielenberg (left) wrestled at Oregon State from 1974 through 1977, and was an All-American each of those years. He won the heavyweight national title in 1975 and is second on the school's all-time list of wins at 165.
MacVicar at Larry Wade Ranch in Eastern Oregon. Photo was used in the Oregon Stater, September 1970, cover and Oregon Stater, March 1980, p. 6. Robert W. MacVicar was president of Oregon State University from 1970-1986. MacVicar was also a professor of chemistry and tripled the size of the university's budget. During his years as president, the size of the campus increased with 23 additional buildings.
Rich Dodge, a three year letterman, who playedfrom 1974-1977, concluded his career for OSU his final season with record-breaking baseball. He set a new Beaver season home run mark with seven and drew a record 48 walks. Over his three years of varsity football, the tailback was the Beavers' leading ground gainer. Photo was used in the June 1977 Oregon Stater, v.11 no.4, page 22.
Coach Jack Riley finds duty in the third base coaching box exciting as he waves Rich Harper on to home plate. Harper played from 1975-1978. Photo was used in the Oregon Stater, June 1977, vol.11 no.4, p. 22 and 1977 Beaver p. 97.
Home Game, The Beavers race out onto the field to celebrate a double-header sweep which gave them the Northern Division crown for the second year running. Photo was used in the Oregon Stater, June 1983, page 22. The Beavers went on to lose to Stanford and Cal-Santa Barbara in the NCAA playoffs
Mike (Mickey) Riley, son of Jack Riley, played second base for the Beavers from 1980-1983. He hit over .300 for the 1982 season and came close to the school record with an 18 game hitting streak--4 less than the mark set by All-American Pete Rowe. Photo was used in the Gazette Times and the Oregon Stater, April 1982, v.16 no.2, page 21.
Portland Freshman Bill Gassaway, Beavers' designated hitter, was one of the bright spots for a team that had its hitting problems. Photo was used in the Oregon Stater, April 1979, vol.13 no.3, page18.
When Jeff Doyle was 26 years old he played his first game in the big leagues on September 13, 1983, with the St. Louis Cardinals. He went in the 6th Round (136th) in the 1977 baseball draft. He played from 1975-1977.
Photo shows Parker Stadium (under construction) in foreground; Gill Coliseum on the left; track and baseball fields and tennis courts in the upper left corner. This scan was taken from the photograph housed in the News and Communications Services Photograph Collection (P 057).
Wes Schulmerich was the Beavers' first player to make it to the Major League level. Schulmerich was born on Wednesday, August 21, 1901, in Hillsboro, Oregon. He was 29 years old when he played his first big league game on May 1, 1931, with the Boston Braves. Schulmerich played for the Beaver from 1925-1927 Photo was used in the June 1983 Oregon Stater, vol. 17 no.4, page 19.
Wes Schulmerich was the Beavers' first player to make it to the Major League level. Schulmerich was born on Wednesday, August 21, 1901, in Hillsboro, Oregon. He was 29 years old when he played his first big league game on May 1, 1931, with the Boston Braves. Schulmerich played for the Beaver from 1925-1927 Photo was used in the June 1983 Oregon Stater, vol. 17 no.4, page 19.
Infielder Jerry Yung, Madison High graduate from Portland, throws the baseball to first base. Yung had a .268 batting average and had 24 RBIs and received All-Northern Division honors. Photo was used in the June 1978 Oregon Stater, vol.12 no.4, page 20.
Pat Berry played from 1975-1978. Namealso spelled "Barry". On the last day of the 1975 conference season, Barry won both ends of a double header in relief against the U of O, which allowed the Beavers to tie for the conference championship. Photo was used in the June 1975 Oregon Stater, v.9 no.4, page 17.
Former baseball coach Ralph Coleman, '19, and Glenn Holcomb, professor emeritus of engineering, attended a dinner. Photo was used in the June 1978 Oregon Stater, vol.12 no.4, page 6.
Home Game, Gantner was an outfielder from 1984-1987. He is currently a physician at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. He was twice an Academic All-American whilereceiving his pre-med degree.
Dave Brundage was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth round in 1986 following his career at Oregon State University. He earned All-American honors as an outfielder in 1986 at Oregon State. He also played quarterback and punter for the Beavers football team.He is currently the manager of the Pacific Coast League Tacoma Rainiers, the Seattle Mariners top farm club.
Jack Riley was Oregon State University's head baseball coach for 22 seasons from 1973-1994.With 613 victories, he is the winningest coachin OSU history.