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1. William A. Finley portrait, circa 1870
William A. Finley portrait, circa 1870
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William Asa Finley served as the first president of Corvallis College from 1865 to 1872. He was appointed as president in 1865 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South and was president at the time the college was chosen as the agricultural college for Oregon under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act.
2. Henry B. Miller portrait, circa 1890s
Henry B. Miller portrait, circa 1890s
Description
A successful Oregon businessman and politician, Henry B. Miller served as the fourth president of Oregon Agricultural College for only eleven months. The Board of Regents chose Miller, a member of the board since 1895, to succeed John M. Bloss.
3. Henry B. Miller seated portrait, circa 1915
Henry B. Miller seated portrait, circa 1915
Description
A successful Oregon businessman and politician, Henry B. Miller served as the fourth president of Oregon Agricultural College for only eleven months. The Board of Regents chose Miller, a member of the board since 1895, to succeed John M. Bloss.
4. William A. Finley as a young man, circa 1865
William A. Finley as a young man, circa 1865
Description
Photograph was possibly taken at time of marriage. William Asa Finley served as the first president of Corvallis College from 1865 to 1872. He was appointed as president in 1865 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South and was president at the time the college was chosen as the agricultural college for Oregon under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act.
5. Benjamin Lea Arnold portrait made in Winona, Mississippi, circa 1875
Benjamin Lea Arnold portrait made in Winona, Mississippi, circa 1875
Description
Benjamin Lea Arnold was named the second president of Corvallis College in the summer of 1872 by the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and he arrived in Corvallis that September. During Arnold's twenty-year presidency, one of his greatest achievements was starting the State Agricultural Association with the intent to construct a suitable building for school purposes.
6. William Jasper Kerr standing portrait, circa 1910
William Jasper Kerr standing portrait, circa 1910
Description
William Jasper Kerr was chosen as the sixth president of Oregon Agricultural College in 1907 and led the college through a twenty-five-year period of tremendous growth in numbers of students and faculty, academic and research programs, and physical facilities.
7. William Jasper Kerr walking across campus with Lincoln Steffins, 1913
William Jasper Kerr walking across campus with Lincoln Steffins, 1913
Description
Steffins was a speaker at the College Convocation on October 22, 1913. The photograph was published in 1915 Beaver, p. 60. William Jasper Kerr was chosen as the sixth president of Oregon Agricultural College in 1907 and led the college through a twenty-five-year period of tremendous growth in numbers of students and faculty, academic and research programs, and physical facilities.
8. William Jasper Kerr portrait, 1913
William Jasper Kerr portrait, 1913
Description
William Jasper Kerr was chosen as the sixth president of Oregon Agricultural College in 1907 and led the college through a twenty-five-year period of tremendous growth in numbers of students and faculty, academic and research programs, and physical facilities.
9. Williams Jasper Kerr portrait, 1913
Williams Jasper Kerr portrait, 1913
Description
William Jasper Kerr was chosen as the sixth president of Oregon Agricultural College in 1907 and led the college through a twenty-five-year period of tremendous growth in numbers of students and faculty, academic and research programs, and physical facilities.
10. William Jasper Kerr portrait, circa 1905
William Jasper Kerr portrait, circa 1905
Description
William Jasper Kerr was chosen as the sixth president of Oregon Agricultural College in 1907 and led the college through a twenty-five-year period of tremendous growth in numbers of students and faculty, academic and research programs, and physical facilities.
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