This hand colored photograph shows Lady McDuff, a record setting White Leghorn chicken bred by OAC's renowned poultry program. In 1913 she laid 303 eggs, a record at the time.
Seated left to right: Earl Aldrup, Marie Kittredge, Myrton Moore, J. K. Weatherford Jr., Elsie Jacobson, Ethel Swarts, "Bill" North, Florence Gradon, Edgar Copple, unidentified. Standing left to right: Mrs. John Loehr, John Loehr, Charles Cook, Beryl Jarmon, Evelyn Ragsdale, Olga Pauline Brucher, Miles Lowell Edwards, Agnes Margaret Behrens, Ruth Millicent Wilson, Thomas Griffith Cowgill, Harry J. Swarm, Velma Josephine Hylton, Alice Mary Wood, Catherine Ellen Barhyte, unidentified, unidentified, Hallie Margaret Jenks, Fred Arnold Wimer, unidentified, John Ralph Pubols, unidentified., The class was enjoying its annual breakfast at a park by the Marys River.
Dr. Donald D. Hill (left) was a Professor of Farm Crops and Agronomy from 1926-1958. Dr. Ernest Robert Sears (right) graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College with a degree in agriculture in 1932. He received the OSU Distinguished Service Award in 1973 for his work in wheat genetics.
Elizabeth E. Steele completed a Bachelor of Science at Oregon State in 1935. She was secretary and president of the Associated Women Students of Oregon State College during her time at the college.
G. Burton Wood (left) was Director of the OSU Agricultural Experiment Station from 1966 until his retirement in 1975. Previous to this, he served as head of the Department of Agricultural Economics from 1951 until 1966. Wilbur T. Cooney (middle) was Professor of Poultry Science and Dean of the School of Agriculture from 1937-1980. Wilson Hoover Foote (right) was a Professor of Agronomy and Associate Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station from 1948-1985.
G. Burton Wood (second from right) was Director of the OSU Agricultural Experiment Station from 1966 until his retirement in 1975. Previous to this, he served as head of the Department of Agricultural Economics from 1951 until 1966.
Robert W. Henderson received a B.S. in Agronomy at Oregon State in 1938. Henderson served as Assistant Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and a Farm Crops faculty member from 1946-1976. Henderson was also known for his love of photography.