Columbus Day windstorm damage, 1962. On Columbus Day in 1962 (October 12th), a severe windstorm (75 mph sustained winds) moved inland from the Pacific Ocean and caused $50,000 damage to the OSU campus. Fifty-five trees were destroyed and another 43 were damaged including many in the Memorial Union quadrangle as shown here.
Wilson Foote, Joe Cox, President Robert MacVicar and Stafford Hansell visit during President MacVicar's tour of the Squaw Butte Experiment Station. 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.
Squandering up the rough log bolts to make them ready for subsequent mill operations, Fall Creek box factory. Willamette National Forest, Oregon. Photographed by G.E. Griffith