Leaders of the 1944 Freshman class are from left: Bill Gibson, Portland, president; Patricia Northrup, Portland, vice-president; Edward Yada, Salem, sergeant-at-arms; Elma Hutton, Silverton, secretary; Bryce Brisbin, Corvallis, treasurer. The group directed the activities of the 1600 members of the class of 1944.
Photo was used in the 1927 Beaver Yearbook, page 40. Carrie Halsell graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1926 with a B.S. in commerce, becoming the first African-American graduate at OAC. Halsell became an instructor of business education at Virginia State University, later becoming a business administration faculty member at South Carolina State College in 1945.
The fraternity was for men who were or had been members of the Boy Scouts of America. Included was William Tebeau (back row, third from right), Oregon State's first male African-American graduate.
Bobby Hill, president of the Black Student Union, and University President Robert MacVicar prepare to cut the ribbon, officially opening OSU's Black Cultural Center. Looking on is Betty Griffin, assistant professor of education and chairperson of the Black Cultural Advisory Board. Photo was in the Oregon Stater issue, June 1975, vol.9 no.4, p. 4.
Convocation speaker, Julian Bond, Georgia House of Representatives member spoke at OSU's 1970/1971 Convocation-Lecture Series. Bond played a key role in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and he helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
OSU's Black Student Union staged a walkout to protest policies that forced a black football player to shave his beard. This photograph was taken in front of the Kerr Library and was used in the Barometer.
OSU President James Jensen is standing at left. Linus Pauling is seated by flag and Rich Harr is at the microphone. Photo is used in the February 26, 1969 Barometer.
Miss Warm Springs and Miss Indian Northwest and two other young Indian women wear their identification numbers for the dance competition at the OSU Powwow.
Intent on the beat, two Indian friends enter the dance at the OSU Powwow. The young mother, a member of the Klamath tribe, carries her infant laced into its cradleboard. Photo used in Oregon Stater.
The SMILE program (Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences) was created at OSU in 1988. SMILE seeks to promote interest in the STEM fields among Oregon's minority and under-served youth, and to encourage these students to attend college, by involving them in science- and math-based extracurricular activities.
Washington, who is from Portland, received a B.S. in physics (1958) and an M.S. degrees in meteorology (1960) from Oregon State. He has spent his entire career at NCAR; through his work there, Washington has become an internationally renowned climate scientist focusing on climate modeling. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2010, has served as chair of the National Science Board, and received an honorary doctorate from OSU in 2006. He was also that year’s commencement speaker.
Ava Milam and foreign Home Economics students at the coast near Bandon, Oregon. Ava B. Milam came to OAC in 1911 and was appointed the Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1917, serving for 33 years. She was primarily interested in the study of home economics within Asian cultures. During WWI she was appointed as the Home Economics director for Oregon.
Ava B. Milam and Caroline Chen, a Yenching, China student, who was the second Home Economics Chinese student at Oregon State College. Ava B. Milam came to OAC in 1911 and was appointed the Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1917, serving for 33 years. She was primarily interested in the study of home economics within Asian cultures. During WWI she was appointed as the Home Economics director for Oregon.