Historical Images of Oregon State University

Willi Unsoeld

Title
Willi Unsoeld
LC Subject
Mountaineering Unsoeld, William Francis, 1926-1979
Photographer
Hosmer, Jim
Description
Willi Unsoeld exhibits a rappelling position. Unsoeld earned a BS in physics at Oregon State in 1951. He helped to establish the OSC Mountain Club. He taught religious studies at Oregon State in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1963 he became part of the first group of mountain climbers from the U.S. to scale Mt. Everest. Unsoeld died in an accident on Mt. Rainier in 1979.
Work Type
photographic prints
Location
Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Date
1950 circa
Identifier
P017:4200
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Holder
OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Local Collection Name
Alumni Relations Photographs, 1870-2003 (P 017)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
Historical Images of Oregon State University OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
Historical Images of Oregon State University
Is Version Of
This image appears in "A School for the People: A Pictorial History of Oregon State University," page 304.
Institution
Oregon State University