Cap Beard was the director of bands at OAC and OSC from 1897-1899 as a student and from 1905 to 1945 as a faculty member. He also taught English and math.
Lucy M. Lewis was the University Librarian from 1920-1945. During her 25 years, Lewis established the Friends of the Library and helped Oregon State College's library become the second at a land grant institution in the nation to change classification systems from Dewey Decimal to Library of Congress.