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.
Oregon Agricultural College alumni who graduated in 1904-1907 returned to campus in June, 1926. The objects of interest at this reunion tent are "old time pictures and mementoes". Left to right: A. G. Bouquet, Anne Ewing Wayson, Harry Auld, Minette Phillips Espy, Phillip Gearhart, Madeline Nichold, Sam Graf, Fred Roth, Floyd Rowland, Harold G. Rumbraugh, Letha Rickard Porter, Fred Ewing. Photo was used in the OAC Alumnus, June 1926, p. 227.
Eddy Elbridge Wilson graduated in 1889 with a B.S. From 1925-1940, Wilson was president then board member of the First National Bank of Corvallis. Wilson was also deeply involved with the community, working with the State Game Commission from 1935-1949 and the Corvallis Planning Commission from 1931-1941. At Oregon Agricultural College, Wilson served on the Board of Regents from 1906-1915 and 1924-1929. From 1925-1961, Wilson worked with the Memorial Union Board of Governors.