The flag, which lists all of the OAC alumni who served with the 2nd Regiment, Oregon Volunteer Infantry, was presented to Oregon State by alumnus John H. Gallagher (Class of 1900) in 1949. Gallagher served in Co. A., 2nd Regiment of the Oregon Volunteer Infantry. Private E.C. Young was the only OAC alumnus who died as a result of the battle.
William A. Schoenfeld served as Dean of Agriculture at Oregon State from 1931 to 1950. He was succeeded by Frederick Earl Price, an alum who had also worked as an agricultural engineer for the Agricultural Experiment Station. Price worked for Oregon State for forty-three years and led the School of Agriculture from 1950 to 1965.
The Administrative Council was established by the Board of Regents in 1908, soon after President Kerr assumed office. The council advised the president on administrative and policy issues. It consisted of the president, the academic deans, director of Extension and other top college administrators such as the registrar and deans of men and women. This may have been the last meeting of the Administrative Council prior to President Peavy’s retirement. This photo appeared in the 1940 yearbook
After a distinguished career with the Oregon State College Extension Service, Frank Llewellyn Ballard was appointed as the college's eighth president in 1940. He served less than a year because of illness and returned to the Extension Service administration. Ballard was the first OSC alumnus to serve as president.
Lowell Stockman (1901-1962) was a wheat farmer and 1922 graduate of OAC who represented Oregon's 2nd district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1943-1953.
From left to right: Lon Stiner, Jim Dixon, Harold Moe, and William McKalip. Alonzo "Lon" Stiner served as head football coach at Oregon State from 1933-1948, following a four-year stint as assistant coach. He compiled an overall record of 74-49-17 and was undefeated in three bowl game appearances. Jim Dixon, an alumni with the Class of 1926, later served as assistant football coach and head wrestling coach for his alma mater. Dixon Recreation Center is named in his honor.
John Hubert Hall (1899-1970) graduated from OAC in 1923 with a degree in Business Administration. A member of the Oregon House of Representatives beginning in 1932, and elected Speaker of the House in 1947, Hall became governor of Oregon in October 1947 when the preceding governor as well as the secretary of state and Senate president were all killed in an airplane crash. He served as governor for just over one year.
John Fenner (1918-2013) was an alumnus who served as Executive Secretary of the OSC Alumni Association from 1945 to 1948. He later served as President of the OSU Alumni Association and Benton County District Attorney. He also provided legal representation for the OSU Foundation for three decades and served the organization in numerous additional capacities, including as President and Chairman of the Board.