This picnic was held at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center. On the right side of the photo is Pete Smith (Class of 1940), who managed the OSU Bookstore for many years.
Paul G. Risser meets past OSU President John Byrne at the announcement of Risser's appointment as the next president of the university. Paul G. Risser was president of Oregon State University from 1996-2002. During Risser's years as president, the university experienced a record high in student enrollment.
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.
Karski, a leader of the Polish underground during World War II, and DePriest, conductor and director of the Oregon Symphony, received honorary doctorates from OSU during the 1990 commencement exercises.
Douglas Engelbart is pictured accepting the E.B. Lemon Award during an OSU Alumni Association meeting in 1987. He was also honored as part of a computing and philosophy conference at OSU. Engelbart graduated in 1948 in electrical engineering and he went on to work for NASA and the Stanford Research Institute, where he helped to develop key computer technologies and applications in use today. The computer mouse was one of his accomplishments.
Home Game, Caption from Stater: "Whether he was at first base, in the outfield, pitching, or hitting, David Brundage was the catalyst for Oregon State's success in 1986. Brundage was named OSU's MVP and was named to numerous all-star teams after he helped the Beavers place third at regionals. He was drafted by and signed with the Philadelphia Phillies, thus ending his collegiate baseball career." Published in the June 1986 Oregon Stater, page 31 (v. 20, no. 4).
Jessup earned a BFA in graphic design at OSU in 1976. After receiving an MFA from Stanford in 1978, he worked for Korty Films, Lucasfilm, and Industrial Light and Magic. While at ILM, he received an Academy Award for special effects work on the film Innerspace and a nomination for Hook. In 1996 he joined Pixar, where he worked on many of successful films including Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. and Ratatouille. For the latter he received an ANNIE award for Production Design in an Animated Feature.