James W. Gillett (left) was a Research Associate in Agricultural Chemistry at Oregon State University and Research Environmental Scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1964-1984. Roy A. Young (right) became assistant professor of Plant Pathology in 1948. Young was head of the Botany and Plant Pathology department from 1958-1966. Young served for a short term as acting president from 1969-1970. He also served as Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies through 1977.
Dr. George H. Arscott completed a Bachelor of Science at Oregon State College in 1949 and was a Professor of Poultry Nutrition at Oregon State University from 1953-1988.