Novelist Bernard Malamud was an English professor at Oregon State College from 1949 to 1961. During this time he wrote three novels: The Natural (1952), The Assistant (1957), and A New Life (1961) as well as a collection of short stories, The Magic Barrel (1959) for which he received the National Book Award. He was presented OSU's Distinguished Service Award in 1969.
Home Game, This is essentially the same picture as the one above. Varsity Baseball- From left to right, Row 1: Bill Oerding, Bill Wagner, Dan Luby, Bill Rudzik, Roy Critser, Jerry Dorocher, Leon Criner. Row 2: Gary Baker, Clayton Smith, John Whitelaw, Carla Petroni, Stan Yoshioka, Grimm Mason, Manager Ed DeYoe. Row 3: Manager Dale Robbins, Bert Girod, Bob Berreman, Ray Lunde, Rod Wells, Rene Moye, Bruce Day, Ed Reinking, Kim Bradshaw, Coach Ralph Coleman. Photo was used in the 1960 Beaver Yearbook, page 181.
Home Game, Photo was used in the 1971 Beaver Yearbook, page 230. Tanselli was the baseball coach from1967-1972. He compiled a 113-102-2 record while at OSU.