Roderick Dashwood was a faculty member in the Linus Pauling Institute at OSU, heading the Institute's Cancer Chemoprotection Program. In 2015, he left OSU to become director of the Center for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention at Texas A&M University.
Marcus J. Borg (1942-2015) was a professor in the OSU Philosophy Department from 1979 to 2007, and was recognized internationally as a leading scholar on Jesus as a historical figure.
Lunch was well known for his political commentaries and analysis on Oregon Public Broadcasting, which began in 1988. He was often heard on OPB’s Oregon Considered radio program and the Seven Days television program. He was a faculty member in OSU’s Political Science Department from 1984 to 2011, and served as department chair his last eight years.
John Vincent Byrne assumed the presidency in November 1984 and served as OSU's twelfth president for eleven years until the end of 1995. Byrne began teaching at Oregon State University in 1960, and his career at the university spanned thirty-five years. He was an early leader of the OSU Sea Grant program and was the director of the Marine Science Center.
John Vincent Byrne assumed the presidency in November 1984 and served as OSU's twelfth president for eleven years until the end of 1995. Byrne began teaching at Oregon State University in 1960, and his career at the university spanned thirty-five years. He was an early leader of the OSU Sea Grant program and was the director of the Marine Science Center.
Leong is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Microbiology who worked at OSU from 1975-2002, concentrating on viruses. While in Corvallis, she developed successful treatments for viral diseases afflicting regional trout and salmon using techniques including vaccines created from recombinant DNA.