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1. Willi Unsoeld
Willi Unsoeld
Description
Willi Unsoeld exhibits a rappelling position. Unsoeld earned a BS in physics at Oregon State in 1951. He helped to establish the OSC Mountain Club. He taught religious studies at Oregon State in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1963 he became part of the first group of mountain climbers from the U.S. to scale Mt. Everest. Unsoeld died in an accident on Mt. Rainier in 1979.
2. Fernhoppers banquet
Fernhoppers banquet
Description
Former OSC forestry faculty member T. J. Starker and Harold Gill, a classmate from 1910, at a fernhoppers banquet.
3. New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, Oregon governor Mark Hatfield and Oregon State College president A. L. Strand at Parker Stadium, Nov. 1959
New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, Oregon governor Mark Hatfield and Oregon State College president A. L. Strand at Parker Stadium, Nov. 1959
Description
Rockefeller, Hatfield and Strand were watching an ROTC review during the halftime of the OSC-Stanford football game. Rockefeller was in the early stages of his bid for the 1960 Republican presidential nomination. According to the December 1959 Oregon Stater, "President Strand welcomed the dark horse presidential hopeful to the stadium while the Beaver band played 'The Sidewalks of New York.'"
4. Governor Douglas McKay and Bozo the Clown (Pinto Colvig) at Homecoming
Governor Douglas McKay and Bozo the Clown (Pinto Colvig) at Homecoming
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McKay was a 1917 graduate of Oregon State and served as its student body president. He served as governor of Oregon from 1949 to 1952, and also served as mayor of Salem (1933-35), state senator (1935-1949), and U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1953-1956). Colvig attended Oregon State in the early 1910s, and became well known as the voice of several Disney characters.
5. Sadie Hawkins Day on the Oregon State campus
Sadie Hawkins Day on the Oregon State campus
6. Hui-O-Hawaii Club members promoting an upcoming campus luau.
Hui-O-Hawaii Club members promoting an upcoming campus luau.
7. John Witte
John Witte
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John Witte was Oregon State's first All-American wrestler, finishing second in the heavyweight division at the 1952 NCAA Championships as a freshman. He also played football, garnering All-American honors twice, and led the Beavers to the 1957 Rose Bowl game.
8. OSC Mountain Club members climbing Mt. Rainier
OSC Mountain Club members climbing Mt. Rainier
Description
The OSC Mountain Club was established in 1947 to promote and sponsor skiing and mountain climbing activities. In addition to outings, it also organized instruction classes, films and lectures. One of the founders of the club was Willi Unsoeld, who became one of the first Americans to scale Mt. Everest in 1963. This photograph was used on the cover of the December 1950 Oregon Stater.
9. OSC rooks picketing in support of a new football stadium
OSC rooks picketing in support of a new football stadium
Description
The two male students, marching in Bell Field, are wearing "rook lids" and sandwich boards reading: "This stadium unfair to students, alumni, visiting teams, fans and prospective athletes. Your contribution will help build the new stadium. Ask me for a pledge card." Construction on Parker Stadium was completed in 1953.
10. Syl Johnson, OSC pitcher
Syl Johnson, OSC pitcher
Description
Syl Johnson pitched 1955-57; from Portland, Oregon.
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