On Sunday, June 5, 1977, the Portland Trail Blazers were playing the Philadelphia 76ers for the NBA championship. Graduates Rick Jolley and Larry Lewis set up a television on the MU quad to watch.
Bud Ossey, '43, talks with KGW-Radio sports director Melissa Hellervik between games at the Far West Classic. Photo was used in the 1979 Oregon Stater, vol. 13 no.1. Bernard A. "Bud" Ossey was an engineer officer during WWII until he retired as Lieutenant Colonel in 1967. Ossey was president of the OSU Dad's Club and Beaver Athletic Scholarship Fund. Ossey was inducted into the Engineering Hall of Fame in 2006.