Robert W. MacVicar (left) was president of Oregon State University from 1970-1986. Walther Ott (second from left) graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College in 1934. John V. Byrne (second from right) came to Oregon State University as an Associate Professor of Marine Geology in 1961, becoming the Chairman of the Oceanography Department in 1968. Byrne was the OSU president from 1984-1995.
Walther Ott (seated, left) graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College in 1934. John V. Byrne (seated, second from right) came to Oregon State University as an Associate Professor of Marine Geology in 1961, becoming the Chairman of the Oceanography Department in 1968. Byrne was the OSU president from 1984-1995.
John V. Byrne (left) came to Oregon State University as an Associate Professor of Marine Geology in 1961, becoming the Chairman of the Oceanography Department in 1968. Byrne was the OSU president from 1984-1995.
Walther Ott (seated, left) graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College in 1934. John V. Byrne (seated, second from right) came to Oregon State University as an Associate Professor of Marine Geology in 1961, becoming the Chairman of the Oceanography Department in 1968. Byrne was the OSU president from 1984-1995.
John V. Byrne (left) came to Oregon State University as an Associate Professor of Marine Geology in 1961, becoming the Chairman of the Oceanography Department in 1968. Byrne was the OSU president from 1984-1995.
The program was established in 1985, just the second of its type in the nation. The Austins founded A-dec, a dental equipment company, in 1964. In addition to the family business program, they were strong supporters of various OSU programs and projects, including the LaSells Stewart Center; the Valley Library; the Austin Entrepreneurship Program; and the new home of the College of Business, Austin Hall.
Robert W. MacVicar (left) was president of Oregon State University from 1970-1986. Walther Ott (right) graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College in 1934.
On November 2, 1995 the Oregon State Board of Higher Education named Paul G. Risser to succeed John Byrne as the thirteenth president of Oregon State University; he began his presidency in January 1996. An internationally renowned biologist whose research interests include the structure and function of grassland and forest ecosystems, environmental planning and management, landscape ecology, and global change, Risser expanded OSU's Corvallis campus and facilitated the establishment of both the OSU-Cascades Campus in Bend and the extended campus online.
Left to right: Les Risser, George Brown, Stub Stewart, Jack Walstad, OSU President Paul Risser, John Walstad and Donald Parker. Paul G. Risser was president of Oregon State University from 1996-2002. During Risser's years as president, the university experienced a record high in student enrollment.
