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1. Ulysses Grant Dubach

Ulysses Grant Dubach

Description: Dean of Men, Political Science, 1913-1947

2. George E. Crossen

George E. Crossen

Description: Dean of School of Pharmacy, 1945-1958

3. William A. Schoenfeld

William A. Schoenfeld

Description: Dean of Agriculture, 1931-1950

4. Dan Poling

Description: Dean of Men, hired 1924

5. Margaret Fincke

Margaret Fincke

Description: Dr. Margaret Fincke was a home economics nutritionist at Oregon State College from 1935 to 1968. She was born in 1900, in Astoria, New York. Fincke received her A.B. from Mt. Holyoke College in 1921. She received her master’s degree from Columbia University in 1932, and her Ph.D. in 1935. Her dissertation for her Ph.D. was titled, “The Availability of Calcium from some Typical Foods”. She was also a member of the American Institute of Nutrition and the American Home Economics Association. Prior to coming to OSC, Fincke worked as an assistant researcher at the Chemistry Department at Columbia University. She began at OSC as an Associate Professor of Foods and Nutrition in 1935, becoming the first Ph.D. on the School of Home Economics staff. By 1943, she was promoted to the rank of professor. She became the head of the Foods and Nutrition Department in 1944. During World War Two, Fincke served on the Benton County Civil Defense Committee and was a nutrition chairman of the Benton County Red Cross. In 1955, she was nominated to become a consultant in Home Economics in Thailand for six months, following the contract formed between Oregon State and Kasetsart University. In the summer of 1961, she participated in the International Congress of Biochemistry in Moscow, Russia. She became Acting Dean of the School of Home Economics from 1963 to 1964 following the former Dean Scholl taking a sabbatical leave. Toward the end of her career, Fincke became president of the Oregon Dietetic Association. In 1966, she was nominated for the Oregon State University Alumni Association’s Distinguished Professor Award. She retired in 1968. By the end of her career, Fincke was an internationally recognized nutritionist, with significant contributions to the field of home economics and nutrition.

6. Carl Salser

Description: Dean of Education, 1929-1960

7. Mary I. Bash

Description: Mary Iola Bash was the Assistant Dean of Women from 1946 to 1953. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1914 from the University of Washington. She was born in 1891, in Port Townsend, Washington. As a child, she traveled between China and New York often, due to her father’s work in railroads. He built the first railroads in China. Before coming to OSC, she was a high school teacher and worked for the YMCA. She was also a manager of student housing at the University of Washington. Her friend Grace W. Carman was listed as her beneficiary. Carman was notified by the Good Samaritan Hospital that the College Administration Council made a gift of $15 to the Mary Bash memorial following Bash’s death. Her annual salary was initially $3000. A parent of a female student who visited with Bash in 1948 said this of her: “She has vision and foresight concerning girls problems, with a directness for action, plus a sincere, interested intent, with a most friendly manner, with guidance definitely the keynote.” When she became the acting dean of women in 1948, her salary rose to $4,400 a year. She was affiliated with the National Association of Deans of Women. She died in 1953.

8. Earl Goddard

Description: Dean of School of Business, hired 1946

9. Erwin B. Lemon

Description: Erwin Bertran Lemon received a business degree from Oregon Agricultural College in 1911, becoming a part-time accounting instructor until 1943. Lemon also held the office of University Registrar from 1922-1943 and was Dean of Administration from 1943-1959.