Ava B. Milam came to OAC in 1911 and was appointed the Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1917, serving for 33 years. She was primarily interested in the study of home economics within Asian cultures. During WWI she was appointed as the Home Economics director for Oregon.
Ava Milam and foreign Home Economics students at the coast near Bandon, Oregon. Ava B. Milam came to OAC in 1911 and was appointed the Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1917, serving for 33 years. She was primarily interested in the study of home economics within Asian cultures. During WWI she was appointed as the Home Economics director for Oregon.
Ava B. Milam and Caroline Chen, a Yenching, China student, who was the second Home Economics Chinese student at Oregon State College. Ava B. Milam came to OAC in 1911 and was appointed the Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1917, serving for 33 years. She was primarily interested in the study of home economics within Asian cultures. During WWI she was appointed as the Home Economics director for Oregon.
Ava B. Milam Clark (left) came to OAC in 1911 and was appointed the Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1917, serving for 33 years. Robert W. MacVicar (center) was president of Oregon State University from 1970-1986.
Ava B. Milam came to OAC in 1911 and was appointed the Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1917, serving for 33 years. She was primarily interested in the study of home economics within Asian cultures. During WWI she was appointed as the Home Economics director for Oregon.
Extension Home Demonstration staff at Oregon State Agricultural College. Includes Dean Ava Milam, lower left, and Mabel Mack, standing second from left.