Previously Dean of the College of Health and Human Science, as well as Provost and Executive Vice President, White served as Interim President of OSU from 2002 to 2003.
Jefferts Schori is the Episcopal Church of the United States’ 26th Presiding Bishop. She received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in oceanography from Oregon State in 1977 and 1983. After receiving a Master of Divinity degree in 1994, she became assistant rector of Corvallis’ Church of the Good Samaritan. Jefferts Schori later served as the Episcopal Church’s Bishop of Nevada before being elected as Presiding Bishop in 2006.
Alberta Johnston was a faculty member for the Extension Service from 1963-1990. Starting as a Home Management Specialist in 1963, Johnston eventually became the Deputy Director of the Extension Service in 1987. Her focus was home economics.
Warren E. Kronstad was a faculty member in the Crop and Soil Science department from 1959-1998. Kronstad lead the Wheat Breeding Project, which created new varieties of wheat. Kronstad received the Oregon State University Distinguished Professor Award.
Mark Mellbye is a professor of Agronomy and has worked as an Extension agent in Linn, Benton, and Lane County. In 2003, Mellbye was awarded the George R. Hyslop Professorship.