John V. Byrne 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.
Roy Young (left) with F. E. Price and John A. Milbrath. Roy A. Young became Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology in 1948 and taught courses in plant bacterial diseases and disease control. Young was head of the Botany and Plant Pathology department from 1958-1966. Young served for a short term as acting president from 1969-1970.