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By George P. Edmonston Jr.
Add June 25, 2008, to the list of dates significant to OSU’s history.
This is when Oregon State University’s proposal to designate a large portion of the campus as a “national historic
district” was officially approved by the
U.S. Department of the Interior, meaning OSU is now included on the National
Register of Historic Places.
Other universities in the state enjoy
this status for individual buildings —
most notably Deady and Villard halls at
the University of Oregon — but OSU’s
achievement of a virtually campus-wide
historic district is a first for any Oregon
college or university.
The district is bounded on the north
by Monroe and Orchard Avenues, on
the west by 30th Street, on the south by
Washington Way and Jefferson Avenue
and on the east by 11th Street. Inside, a
total of 83 “resources” have been identified. “Resources” include buildings,
structures, open spaces, landscaping,
tree-lined streets and walkways. According to OSU’s application to the Department of the Interior, “the district reflects
the development of the main university
campus from its beginnings in the late
1880s through the post-World War II era
(1888-1957),” the bulk of which was constructed during the presidency of William Jasper Kerr, OSU’s chief administrator from 1907–1932.
Not to be overlooked, the district
also includes an off-site property, the
OSU College of Forestry’s Camp Arboretum Sign Shop, described as “an excel-
lent example of a Civilian Conservation toward having the district listed began
Corps (CCC) building constructed in the two years ago, the brainchild of Vincent
1930s in Oregon.” It dates to 1936 and is Martorello, OSU director of Facility Serlocated approximately 8 miles north of vices, and Roger Roper, deputy director
Corvallis at the Peavey Arboretum, an of the State Historic Preservation Office.
outdoor laboratory for student and fac- They were sparked by OSU’s Campus
ulty experiments on various tree species Master Plan, the version updated and
and forest cultivation practices. Currently approved in 2004, which suggested the
used for storage, the wood frame build- possibility of such a district (see Oregon
ing is one of only three CCC structures Stater, April 2004). She added, “Impetus
also came from the Corvallis community,
remaining in the state.
Corvallis has more than 500 proper- which is very ‘historic minded.’”
In 2006, planning got a major push
ties listed on the national register, either
individually or as part of two other his- forward when the Getty Foundation
toric districts, the Avery-Helm Historic awarded OSU a $190,000 grant to fund
District near downtown, and the Col- the research and writing of the lengthy
lege Hill West Historic District just to application necessary for NRHP considthe north of campus. In 1970, the Kappa eration. Monies were also available to
Alpha Theta sorority house (formerly Pi help pay for an educational component
Kappa Alpha) was awarded NRHP sta- — a Web site, related publications — and
tus. It was joined in 1982 by the Pi Beta to prepare a zoning code. These latter
Phi sorority house (formerly Phi Kappa activities are in process.
Final approval for the listing was in
Theta).
When interviewed about OSU’s vali- no small way a result of the connection
dation as one of the nation’s most historic the campus has to early campus planners
campuses, Patty McIntosh, the univer- the Olmsted brothers (1909-1925) and Alsity’s campus planning manager and a bert Davis Taylor (1926-1944, 1945-1964),
member of the team that helped secure and to the designs of noted Portland arthe district designation, beamed with ex- chitect John Virginius Bennes.
The Olmsteds are particularly known
citement.
“It allows the university to be proac- for their work on New York City’s Central
tive in historic preservation and preserves Park, the U.S. Capitol, the White House
our place in history,” she said. “OSU grounds and Yosemite National Park. The
alumni have always been very dedicated report they submitted to President Kerr
to their campus and now the NRHP me- in 1909 guided campus planning and
morializes what they care about — the construction for 17 years and remains at
look, the touch, the physical connection the core of all such activities today. They
are particularly responsible for the norththey feel toward the university.”
According to McIntosh, work south grid-approach which has guided
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This painting of the OSU (then OAC) campus was made by college illustrator Allan J. Stover in 1924 and updated by Stover in 1932. It depicts
the core of the area recently designated by federal officials as the Oregon State University Historic District. A more whimsical, student-drawn
map based on this image appears inside the back cover. Image courtesy OSU Archives: HC0040
construction from 1900 forward, the
creation of quadrangles, and the general
grouping of primary-use buildings in or
near the center of campus.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Taylor
helped create the landscape architecture
program at Ohio State University. He
also served as president of the American
Society of Landscape Architects for three
consecutive terms. Noting in one of his
reports to President Kerr in 1925 that “I
have come in contact with no college
campus where the buildings over a considerable area have been designed and
located with so much uniformity,” Taylor recommended future development
continue in accordance with the Olmsted
plan and he also helped pave the way for
the future construction of such landmark
buildings as the Memorial Union and
Weatherford Hall. He also felt that roads
and parking on campus should be limited and that the use of automobiles be
kept to a minimum.
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Bennes was the architect Kerr
turned to again and again, the two joining forces with faculty member Arthur
L. Peck, himself a noted landscape architect, to construct more than 38 buildings,
barns, dorms, labs and clinics between
the years 1907-1942.
Most of them are still in service
and comprise the bulk of the resources
described within the district. According
to the application, “his (Bennes) involvement with the university is largely the
reason the campus achieved the architectural unity recommended by the Olmsteds and A.D. Taylor.”
Throughout the 20th century, OSU
has strayed little from the original examples of planning, architectural harmony
and unity established by these individuals, a fact that heavily influenced the decision to add OSU to the NHRP.
In addition to the pride the Corvallis community can feel toward this new
recognition of the importance of the his-
tory of OSU’s campus, McIntosh said the
distinction now puts Oregon State at a
higher level of consideration for grants
typically offered by state, federal and
private agencies to stimulate the planning of future properties and the renovation of existing ones.
“At the same time, it holds us accountable like never before for protecting
and preserving our historical resources,”
McIntosh said. “The next step is the creation of a preservation plan to include a
land development code and standards
for restoration and preservation.
“Now our work really begins.” q
George P. Edmonston Jr. is history and
traditions editor of the Oregon Stater, and is
past editor of the magazine.
OSU’s applications to have the campus and
the print shop considered for the National
Register of Historic Places can be found at
www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/
nrhp_recent_nominations.shtml.
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director’s cut
Don’t be shy — wear OSU on your sleeve!
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By Jeff Todd, executive director
Your alumni association routinely encourages Oregon State’s former and current students as well as the rest of Beaver
Nation to wear OSU on your sleeves.
It’s easy to
do this in a literal
sense. I hope all of
you have a healthy
collection of orange
and black in your
closets and dressers. Preferably, of
course, your Beaver
Jeff Todd
gear spends more
time on you than folded and stacked or
on a hanger. Look for all the latest cool
designs and styles and wear them wherever you go, because all Beavers look
marvelous in orange! Orange with accents of black (or, if you must, black with
accents of orange) is always in fashion.
Make sure you display your OSU credentials in your places of business and
on your various forms of transportation.
If you live in Oregon and don’t have
Beaver plates, you can easily order them
at www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/vehicle/
platehied.shtml.
However, I’m going to suggest there
is an even better way to wear OSU on
your sleeve! Start by keeping up to date
and absorbing all things Oregon State.
There are a number of ways to do so
including reading this magazine — and
soon any of you who are kind enough
to share your email address with us at
osualum.com (by registering for free and
keeping your profile up to date) will find
a new “Oregon Stater Update” six times
a year in your inbox. (Dues paying members will receive it once a month.) Probably, you also receive other communications from the university. Well-informed
Oregon Staters are the university’s greatest advocates!
Use this information to make your
friends, colleagues, and family members
wish they were Beavers, if they are not
already. Word of mouth advertising is
powerful, and we have 150,000 alumni
(78,000 in Oregon). Imagine the impact
the alumni community could have if
even one quarter of you shared some
impressive OSU news with three others
once a week. Doing it daily would be
even better.
Here are some possibilities:
• If you talk to the parent of a high
school student (or directly to the student) it might lead to an application for
admission.
• If you talk to your state representative
or senator and share some good news
about Oregon State, as well as your enthusiasm for the university and its importance to the state, it might help shore
up state support for the state’s only land
grant university.
• If you tell another alumnus or alumna
why you are a dues paying member of
the alumni association, perhaps they will
join.
• If you tell a professional colleague
about the impressive accomplishments
of OSU’s alumni and students, perhaps
they will take a closer look when they see
an application from an OSU graduate or
a current student.
• If you tell someone why you have
made a pledge to support the Campaign
for OSU, maybe they will make a pledge
as well.
• If you tell someone about our impressive student athletes and the great experience you have attending Beaver athletic events or even being a fan from afar,
perhaps they will help support Beaver
athletics by becoming a sponsor, season
ticket holder, or making an annual gift
to support the Beaver Athletic Student
Fund.
• If you place this magazine in your office reception area or on your home coffee table, someone might pick it up and
start a conversation with you about Oregon State.
The list of potential positive outcomes is endless. There is an amazing
array of OSU accomplishments to share
and talk about. I know Oregon Staters
are known for being bright, humble,
thoughtful, hard-working folks — all
attributes I admire, love and respect —
but maybe it’s time to start going out on
the limb and bragging a lot more about
your university, so PLEASE wear OSU
on your sleeve! Go Beavs! q
These are not the only ways to show one’s Beaver pride. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
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membership matters
Familiar alumna to lead Portland, Seattle efforts
Former Portland, Seattle and national
television news reporter and anchorwoman, current football sideline reporter and loyal OSU alumna Cathy
Marshall, ’82, has been hired to lead the
OSU Alumni Association’s efforts in the
Portland and Seattle areas.
Marshall also has experience planning events and producing media for
several charities. She will serve as the
association’s regional director, leading
efforts to serve and engage OSU’s largest
concentration of alumni in Oregon and
outside the state.
More than 40,000 of the university’s
approximately 150,000 alumni live in the
Portland metropolitan area, and the Seattle region is home to more than 9,800
alums.
“This is a perfect fit for me, something
that goes with everything I’ve done in
the last 20-something years,” said Marshall, who recently completed her term
on the alumni association’s volunteer
board of directors.
Marshall will work out of the association’s office in OSU’s Portland Center,
707 S.W. Washington St., and will coordinate her efforts with OSU Foundation staff members and other university
representatives who work at the center.
Jeff Todd, executive director of the
association, said that while Marshall has
been an energetic and valuable board
member, she will be able to provide even
more service to her alma mater in her
new position.
“I could not be more pleased about
the addition of Cathy to our professional team,” Todd said. “Obviously
she has great communication skills and
possesses an engaging personality, but
her organizational and creative talents
are equally impressive.
“With Cathy we have someone to
represent Oregon State and the alumni
association who is already well known
within the alumni community and who
deeply loves OSU.
“We are looking forward to working
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Well known to Pacific Northwesterners as a television anchorwoman and a football sideline
reporter, Cathy Marshall, shown here with Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge in the background,
will lead OSUAA efforts in Portland and Seattle. Photo by Stephen Pagenstecher
with her to build even greater presence of activities for OSU alumni in the Portland and Seattle areas, including events
among alumni in Portland and Seattle.”
After graduating with honors from for recent graduates, family-oriented
OSU in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in gatherings for alumni with children
speech communications, Marshall began and connection-building opportunities
a six-city television career that started for alumni in the Portland and Seattle
in Eugene and included five years with business communities.
“Having a wider range of events for
CNN, five years as host and anchor for
KATU in Portland and three years as a people will draw them in and let them
reporter and anchor for KIRO in Seattle. hear about what’s going on campus, and
In 2005 she started working as a sideline that will get them excited about OSU,”
reporter for the Beaver Sports Network she said.
She noted that she has long had
and Fox Sports Northwest.
In 2003, Marshall and her husband, trouble containing her enthusiasm for
John Marler, another veteran television OSU.
“In my journalism career, when I
journalist, started Marler Communications, serving non-profit organiza- was supposed to be dispassionate about
tions by producing fundraising videos, things, one thing I could never hide my
organizing auctions and planning other passion for was Oregon State,” she said.
“Now, in this job, I won’t have to hide it. I
charity events.
A mother of four whose youngest won’t be above walking up to strangers
will start kindergarten in the fall, Mar- wearing OSU garb and asking them to
shall said she plans to offer a wide variety step up and get involved.”
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Golden Jubilee class improves the way we roll
By Ann Kinkley
Many of the 300 attendees at Oregon
State’s annual class reunion celebrations
this spring were treated to a ride in the
alumni association’s new electric people
hauler, a six-seat Gem car named “Carry
Me Back,” which was donated by this
year’s Golden Jubilee class of 1958.
When the attendees weren’t riding or walking back and forth across
campus, there was plenty to keep them
busy. Notes were taken and questions
asked during “Classes Without Quizzes,” covering topics such as rooftop
gardens, health issues and the presidential election. The classes were held in the
Memorial Union, the Women’s Building
and Strand Hall.
The Golden Jubilee class also contributed comments about their years at
Oregon State as well as their hopes for
the future:
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“Thank you, Oregon State for… paving
the way for the pursuit of knowledge
… lifelong friendships … admitting me
when I had very little finances … what
a bargain — $75 per term … good education, reputation for excellence through
the years and good outreach to alumni
… encouraging me to be curious — other
countries, other professions, other philosophies …
“My proudest moment at Oregon State
was … meeting my future wife and
graduating … earning an M.S. and Ph.D.
which made this high school C- student
into a fairly respectable guy … having a
great association with faculty members
and students … becoming the first one
in my family to graduate from college …
when I got a 94 percent on a biochemistry final …
The craziest thing I did at Oregon State
was “… take wine bottles into the cemetery with my pledge class sisters … a
floating poker game in the dorm elevator
… sneaking back into the sorority house
after hours … I forget … borrowed a
The class of 1958 donated an electric cart to haul alumni, guests and gear, moving the alumni association to the head of the pack in stylish on-campus transport. Photo by Jim Folts
steer from the cow barn, painted it blue wife of 50 years …
“If I knew then what I know now … I
and tied it in front of Forestry building
… sneak a beer in a Dairy Queen milk- would have taken some business classes
shake cup to one of our house boys who … what I know now is that I don’t rewas in the infirmary … join in the Waldo member a lot of things I knew then … I’d
Hall panty-raid, encouraging all those have bought Apple and Microsoft stock
boys standing on the lawn below … tak- in early years … I’d have a lot more fun
ing my shoes off when taking a final … … I would not change a thing for I have
“My most embarrassing moment at Or- been fortunate and blessed thanks to
egon State was … watching a professor the great career preparation at OSU …
blow his nose on pink Kleenex every day would probably do the same all over but
… arrived for a final on the wrong day … try and have more fun … I would take
getting caught sneaking back in … being OSU above them all …
“What would I tell the class of 2012
awakened by another student in a college algebra class; I was snoring slightly when they arrive this fall … forget the keg… being called in by the housemother of gers … diversify education and minor in
a related course of study … your candle
Waldo Hall regarding the panty-raid …
“The smartest decision I made at Oregon will burn brighter if you light another
State was … staying with it to graduation … study, look ahead, set goals and take
… not to attend the University of Oregon naps … learn and think, learn to ques… to choose a career in home economics tion, learn to be compassionate … you’re
and education … meet and marry my so lucky to be a Beaver.”
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David Andersen new president of alumni board
Other new and continuing officers
David Andersen, a 1980 business gradu- get Oregon State to have a symbiotic
of the association’s board of directors
ate and president of Portland-based relationship with Oregon.”
Andersen knows first-hand the chal- include:
Andersen Construction Company, has
First vice president: Bill Perry, ’89,
assumed leadership of the OSU Alumni lenges of tending one’s own business
and family lives while undertaking a de- liberal arts, Canby; second vice president
Association board of directors.
As president of the all-volunteer manding volunteer role, but he said it’s and treasurer: Penny Yano Atkins, ’79,
business, Caldwell, Idaho; immediate
board, he will work closely with asso- worth the effort.
“I’d like to find ways to past president: Cara Fischer, ’76, liberal
ciation executive director Jeff
help more alumni connect arts, Salem; representative to OSU FounTodd and others to help lead
back to the university,” he said. dation Board of Trustees: John Porter, ’83,
an organization of volunteers
“It’s hard for an individual to business, Tualatin; representative from
and employees that serves
plug in and be heard, but the OSU Foundation Board of Trustees: Jim
about 150,000 alumni, operates
university’s got enough pres- Youde, ’62, agricultural sciences, Vanthe CH2M HILL Alumni Cenence to help you be heard couver, Wash.
ter, produces the Oregon Stater
New members of the board of direcwhen you connect.”
and the osualum.com Web site,
tors include:
Andersen
—
whose
comand offers many other proDavid Andersen
Jon Bettendorf, ’89, business, Beapany has built some of Portgrams and events.
“It’s a great honor,” Andersen said of land’s landmark buildings as well as verton; Maddy Palmer Biggs, ’94, liberal
several structures on campus, including arts, Portland; Linda Chandler Hirneise,
his new position.
“I believe Oregon State is bringing the alumni center, and is the main con- ’75, business, Agoura, Calif.; Lawson
value to the state of Oregon through tractor for OSU’s next major building, Knight, ’94, science, Walla Walla, Wash.;
the students it graduates and through the Linus Pauling Science Center — will Ryan Mohr, ’04, agricultural sciences,
research and service to Oregon’s indus- serve as president through the 2008-2009 Beaverton; Tash Shaheed, ’95, forestry,
Eugene.
tries. I want to help build on that, to fiscal year.
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sports
Great expectations come from football success
By Kip Carlson
Like it or not, broadcast stories and headlines at the top of newspaper sports sections can brand a university to thousands,
perhaps millions, of people. What a difference 10 football seasons have made
in perceptions of OSU, on campus and
across the nation.
There have been seven winning
football seasons in the past decade, seven bowl games, five bowl wins, a share
of a Pacific-10 championship and a topfive national finish. Oregon State entered
the current season with the second-best
overall record in the Pac-10 over the past
six seasons.
The Beavers are coming off back-toback third-place Pac-10 finishes and top
25 national rankings. Last season, OSU
had more players selected to the All-Pac10 first and second teams than any other
school in the conference — yes, including Southern California — and 11 Beavers were named to the conference’s AllAcademic team.
More than 40,000 fans regularly
throng to Reser Stadium for home games,
and the largely rebuilt arena highlights
a list of facilities that includes the Valley
Football Center, the Merritt Truax Indoor
Center, an expanded Goss Stadium at
Coleman Field, the OSU Softball Complex and the brand-new Sports Performance Center.
“We can talk to anybody with confidence about where this program is, how
it’s competed, what’s been going on,”
OSU head coach Mike Riley said of his
reception on the recruiting trail. “Kids
know it. Recruiting will forever remain
competitive, but we are definitely in the
game much differently than we were in
1997.”
It was in 1997 that Riley arrived for
his first stint as head coach and took over
a program that hadn’t had a winning
season — in fact, hadn’t even won five
games in a season — since 1971. Parker
Stadium had seen minimal improvements and mostly minimal crowds.
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Quarterback Lyle Moevao entered the fall as the leader of the Beavers’ next attempt to
maintain what has become a strong football tradition. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
Shawn Church, ’83, now editor of
the timber industry newspaper Random
Lengths in Eugene, remembers his undergraduate days during those dark football
years.
“In college, you went to the games
but you never really had any expectations that you were going to win,” said
Church, a Beaver fan since he was a
kid growing up in Monroe. “I remember going to watch Stanford when John
Elway was there, and you really went
to the games to see John Elway. If USC
ever came to town, you went to watch
Charles White. You always hoped the
Beavers could do well, and once in a
while they would, they’d pull an upset
against UCLA or something.”
In 1998, Riley’s Beavers were within
a handful of plays of winning six or seven
games, and they capped the season with
a frantic double-overtime victory over
15th-ranked Oregon in Corvallis. After
Riley left to become head coach of the
San Diego Chargers in the National Football League, Oregon State hired Dennis
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Erickson; Erickson had won everywhere
he had coached at the collegiate level and
that included a pair of national championships at Miami (Fla.).
In 1999, the streak of losing seasons
ended and the Beavers went to the Oahu
Bowl. Then came the magical ride of 2000,
when OSU went 11-1, grabbed a share
of the Pac-10 title by beating Oregon in
the biggest football game in the state’s
history, drubbed Notre Dame’s storied
program in the Fiesta Bowl, and finished
fourth in the nation.
“I used to half-jokingly talk about
being wheeled into the multi-purpose
room in my 80s or something at the oldfolks home, with the anticipation that
finally the Beavers might break their losing streak,” Church said. “I never would
have thought that was possible. The Fi- Head coach Mike Riley is thrilled that his
teams have earned higher expectations from
esta Bowl just seemed surreal at the time, Beaver fans. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
that in that short a time we could have
scaled those kind of heights.”
During that time, the Beavers have won
Oregon State has established itself as a pair of national baseball titles, sent a
a competitive, successful player in Pac- softball team to the College World Se10 football, and that has helped OSU’s ries, reinstated women’s cross country/
athletic budget grow from $18 million track and field and begun planning to
in 1998-99 to $45.1 million in 2007-08. restore those sports on the men’s side,
hired nationally known coaches such as
volleyball’s Taras Liskevych and
wrestling’s Jim Zalesky, and built or
improved numerous facilities.
The differences from a decade ago
are noticeable across the railroad tracks
on the main campus, as well. By the late
1990s, budget-related cuts had helped
shrink OSU’s enrollment to about 15,000,
football continued to struggle and success in men’s basketball was now a halfdozen years in the past.
“In the early 1990s, late 1980s, you’d
walk across campus and hardly see much
orange in terms of baseball caps and
t-shirts the students were wearing,” said
Kelvin Koong, who joined OSU’s faculty in 1987 with the College of Agriculture, he is now also the school’s faculty
athletic representative. “If you have a
snapshot of the campus crowd between
class breaks 15 years ago compared to
today, a color picture, it’s a totally
different campus. That’s what has
impressed me the most.
“We can argue about intercollegiate
sports’ place at a university, especially
the big-conference schools like us, but
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Training table in the Valley Football Center is a key part of OSU’s preparation to play. It also
provides comic relief and a chance for players to bond. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
one area it really helps is the spirit among
the student body on this campus.”
It’s something Riley has noticed as
well.
“Those kinds of thoughts, whether
it’s spirit or attitude or physically wearing the colors of the school and all that, I
think those are the things that then transfer into that pride and that confidence
that is really fun to see. There’s nothing
like a change of attitude about a place,
and this has been the biggest, biggest
change by far at Oregon State.”
One of the turning points came in
the summer of 1999, when Al and Pat Reser, both 1960 graduates of OSU, made a
donation of $5 million to the athletic department. Parker Stadium was renamed
Reser Stadium in their honor.
The Resers — longtime supporters
of OSU in both its academic and athletic endeavors — were inspired by the
leadership of then-president Paul Risser,
along with new athletic director Mitch
Barnhart and his staff.
“There was energy in the athletic
department with Mitch and (then-associate athletic director, now athletic director)
Bob De Carolis and (athletic fundraiser)
Bob Westlund," said Pat Reser, who is
co-chairperson of the OSU Foundation’s
Campaign for OSU, a highly successful effort to take fundraising for all of
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OSU to a higher level. “There was energy with the football coach, and the whole
deal of just not doing the same old thing.
It was not business as usual. It was, ‘Oregon State can be a ranking team in the
Pac-10.’”
The Resers hoped that if they
stepped forward and showed confidence, others might take a new look at
the school as well. Then came the Fiesta
Bowl season and a sea of over 35,000
orange-clad boosters on national television, and “the whole notion of loyalty
and pride was reborn,” Reser said.
Enrollment has risen to near 20,000.
Reser, who knows from experience what
it’s like to ask for financial support for
academic and athletic programs at OSU,
believes Beaver football has served as
a marketing tool for the university at
large.
“Whether it’s right, wrong or otherwise, the (football) scoreboard often gets
the first round of attention from anyone,”
Reser said. “Once that is going well,
then people start looking at what else
is going on. I think we can feel a great
deal of pride when we realize that the
people who give to the athletic program
are becoming more and more aware of
what’s going on in the university as a
whole and to see it as an amazing place.
They’re showing that support and loy-
alty through the giving in the academic
realm, as well.”
The numbers back up that claim.
OSU President Dr. Edward Ray told a
gathering for the school’s capital campaign that athletic donors often become
academic donors. Donors who gave $104
million to Beaver athletics also gave $151
million to academics from 2001-07.
Now that the Beavers have consistently exceeded the minimal expectations the world set for them through
the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, expectations
have risen and it takes a lot more to keep
people impressed.
“I think there are the expectations
to win now — which I like,” Riley said.
“I’d rather have people expect me to win
and approach things that way. I need
that from our team and our staff. That’s
one way to look at how the program is
perceived.
“The other way was back in the early
era — the pressure there came from survival. That was always a question in people’s mind: whether it was survival for a
program or the people in it, survival for
the program to continue, survival to stay
in the Pac-10.”
For schools in Bowl Championship
Series conferences, football is expected
to produce revenue to run the athletic
department and support other sports.
Keep winning football games and the
entire athletic department benefits.
“Oh, yeah. I think it’s a necessity for
us to continue to grow,” Riley said. “That
is a very obvious part of the process of
college athletics in general and specifically here at Oregon State. We all know
that.”
Riley and his coaches don’t mind
the pressure; their competitive nature
would drive their efforts whether they
were playing for the financial health of
OSU athletics or for an ice cream soda.
“Those parts of it don’t ever change,”
Riley said. “We try to turn over every
rock in every way, and always have, to
win a game ... When you’re in this thing,
if you’re not in it just to compete and
to win, then you’re in it for the wrong
reason.”
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sports
For a while in the early 2000s, it
seemed like haunting memories of Oregon State’s football Dark Ages were so
fresh that any whiff of trouble ignited
thoughts of a return to pigskin purgatory.
“There are always going to be more
bandwagon type fans who are going to
jump off after one or two years,” Church
said. “But I would think that the program has advanced now, we’ve tasted a
lot of success in the last 10 years, that the
number of fans who are going to jump
off is going to be diminished because of
our success of the last 10 years.”
The Pac-10 has become so competitive that a former national champion like
Washington can finish last, and a former
afterthought like OSU can be near the
top on a consistent basis. Riley noted
that Southern California’s return to national prominence in the 2000s prompted every program in the Pac-10 to raise
its standards.
“You either tried to fight up there
with them, or you were going to be left
way behind,” Riley said. Now, weekin and week-out, even games against
teams like the Trojans can end with an
OSU victory.
“I think virtually every game that’s
been played the last few years is like
that,” Riley said. “That’s why there are
20,000 more people going to the game.”
Said Church: “Game days now are
a real draw; we look forward to them.
We love getting together and tailgating.
There’s just a good feeling about a winning program and being part of it and
enjoying it.”
The good feeling extends far beyond
Reser Stadium and the football offices.
“You see it in a variety of places,”
Reser said. “You see it in people my
age — who I had no idea had gone to
Oregon State — that in the last four, five,
six years, they said, ‘I went to Oregon
State, too’ or ‘I graduated from Oregon
State, too’ or that send me a note or call
and say, ‘I just wanted you to know, my
grandson or granddaughter is enrolled
at Oregon State.’ It started with foot-
ball’s turnaround, and it just spread, and
it feels good.
“If you look at the research that goes
on and the number of research dollars
we get, and that we’re one of two universities — Cornell is the other one —
who get grant dollars for all four areas —
Land, Sea, Sun and Space grant — we’re
in pretty incredible company with Cornell,” Reser said. “We’re kind of at this
historic moment when what we do best
as a university is what the world needs
most in terms of sustainability, energy,
agriculture ... and having the Linus Pauling Science Center ... I think we’re just
staged for everything.
“And those academic areas were
there, but they were so silent and it was
the athletic department that seemed to
raise the flag. And when people started
looking at that flag, then they realized
what else is going on at this amazing
place.” q
Kip Carlson, an extended learning specialist at Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis, is sports editor of the Oregon Stater.
we’re going to recruit and develop lessheralded players and we’re going to play
great defense,” Robinson told Sports Illustrated. “If I get in living rooms, and if
we get to kids where parents are making
the decisions, I am counting on parents’
thinking that I am the kind of person
they want their kids playing for.”
In June, Robinson picked up a player who may help turn OSU’s fortunes
around. Dwain Williams, a 6-foot-0, 170pound guard who played at Providence
College the past two seasons, signed a
financial aid letter of agreement with
Oregon State. Williams will have two
years of eligibility remaining after sitting
out next season due to NCAA transfer
guidelines.
“We are excited to have a player of
Dwain’s caliber come to Oregon State,”
Robinson said. “I had an opportunity to
coach against him at Brown and I came
away very impressed.”
Sports Briefs
Robinson gains attention, recruit
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Men’s basketball coach Craig Robinson
has picked up a lot of national attention
and a highly touted transfer since being
hired in April as head coach of Oregon
State’s men’s basketball team.
Robinson and OSU’s program were
featured in a four-page spread in Sports
Illustrated magazine in June. In July, Robinson was a guest on FSN’s Best Damn
Sports Show Period.
The fact that presidential candidate
Barack Obama is married to Robinson’s
sister, Michelle, also has helped draw attention to him and his program.
Robinson was hired as OSU’s 20th
head coach this spring after two seasons
at Brown, where he won more games
(30) in his first two years than any other
head coach in Brown basketball history.
“We’re going to have our own style,
Rhode promoted in women’s soccer
Linus Rhode, an assistant and associate
head coach with OSU women’s soccer
program, has been promoted to head
coach.
“Linus is a terrific fit to lead our
women’s soccer program,” OSU Athletic
Director Bob De Carolis said.
Foxal to retire from gymnastics
Dick Foxal, a fixture in Oregon State
gymnastics for the past 21 seasons, is retiring from his assistant coach position.
He will continue to be associated
with OSU gymnastics in a new position
of gymnastics project coordinator, which
includes administering camps and
clinics and setting up events.
STAT E R
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Two of five OSU-linked Olympians win medals
OSU’s Saori Haruguchi, an NCAA champion in the 200-meter butterfly, represented Japan in the Beijing Olympics. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
Oregon State was well represented in
August during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as five past, present and
future Beavers competed, with two winning bronze medals.
Josh Inman, who lettered in men’s
rowing at OSU from 2000 to 2002, earned
a bronze medal on the U.S. men’s eight
crew. Inman, who rowed on the U.S.’s
2005 world championship eight, also
qualified in men’s pairs but declined that
spot to concentrate on the eight.
Brian Barden, who played baseball
at OSU from 2000 through 2002, was part
of the U.S. Olympic baseball team that
defeated Japan for a bronze medal. As a
professional, Barden plays for the Memphis Redbirds, a Triple-A farm team of
the St. Louis Cardinals.
Saori Haruguchi, a senior-to-be on
OSU’s women’s swimming team, swam
for Japan in the 400-meter individual
medley, finishing seventh in her heat with
Robbie
Findley,
who
a time of 4:45.22. This spring
played men’s soccer for Oregon
Haruguchi became Oregon
State from 2003-06 and is third
State’s first-ever NCAA chamon OSU’s list of career goals
pion in swimming by winning
leaders, was an alternate on the
the 200-yard butterfly.
United States Olympic team,
Heinrich Barnes, who will
meaning he traveled to China
be a senior on OSU’s wrestling
but would not play unless the
team next season, competed
Josh Inman team lost players to injury. The
for South Africa at 66 kiloteam was eliminated early in
grams (approximately 145.5
Beijing. Professionally, Findley
pounds). Barnes, who was
is a forward for Real Salt Lake
eliminated during the qualiof Major League Soccer.
fying rounds in Beijing, won
The 2008 Summer Olymthree straight African titles,
pics marked the 40th anniversary
the latest in June, to qualify
for the Olympics.
of OSU’s Dick Fosbury winning
Olivia Vivian, who will be
the gold medal in men’s high
a freshman gymnast at Oregon
Heinrich Barnes jump using his “Fosbury Flop”
State this coming season, qualtechnique. Fosbury was in Beiified for the Australian Olympic gymnas- jing this year in his capacity as head of the
tics team, but did not win a medal. She World Olympians Association, an organiwas part of Australia’s squads at both the zation of open to former Olympic athletes
2005 and 2006 World Championships.
from all sports and nations.
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Fall 2008
sports
New workout center all about better athletes
OSU’s new Sports Performance Center features a top-flight exercise facility for OSU athletes on the ground floor and a new practice area for
Beaver wrestling upstairs. Here, walk-on freshman football player Brian Watkins gets stronger. The center features a sprinting track among its
many amenities. Built just west of Gill Coliseum, it is in use from early in the morning until late at night. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
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By Kip Carlson state-of-the-art sound and video systems,
When Bryan Miller looks at Oregon 22 Olympic weightlifting platforms,
State’s new Sports Performance Cen- 22 power racks and adjustable benchter, he sees more than just a place for es, six sets of dumbbells, 45 pieces of
the Beavers to get stronger, quicker and cardiovascular equipment and various
free weights.
more agile.
There’s also a reinforced concrete
“It’s a huge recruiting tool for all
the student-athletes,” said Miller, sports wall that can be used to throw medicine
performance coordinator at OSU, “and I balls against, an activity used in many
think it’s a step in the right direction in OSU drills.
The center was designed with the
reflecting the success of OSU athletics.”
At 20,000 square feet, Miller said input of Miller and his staff so it would
the SPC may be the largest strength and fit their goals and methods.
“It was designed to match the needs
conditioning facility on the West Coast
and it’s among the largest in the coun- of our athletes; it wasn’t what looks good,
try. The center includes approximately or what we personally like,” Miller said.
40,000 pounds of new equipment, an “What does this other school do that
indoor track for speed and agility drills, we think is good, or neat? We put our
emphasis on providing for our athletes,
which is essentially what we do every
day. Now we just did it on a great, great,
great big scale.”
The center is used by all OSU teams,
and its size means that, depending
on the sports involved, up to three
teams can work out at once; in the old
facility it could be hard to accommodate
one team.
“It definitely lets us accommodate
the coaches for the time they prefer rather than just our schedule,” Miller said.
The spacious, well-lit interior is
nothing like the old-school image of a
weight room, and the atmosphere makes
it easier to get student-athletes to come
in and work out.
STAT E R
“When they walk in, they see how
big the building is and that it’s modern. Everything is new and not secondhand,” Miller said. “And we’ve been
able to do some different exercises and
put some different things into workouts; sometimes, just putting some variety into workouts makes them more
enthusiastic about coming in here.”
The center includes a wrestling
practice facility for the nationally recognized program. It enables the Beavers to practice just across the street
from their lockers in Gill Coliseum
rather than trekking up to Langton
Hall near the center of campus.
“It’s phenomenal,” head wrestling
coach Jim Zalesky said of the Beavers’
new practice home.
“The facility provides everything
we need to grow as a program. We
are close to the weight room and we
have ample mat space for practice. The
Sports Performance Center is a big addition to our program.”
Another $40 million in athletics
facilities improvements are in various
stages, including exterior improvements to Gill Coliseum, a new sports
medicine facility, a boathouse for the
rowing teams, construction of a track
and the Student Success Center, an academically oriented facility shared with
all OSU students.
With much of the campus having
been designated as a national historic
district in June, renovations to many
buildings might require extra permits,
and that might delay some exterior improvements to Gill.
Plans for the 2008-09 academic
year include replacement of doors and
windows along with construction of a
new athletic training facility for preventing and treating injuries, a new
women’s basketball locker room and a
media room.
Exterior painting of the coliseum
is likely to be done in the summer of
2009.
Take a broader look at student
athletes via “Everyday Champions”
With about 500 student-athletes in 17
sports at Oregon State — most of whom
will never play professional sports and
will face the same challenges and opportunities as their fellow OSU graduates in their post-college years — the
OSU Athletic Department uses its
“Everyday Champions” program to
encourage Oregon State athletes and
the fans who follow them to consider
the young competitors from a broader
perspective.
Launched in 2005, the successful program’s goal is to have OSU’s
student-athletes leave educated, confident, connected and well prepared
for the personal and professional challenges that will face them throughout
their lives.
It draws attention to the ways
Fall 2008
Beaver student-athletes — and sometimes former OSU athletes — excel on
the playing field, in the classroom, as
teammates and in the community.
The Internet-centered program
features photos, brief profiles and
question-and-answer interviews on
highlighted athletes.
Some of the featured athletes are
from better-known sports but many
are from the so-called “minor” sports.
News releases on the featured athletes
sometimes result in feature stories in
media outlets that cover the Beavers.
Included on the site are several pieces
on some of OSU’s more famous alumni
athletes.
“Everyday Champions” is easily
accessible via a prominent pull-down
menu at osubeavers.com.
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section
class
notes
Awards
Bob Eberhard, ’58, Redmond. First Citizen,
Redmond Chamber of Commerce, president of
Eberhard’s Dairy Products.
Karen R. Polenske, ’59, Cambridge, Mass. Sloan
Industry Studies 2007-2008 Best Book Award,
professor in the Department of Urban Studies and
Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mel Counts, ’64, Woodburn. Top Producer Award,
Prudential Real Estate Professionals.
Carol Seddon, ’69, Boise, Idaho. 2008 Outstanding
Educator of the Year, Kappa Delta Pi, Idaho State
University College of Education, emeritus professor
at Boise State University.
Chuck Thompson, ’70, ’72, Sweet Home. First
Citizen, Sweet Home, retired teacher.
Sharon Harmon, ’81, Portland. Woman Executive
of the Year for Nonprofits, Portland Business Journal,
executive director of the Oregon Humane Society.
Laura Barber-Miller, ’84, Portland. Orchid Award,
Portland Business Journal, vice president of global
marketing and communication at Thompson
Systems.
R. Mike Williams, ’84, Portland. CFO of the Year,
Medium Private Company, Portland Business Journal,
vice president of finance at HemCon Medical
Technologies.
Maura White-Cioeta, ’85, Portland. Citizen of the
Year, St. Johns Parade, executive director of the
Police Activities League of Greater Portland.
Cynthia Strawn, ’85, Keizer. Young Optometrist of
the Year, Oregon Optometric Physicians Association.
Steve Thorpe, ’91, Sweet Home. Junior First Citizen,
Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce, teacher.
Michael Roberson, ’94, ’95, Dallas. Deb Bakner
Award for Teaching Excellence, McMinnville
Education Foundation.
Jennifer Ringert Rosales, ’95, Portland. Woman of
Color Honoree in Technical Innovation, National
Women of Color; Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics Conference, senior professional
associate at Parsons Brinckerhoff.
Brad Lathrop, ’00, Pilot Rock. U.S. Range Manager
of the Year, U.S. Forest Service, range conservationist
on the North Fork John Day Ranger District, Ukiah.
Casey Aschim, ’01, Carlton. Outstanding Young
Farmer, McMinnville Jaycees.
Milestones
Edith Bennett Beach, ’31, celebrated her 100th
birthday in April at her home in Lake Oswego.
Mary Lewis Christlieb, ’47, ’65, and Norm Christlieb
celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Ashland
John Kaegi, ’50, ’57, Portland, has been named an
Icon of Pharmacy by the OSU College of Pharmacy,
for his lifetime of service to the industry in the state.
He and his brother, Richard Kaegi, ’52, another
honoree, operated Kaegi Pharmacies in the Portland
area.
Bruce Springer, ’57, and Twila Gillis Springer, ’59,
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Port
Angeles, Wash.
John Erickson, ’80, has retired as superintendent of
Vancouver (Wash.) Public Schools.
Robert Hilton, ’86, Ann Arbor, Mich., has retired as a
lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. His most recent
assignment was commander of the University of
Michigan Army ROTC Wolverine Battalion.
Janell Cuddy, ’98, married Randy Lee, Clackamas.
She is an optometrist.
Jamie Wetzel, ’00, married Jeff Murray, Portsmouth,
N.H. She is a labor and delivery nurse.
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Paul K. Cocker, ’01, has received his master’s degree
from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,
Calif. He is a Navy lieutenant.
Alicia Kleiman, ’01, has made a perpetual monastic
profession to the Benedictine Sisters of Mount Angel.
She is now known as Sister Hilda.
Julie Cummings, ’04, married J.R. Herbst, ’02,
Coos Bay. She is a clinical dietitian and he is an
environmental specialist for the Confederated Tribes
of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians.
Tasha Taylor, ’04, married Matthew Potter,
Sherwood. She is a marketing director.
Melinda Loewer, ’05, married Jonathan Wooley,
Corvallis. She is a veterinary student at OSU.
Brittany Werner, ’05, married Andy Armstrong, ’07,
Wilsonville. She teaches Spanish at Wilsonville High
School and he is a project manager at Bell Hardware.
Lydia Forester, ’06, married Jeremy Srofe, Tualatin.
She is a hospital attendant at Holistic Pet Vet Clinic
in Tigard.
Appointments
Ken Husby, ’66, Salem. Public works director, Polk
County.
David C. Clark, ’67, Laramie, Wyo. City attorney.
Anthony Lesperance, ’74, Reno, director, Nevada
Department of Agriculture.
Daniel Grassick, ’76, Albany. Director of engineering
services and city engineer, Lebanon.
Richard M. Cagen, ’76, Portland. Administrator,
Shriners Hospitals for Children — Portland.
Craig Edelbrock, ’76, Malvern, Penn. Chancellor
and associate dean, Penn State Great Valley School of
Graduate Professional Studies.
Martin Nicholson, ’78, ’81, Redding, Calif. Regional
manager, Southwestern U.S. region, CH2M HILL.
Harry LeGrande, ’78, Fairfield, Calif. Vice chancellor
for student affairs, University of California, Berkeley.
Robert Martin, ’79, Sultan, Wash. Community
development director.
Ed Schriever, ’83, Boise, Idaho. Head of Idaho Fish
and Game Fisheries Department.
Brad Avakian, ’84, Beaverton. Commissioner,
Oregon State Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Julie Olson, ’84, Portland. Marketing director,
Airport Marketing Income.
Scott McFarland, ’85, ’90, Canby. Investment agent,
Country Financial.
Bruce Anderson, ’86, Salem. Regional community
affairs manager, NW Natural.
Elaine Chantal Bothe, ’88, Portland. Senior lead
designer, Jennifer Adams Design Group.
John Vial, ’89, ’91, Central Point. Jackson County
roads and parks director.
Betty Johnson, ’92, Gervais. Associate engineer, West
Yost Associates, Portland.
Paul Parnell, ’92, Whittier, Calif. Vice president of
academic affairs, Rio Hondo College.
Monty Edberg, ’93, Vancouver, Wash. Engineering
manager at Port of Vancouver, USA.
Jim Jacks II, ’93, Vancouver, Wash. Business
development team, Mackay and Sposito.
Len Isotoff, ’94, Kaneohe, Hawaii. General manager,
Guam and Micronesia, Matson Navigation Co.
Trevor A. Hoskinson, ’95, McMinnville. Financial
adviser, Edward Jones Investments.
Matt White, ’95, Creswell. Manager, Neil Kelly Co.,
Eugene.
John Anderson, ’97, Bend. Real estate broker, The
Garner Group Realtors & Development LLC.
Scott Moffenbeier, ’98, Bend. Superintendent,
Broken Top Golf Club.
Richard Booth, ’99, Grants Pass. Chief operations
officer, Siskiyou Community Health Center.
Mica Olsen Ward, ’00, Lincoln City. Registered
dietitian, Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital.
Paul James, ’00, Berea, Ohio. Director of campus
diversity affairs, Baldwin-Wallace College.
Kim Krebsbach, ’02, Portland. Design associate, Neil
Kelly Co.
Aimee Pitts Calley¸’05, Bend. Office administrator,
Steele Associates Architects, Bend.
Matt Kyler, ’05, Portland. Marketing and program
manager, Airport Marketing Income.
Trevo Munro¸’07, Bend. Engineer, ACM
Engineering.
Leah Eaton-Cazemeir, ’07, Juneau, Alaska. Human
resources officer, Alaska Pacific Bank.
Other Notes
Pat Ormsbee, ’70, ’97, Eugene, is a bat specialist
with the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land
Management. She oversees the Bat Grid Inventory
and Monitoring Group to collect data on 16 species
of native bats in Oregon and Washington.
Robert A. Polich, ’78, is an account executive at the
Gillette Grooming Division at Proctor & Gamble in
Boston. He has worked for Procter & Gamble for 30
years in San Diego. As an undergrad, Bob earned
his pilot license in the OSU Flying Club and is now
commercially and instrument rated. He is looking
forward to flying his 1964 V-Trail Bonanza on the
east coast.
Sandy Leong, ’84, is a jewelry designer in New
York City where she lives with her husband, Bob
Gelfond, and their two children. Her pieces have
been featured in national magazines, including Real
Simple. www.sandyleong.com
Dr. Kelly Jenkins Nielsen, ’84, ’85, Lake Oswego,
opened Kindred Spirits Acupuncture Clinic in 2007
where she specializes in treating animals using
acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Alton Chung, ’85, ’91, is a storyteller in Portland.
His most recent show is called “Okage Sama De”
or “I am what I am, because of you”. It is a featurelength show about Japanese-American soldiers and
other stories from World War Two.
Molly Floersch Kalomiris, ’87, is general manager of
Northwest Staffing Resources in Portland.
David Lawson, ’95, is owner and president of the
Princeton Athletic Club in Vancouver, Wash.
Ruth Carter, ’01, ’03, is pursuing a law degree at
the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona
State University.
Kyle Voge, ’02, is teaching physics, chemistry and
rocket science at Akins High School in Austin, Texas.
www.akinsrocketscience.com
Amy Alexander, ’03, ’05, Beaverton, has published
a book online, The Echo Shaw Mystery Series.
Subscribers can read a new chapter in the book each
week for free.
Jesse Reilly, ’04, has completed his masters in
social work from Portland State University. He is
a Peace Corps volunteer serving through 2010 in
Amanzimtoti, South Africa.
Kelly McGraw, ’05, McMinnville, is the executive
director of the Willamette Valley Cancer
Foundation.
Obituaries
Harold H. Snow, ’30, Astoria.
Alexis R. Wheeler, ’31, Las Vegas, Nev. He was 102
years old. Theta Chi
Valette Harer Curtis, ’31, Tucson, Ariz. Zeta Tau
Alpha
Claude O. Morin, ’33, Brookings.
Morris J. Vennewitz, ’34, Portland. Delta Chi
Elizabeth Steel Genne, ’35, Portland.
STAT E R
Margaret Simpson Kucera Burreson, ’35,
Centennial, Colo.
Robert T. Small, ’35, Spokane, Wash. Theta Chi
Isobel Boack Porter, ’36, Eureka, Calif.
Delmer A. Smith, ’37, Richland Hills, Texas.
Geraldine Mather Huston Lerman, ’37, Lake
Oswego.
Marjorie Pickering Foreman, ’37, Portland. Kappa
Delta
Peter C. Perrine, ’37, Kappa Sigma
Eliot R. Peck, ’38, Concord, Calif. Sigma Phi Epsilon
Selmer O. Wake, ’38, ’47, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Murel A. Long, ’38, Merrill. Theta Chi
Arthur J. Newberg, ’39, Portland.
James D. Setzer, ’39, Portland. Sigma Phi Epsilon
Nathan N. Director, ’39, Portland.
Robert Withycombe, ’39, LaGrande. He was born at
the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station
in Union, where father, Robert, was director. Oregon
Governor James Withycombe, for whom the campus
building is named, was his grandfather.
Milton Horenstein, ’40, Portland.
Emma Collins Fowler Gengelbach, ’40, Tualatin. Phi
Sigma Kappa
Lois Schroeder Lewellen, ’40, Hillsboro.
Mary Burris Plankinton, ’40, Breckenridge, Colo.
Delta Delta Delta
Thomas G. Skinner, ’40, Caldwell, Idaho. Sigma Phi
Epsilon
Verner A. Setala, ’40, Madras.
Charlotte Lee Doty, ’41, Ashland.
Clara Breckenridge Ottaway, ’41, Dallas. Delta Delta
Delta
Forrest J. Abbott, ’41, Eugene.
Jack J. Koch, ’41, Salem.
Vaughn H. Hofeldt, ’41, Sarasota, Fla.
Remembrances may be made to the OSU College
of Forestry, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Kappa
Sigma
Dr. Calvin L. Hunt, ’42, Klamath Falls. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon
Henry Garnjobst Jr., ’42, La Jolla, Calif. Phi Delta
Theta
John S. Prescott, ’42, Richmond BC, Canada.
Herbert T. Osborne, ’42, Rohnert Park, Calif. Theta
Chi
M. Jean Guyer Godard, ’43, ’76, Corvallis.
Betty Zumwalt Boak, ’44, Portland. Alpha Gamma
Delta
Mary Filliger Laird, ’44, Astoria. Alpha Xi Delta
Carolyn Allen Hary, ’44, Auburn, Ind. Pi Beta Phi
Helen Holden Hanson, ’44, Portland. Sigma Kappa
Kathryn J. Menig Vogenthaler, ’44, Newport. Kappa
Alpha Theta
Marilyn Snodgrass Strasser, ’44, West Linn. Chi
Omega
Alan B. Jorgusen, ’45, Forest Grove. Alpha Gamma
Rho
Edwin Hunt, ’45, ’46, Portland. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Patricia Herron Edwards, ’45, Bend. Kappa Kappa
Gamma
Glenna Walter Stone, ’45, North Bend.
Margaret Clevenger Long, ’45, McMinnville.
Ross F. Swall, ’45, El Paso, Texas.
Betty Moore Lofquist, ’46, Bend.
Edward R. Lind, ’46, ’47, San Jose, Calif. Lambda Chi
Alpha
Barbara Dewey Anderson, ’47, Bellevue, Wash.
Kappa Alpha Theta
Edith Schifferer Larson, ’47, Redmond.
Jeanne Littleton Hampton, ’47, Pendleton. Delta
Delta Delta
Leslie P. Hardie, ’47, Eugene.
Curtiss W. Robinson, ’48, Tukwila, Wash.
Eugene E. Austin, ’48, Salem.
Richard M. Mellis, ’48, Kirkland, Wash. Delta
Upsilon
Frances Williams Sherwood, ’48, Portland. Pi Beta
Phi
Gerald E. Pfenning, ’48, Valley Center, Calif. Delta
Upsilon
John M. Fetterman, ’48, Bandon. Phi Kappa Psi
Robert A. Corthell, ’48, ’50, Coos Bay.
Mack E. Brown, ’48, Salem.
Richard W. Burger, ’48, Prineville. Phi Gamma Delta
Scollay C. Parker, ’48, Placerville, Calif.
Robert P. Sweeney, ’48, Portland. Alpha Tau Omega
Sheldon L. Brooks, ’48, San Diego, Calif.
Anthony Nusbaumer, ’49, Joliet, Ill.
Carolyn G. Bohnenkamp, ’49, Horizon City, Texas.
Kappa Alpha Theta
Fred C. Deckebach, ’49, Bellevue, Wash. Kappa Sigma
John D. Macy, ’49, Rancho Mirage, Calif. Beta Theta
Pi
Richard W. Schmidt, ’49, Portland. Chi Phi
Joseph W. Haines Jr., ’49, Salem.
Patricia Garratt Sledge, ’49, Creswell.
Catherine McRae Thompson, ’49, Helix. Gamma
Phi Beta
Richard S. Davies, ’49, Lake Oswego. Sigma Pi
Charles A. Nolan, ’49, Morrow Bay, Calif. Chi Phi
Robert R. Wright, ’49, Creswell. Delta Chi
Martin N. Kelley, ’50, Lake Oswego. He was chief
engineer of Kiewit Engineering and was active in
many campus fundraising efforts for the College
of Engineering as well as the OSU library, CH2M
HILL Alumni Center, athletics, the Family Study
Center and the Kiewit Center for Infrastructure and
Transportation. The Kelley Engineering Center is
named for him. See story on page 6.
Alfred W. Kitchen, ’50, Troutdale.
Charles H. Williams Jr., ’50, Portland.
Donald “Pete” Sutton, ’50, Wheeler
Edward J. Reynolds, ’50, Palm Desert, Calif.
Remembrances may be made to the OSU baseball
program, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Phi Delta
Theta
M. Howard Harpole, ’50, Albany. Lambda Chi Alpha
Elliot W. Lynch, ’50, Bellevue, Wash. Phi Kappa
Sigma
Harte E. Penttila, ’50, Montesano, Wash.
James J. Robnett, ’50, Happy View, Calif.
Kenneth R. Elliot, ’50, Prosser, Wash. He was
captain of the award winning Pacific Coast
Conference Northern Division track team during his
years at OSC. Alpha Tau Omega
Leonard C. Getty, ’50, Minden, Nev.
Frederick L. Frick, ’51, Silverton.
Gerald W. Ulett, ’51, Kent, Wash. Phi Gamma Delta
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Twin brothers have connections almost back to the start of OSU
Twins Jason (at left) and Mike Luecker have Oregon State roots about as deep as they can get. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
They weren’t quite sure who Hugh Finley was,
but they knew he was a relative.
The Luecker boys — two first-year
students from Moraga, Calif. — were
kind enough to pose for the Stater on the
Hugh married a fellow student and local
marketing management and graphic arts
family on a nearby farm while Hugh taught
programs at OSU a great fit for them. They
preparatory classes at the college.
spent their first year living two floors apart in
One of their nephews was William L.
Memorial Union steps this spring, and let us
Finley, (Honorary degree, 1931) a famous
tell them about their great, great, grandfather.
conservationist who in 1963 championed
Business major Michael Charles Luecker
in California, but eventually found the
girl, Emma Cauthorn, and they raised their
Hawley Hall, with plans to move off-campus
for their sophomore year.
Mike was surprised to find out that the
the first national wildlife refuge west of the
house he had rented for the 2008-2009
and his twin brother, Jason Finley Luecker,
Mississippi, which is located near Uncle
school year is the Cauthorn House, built for
College of Liberal Arts, are in the fifth
Hugh’s farm, south of Corvallis.
Emma Cauthorn Finley’s brother.
generation of their family to attend OSU and
its predecessor institutions, beginning with
Mike and Jason’s parents, Charles
Mike and Jason have a standing invitation
Luecker, ’80, and Laurie McCallister Luecker,
to stop by the alumni association for a visit;
Corvallis College’s second graduating class of
’80, as well as most of their aunts and uncles
maybe they should on next Feb. 8, when the
six members, which included Hugh, in 1871.
and grandparents, are all Beavers, so it
OSUAA marks its 136th anniversary, thanks
Hugh Finley was the younger brother of
would seem natural that the young men
to the alumni who founded it in 1873.
William A. Finley, the second president of
would automatically have had OSU on the
Corvallis College, Oregon’s new agricultural
top of their college application list.
college. Finley Residence Hall is named in
the former president’s honor.
But it did not happen that way. Both had
made plans to attend different colleges
Included in that small group of founders
was the first president of the fledgling alumni
association — Hugh McNary Finley, class
of 1871.
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John S. Newman, ’51, Sisters. Alpha Sigma Phi
Harlan N. Wold, ’51, Portland.
Joanne Agan Bonham, ’51, The Dalles. Alpha Phi
Walter Kelly, ’51, Vancouver, Wash. He was a
member of the Alumni Association board of directors
and was an OSU Foundation trustee. Remembrances
may be made to the Honors College, OSU
Foundation, 800-354-7281. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Virgil R. Adams, ’51, Corvallis.
Lloyd A. Anderson, ’51, Eugene. Phi Delta Theta
Marvin W. Coats, ’51, ’53, Albany. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon
Richard L. Murray, ’51, Santa Clara, Calif. Delta Chi
Bernett L. Yorton, ’52, Forest Grove.
Erwin H. Ide, ’52, Salkum, Wash.
Richard M. Beck, ’52, Enterprise.
Evan T. Tabbert, ’52, Gallatin, Tenn. Pi Kappa Phi
Lee A. Gerold, ’52, Portland. Phi Kappa Sigma
Walter F. Stone, ’52, Gresham.
Gerald G. Bateman, ’53, Port Orange, Fla.
J. W. “Bill” Barrett, ’53, Lynnwood, Wash. Pi Kappa
Phi
Richard R. Pedranti, ’53, Newport Beach, Calif.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Charles E. Farris, ’54, Salem. Theta Xi
Henry H. G. Wong, ’54, Portland.
Evelyn Neuman Johnson, ’54, Corvallis.
Harold E. Bogert, ’54, Portland.
John W. Daly, ’54, ’56, Washington, D.C.
Robert S. Carpenter, ’54, Salem.
Warren C. Wendt, ’54, La Mesa, Calif. Sigma Nu
Ronald R. Runge, ’54, Seal Beach, Calif. Sigma Phi
Epsilon
Allen L. Steinhauer, ’55, ’58, Point Vedra Beach, Fla.
Kappa Delta Rho
Carolyn Colby Timmins, ’55, Greenbrae, Calif. Kappa
Alpha Theta
Jean Marmorstein Mater, ’55, Corvallis. She was
a pioneering scientist, who wrote many books on
forestry issues and was a fellow of the Society of
American Foresters. She was co-owner of Mater
Engineering and Mater International. As the first
woman in the state of Oregon to become president
of a chamber of commerce, she helped encourage
Hewlett Packard to build a plant in Corvallis in 1974.
Mater also sat on the board of the Portland Branch of
the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Jack R. Russell, ’55, Gresham.
George F. Crandell, ’55, ’63, ’67, Arcata, Calif.
James W. Sherburne Jr, ’55, Fort Worth, Texas. Sigma
Phi Epsilon
Marilyn Wilson Foote, ’55, Jordan, Mont. Delta Delta
Delta
Audrey Enger Keicher, ’56, Tigard. Alpha Gamma
Delta
Gretchen Pardey Wilson, ’56, Aurora.
Henry W. Clark, ’56, New Braunfels, Texas.
Jack A. Stephenson, ’56, Issaquah, Wash. Phi Delta
Theta
William G. Loomis, ’56, ’60, ’64, Salem.
Jane Grunder Rowe, ’56, Ashville, N.C.
Kenneth O. Wilson, ’56, Dallas. Kappa Sigma
Bryan D. Walker, ’57, ’58, Kingston, Tenn.
Carol Ager Thilenius, ’57, ’63, Juneau, Ala. Kappa
Kappa Gamma
Richard H. Crain, ’57, Scottsdale, Ariz. Sigma Phi
Epsilon
Clarence R. Jaeger, ’57, ’66, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Edgar A. Pedley, ’57, Marysville, Wash.
Robert R. Magnuson, ’57, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
C. E. Allenbach, ’58, Carmichael, Calif.
Lewis J. Ansell, ’58, Klamath Falls.
Chester A. Bostwick, ’58, Mesa, Ariz.
John F. Thilenius, ’58, ’64, Juneau, Ala.
Robert B. Finlayson, ’58, Leesburg, Fla. Sigma Phi
Epsilon
Terrance L. Twedt, ’58, Pacific City.
Betty Burnside Nanson, ’59, Portland. Pi Beta Phi
Charles E. Charman, ’59, Milwaukie. Chi Phi
Antonio “Tony”Arana, ’59, Klamath Falls. Sigma Nu
Carl B. Krueger, ’60, Eugene. Theta Chi
Gustav. E. Wendland, ’60, Portland.
Stanley E. Harrison, ’60, Corvallis.
Cary J. Haag, ’61, Hillsboro.
Gerald “Jerry” E. Larkin, ’61, ’66, Salem.
Frederick H. Mishler, ’62, ’63, Willamina.
Laurie G. Houck, ’62, Fresno, Calif.
M. Ergin O. Talimci, ’62, Rockaway, N.J.
Robert D. Morgan, ’62, Carmichael, Calif.
Arthur L. Casebeer, ’63, Carbondale, Ill.
Florence Stokes Miner, ’63, Wood Village.
Wayne A. Rose, ’63, Portland.
Carroll D. Cropley, ’64, Clatskanie.
John F. Bloomingdale, ’64, Rancho Palos Verdes,
Calif.
Michael W. Kasner, ’64, Portland.
Paul G. Dumont, ’64, Arlington, Va.
Steven A. Carroll, ’64, Walnut Creek, Calif. Delta Tau
Delta
Janet Kennell Johnson, ’65, Corvallis.
Remembrances may be made to the OSU Marching
Band, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.
Jean Stubbs Latham, ’65, Pueblo, Colo.
Kenneth A. Brusven, ’66, Darien, Conn.
Melvin L. Nordyke¸ ’66, ’70, Corvallis.
James R. Creighton, ’67, Virginia Beach, Va.
Yvonne Ford Stubbs, ’67, ’73, Salem.
Kenneth N. Hay, ’68, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Michael M. Wilson, ’68, La Mesa, N.M.
Paul E. Bialous, ’68, The Dalles.
Robert B. Resseger, ’70, Portland.
David E. Niskanen, ’70, Modesto, Calif. Theta Chi
Robert E. Gustavson, ’70, Portland.
Gary R. Morioka, ’70, Albany. Beta Theta Pi
James L. Hurley, ’70, Beaverton.
Robert D. Shipley, ’70, Reno, Nev.
Bruce W. Mattox, ’71, Boone, N.C.
Pat L. McGillivray, ’71, Grants Pass.
Rosemary Rudd Williams, ’71, Bend.
Alan E. Dahl, ’72, Molalla.
Dennis K. Nakamoto, ’72, Lake Stevens, Wash.
Ellen M. Knepper, ’72, Eugene.
Denyse Alessio Duke, ’72, Lakeview.
Harry A. Armstrong, ’73, Corvallis.
James R. English, ’74, Bolingbrook, Ill.
Kenneth E. Collins, ’74, Keizer.
Richard J. Teman, ’75, Olympia, Wash.
Stefen V. Hinton, ’76, Portland.
Robert L. Tosh, ’76, Clatskanie.
Mary Tuckerman McCoy, ’77, ’80, Salem.
Rev. James A. Nibler, ’77, Newberg.
Paul R. Converse, ’78, Port Townsend, Wash. He was
a civilian working in Iraq for the U.S. Department of
Defense and died from injuries suffered in a mortar
attack.
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Bruce A. Rose, ’79, Eugene.
Robert E. Morris, ’79, Portland.
Timothy I. Voth, ’79, Newberg.
Bruce L. Alexander, ’80, Corvallis.
Kenneth S. Kirkham, ’80, Coppell, Texas.
Gary H. Keppen, ’81, Klamath Falls.
Jeffrey W. Crawford, ’81, Plano, Texas. Pi Kappa
Alpha
Bernice Morgan Reynolds, ’83, Sweet Home.
Lawrence R. Perket, ’83, Longview, Wash.
Stephen B. Walker, ’83, Salem. Alpha Gamma Rho
Lindi Hepworth Riley, ’83, Sutherlin.
Michael R. Irwin, ’84, Coquille.
Stacy Picard Leonetti, ’84, North Plains.
James M. Hanna, ’86, Brownlee, Neb.
Donald W. Cheney, ’88, Beaverton.
Max A. Galeai, ’88, Pago Pago, American Samoa. The
former Student Battalion Commander of the NROTC
at OSU was a lieutenant colonel and commanding
officer in the U. S. Marines and was killed by a suicide
bomber in Iraq on June 26. He was based at Marine
Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe.
Troy L. Hawkins, ’88, Orange Park, Fla.
Ronald W. Kitterman, ’90, Adair Village.
Roy A. Howell, ’91, Salem.
Bryan J. Cook, ’92, Richland, Wash.
Tamara Jurgens Ellis, ’92, Hillsboro.
John A. Larrabee III, ’94. Kelso, Wash. Memorials
may be made to the Beaver Athletic Student Fund,
OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Pi Kappa Phi
Forrest B. Baker, ’97, Eugene.
Michael J. Comer, ’99, Encino, Calif.
Jeffrey A. Ammon, ’01, Orem, Utah. He was a
lieutenant in the U.S. Navy who was killed May
20 in Afghanistan by a homemade bomb. He was
attached to Navy Region Northwest at Bangor, Wash.
and served with the Provincial Reconstruction Team
in Ghazni.
Rebekah Sauter Vance, ’05, Portland.
Jason D. Seeley, ’07, Milwaukie.
Nicholas L. Faas, Dallas. He was a senior at OSU
studying philosophy.
Benjamin C. Gerling, Albany. He was a senior in
political science. A Reserve Officers Training Corps
scholarship fund has been set up in his name at the
OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.
Kendra L. Hoffhines, Salem. She was a senior in the
College of Health and Human Services.
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Stuart S. Beals, Sherwood. Delta Upsilon
Eleanor Reynolds Becker, Corvallis. She was a
medical transcriptionist in student health services
for 15 years.
Alice H. Bergman, State College, Penn. She was a
librarian for the College of Forestry.
David J. Burkhart, Hood River. He was an OSU
Extension Agent in Columbia and Hood River
counties.
Donald E. Campbell, Corvallis. He was a professor
in the College of Health and Human Services for 17
years.
John C. Campbell, ’49, Corvallis. He was safety
director in the College of Engineering.
Dorothy B. Chambers, Oregon City.
Kim K. Ching, Fremont, Calif. He was a professor of
forest genetics in the College of Forestry.
Marie F. Cripps, Corvallis. A Biochemistry and
BioPhysics Reading Room was recently named in
her honor. Memorial contributions can be made to
the Ray, Frances, and Dale Cripps Student Support
Endowment, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.
Harold C. “Shorty” Dorn, Reston, Va. He was a
professor of journalism from 1966 to 1989.
Myron E. Doty, Tacoma, Wash. Phi Gamma Delta
Louise Ferguson, McMinnville.
Duane S. Fitzgerald, ’40, Florence. He worked at the
OSU Memorial Building as building manager and an
assistant professor until his retirement after 24 years
of service. Alpha Tau Omega
Albert Gates, Salem.
Patrick D. Gilroy¸ Rancho Mirage, Calif. Phi Delta
Theta
Nancy Fisher Harrison, Salem.
Dorothy B. Hayden, Albany. She was employed for
many years at Weatherford Hall.
Peggy Hayes, Corvallis. She worked at the OSU Seed
Laboratory until her retirement in 1977.
Barbara Freeman Hinman, Newberg.
Edward W. Jenks, Tangent.
Margaret Moser Keup, Topeka, Kan.
Eugene H. Knutsen, Astoria. Sigma Nu
Matthew Kralj, Gresham. Remembrances may be
made to the Matthew and Frances Kralj Scholarship,
College of Education, OSU Foundation, 800-3547281.
Edmund P. Lowry, Beavercreek. Alpha Tau Omega
Judith N. Luthy, Santa Fe, N.M. She worked for OSU
Sea Grant in the College of Oceanography.
Harry L. Lydiard, Port Angeles, Wash. Alpha Gamma
Rho
Bruce W. Peterson, ’72, Corvallis. He worked for
more than 25 years in the OSU payroll department.
Donations may be made to the OSU Foundation,
800-354-7281.
Austin W. Pritchard, Portland. He was a professor
of marine zoology for 40 years, retiring in 1993.
Mary E Rasmusson, Yakima, Wash. She was an
environmental researcher in the Department of Fish
and Wildlife.
Richard Y. Richardson, Portland. Beta Theta Pi
Francis L. Rigby, Yakima, Wash.
Olive Sandgren, Corvallis.
Regina P. Schroeder, Medford.
H. Wayne Schultz, ’92, Corvallis. He was a professor
in the College of Pharmacy for 32 years.
Warren S. Staton, ’50, ’51, Corvallis. He was
associate professor in the College of Engineering.
Contributions may be made to the Apperson Hall
Renovation, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.
Donald B. Unger, Corvallis. He was a librarian at
OSU’s Kerr Library.
Don C. Walrod, Albany. He was chair of the
Columbia County Extension Service. Remembrances
may be made to the OSU Extension Service, OSU
Foundation, 800-354-7281.
Girtha Price Walton, Corvallis. She was an
accountant in the OSU Extension office from 1933
through 1946 and returned to work on campus from
1964 through 1971.
Douglas West, Monmouth. He was a computer
science technician at OSU until his retirement in
1994.
Harold O. Witcraft, Sacramento, Calif. He was
a vocalist who worked for many years with
entertainers such as Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
Theta Xi
Pop Quiz answers
From page 12
1. Bend is in what is called a rain shadow, the
region on the lee side of a mountain where
precipitation is noticeably less than on the
windward side. Air moving horizontally over
Corvallis toward the Cascades obviously
cannot go through the mountains. Air cools
as it lifts and if the air is humid, clouds form
and droplets typically precipitate out on
the windward side of the Cascades, giving
Corvallis its 40 inches of rain and leaving
little precipitation left for Bend.
2. An El Niño event is characterized by
extensive ocean warming that begins along
the coast of Peru and Ecuador and extends
westward over the tropical Pacific. During
a La Niña, the central and eastern tropical
Pacific Ocean turns cooler than normal.
Major El Niño events occur once every two
to seven years as a current of nutrient-poor
tropical water moves southward along the
west coast of South America.
3. When hurricanes move over a large
landmass, they rapidly dissipate for two
reasons. First, they lose their energy source
(warm water). That’s also why a hurricane
moving northward over the Atlantic will
normally remain at hurricane strength for
much longer than will its counterpart at
the same latitude over the eastern Pacific,
because the Atlantic hurricane has the
warm Gulf Stream to sustain it. Second,
friction with the land surface slows surface
winds and they blow more directly into the
storm, an effect that causes the hurricane’s
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central pressure to rapidly rise, weakening
the storm.
4. When viewed from above, the majority
of tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere
rotate counterclockwise about their central
core of low pressure. A few have been seen
rotating clockwise but those are rare.
5. CFCs have a very long lifetime (the
average lifetime of a CFC molecule is
between 50 and 100 years) and are not
easily removed from the stratosphere,
where the ozone destruction takes place.
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Ye Olde Student Map of OSU
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