List of Oregon State University faculty and staff

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This is a list of notable people who have worked or currently work at Oregon State University, a university in Corvallis, Oregon in the United States. The university traces its roots back to 1856 when Corvallis Academy was founded. It wasn't formally incorporated until 1858 when the name was changed to Corvallis College, and wasn't chartered until 1868. In 1890 the school became know as Oregon Agricultural College, in 1927 it was known as Oregon State Agricultural College, and the current name was adopted in 1961. Faculty and staff from each of these eras may be included on the list, and more than 2,900 people are currently employed there.^[1]

Contents 1 Academics 1.1 Faculty 1.2 Presidents 2 Athletics 2.1 Baseball 2.2 Basketball 2.3 Football 2.3.1 Head coaches 2.3.2 Assistant coaches 2.4 Wrestling 2.5 Multi-sport 2.6 Other 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Academics

[edit] Faculty

Name	Worked	Notability	Reference
John B. Anderson	1986	Former visiting professor, former U.S. Representative of Illinois (1961–1981), and presidential candidate in the 1980 presidential election	[2]
Marcus Borg	1979—	Professor of philosophy, author of eleven books, and Biblical scholar	[3]
Ernest J. Briskey	1979–1986	Former dean of agriculture and food science researcher	[4]
Timothy Budd	1986—	Professor of computer science, author of fourteen books, and noted expert in programming language theory	[5]
James Cassidy	?—	Professor of soil science, one of the founding members of the band Information Society	[6]
Jack Corliss	1977–1983	Former professor of oceanography, contributed to the discovery of black smokers and the resulting contributions to the theory on the origin of life	[7]
John R. Dellenback	1949–1951	Former professor, former U.S. Representative of Oregon (1967–1975)	[8]
Octave Levenspiel	1966–1991	Emeritus Professor of chemical engineering, author of five books, and member of the National Academy of Engineering	[9]
Jane Lubchenco	1977—	Professor of zoology, ecologist, & member of the United States National Academy of Sciences	[10]
Ed McClanahan	1958–1962	Former English professor, author of eight novels, & essayist	[11]
Joseph Millar	?—	English professor, author, & poet	[12]
Alvin O'Konski	1929–1931	Former professor, former U.S. Representative of Wisconsin (1943–1973)	[13]
Linus Pauling	1922	Former undergraduate faculty, 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry & 1962 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, is the only person ever to win two unshared Nobel Prizes	[14]
William Luther Pierce	1962–1965	Former assistant professor of physics, author of two books, later a notable white supremacist	[15]
George Poinar, Jr.	1995—	Professor of entomology, his work extracting DNA from insects fossilized in amber was the inspiration for the novel and film Jurassic Park	[16]
Douglas Warrick	?—	Assistant professor of biophysics, has had two papers published in Nature	[17]
Ernest H. Wiegand	1919–1952	Former professor of food science, developed a new brine method in 1925 that led to the creation of the maraschino cherry	[18]
Roger J. Williams	?–1939	Former professor of chemistry, author of 22 books, discovered several B vitamins and pantothenic acid, former member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, & President of the American Chemical Society	[19]
James Withycombe	1898–?	Former director of the College Experiment Station, former Governor of Oregon (1915–1919)	[20]
C. Theo Yerian	?–?	Former head of the business education department, author, and helped develop the Personal Shorthand writing method	[21]

[edit] Presidents

Name	Worked	Notability	Reference
Benjamin L. Arnold	1872–1892	3rd President of Oregon State University	[22]
Frank L. Ballard	1940–1941	10th President of Oregon State University	[22]
John M. Bloss	1892–1896	5th President of Oregon State University	[22]
John V. Byrne	1984–1995	16th President of Oregon State University	[22]
Joseph Emery	1872	2nd President of Oregon State University (acting)	[22]
William A. Finley	1865–1872	1st President of Oregon State University	[22]
Thomas M. Gatch	1897–1907	7th President of Oregon State University	[22]
Francois A. Gilfillan	1941–1942	11th President of Oregon State University (acting)	[22]
James H. Jensen	1961–1969	13th President of Oregon State University	[22]
William J. Kerr	1907–1932	8th President of Oregon State University	[22]
John D. Letcher	1892	4th President of Oregon State University (acting)	[22]
Robert W. MacVicar	1970–1984	15th President of Oregon State University	[22]
Henry B. Miller	1896–1897	6th President of Oregon State University	[22]
George W. Peavy	1932–1940	9th President of Oregon State University (acting from 1932–1934)	[22]
Edward John Ray	2003—	19th and current President of Oregon State University	[23]
Paul G. Risser	1995–2002	17th President of Oregon State University	[22]
August L. Strand	1942–1961	12th President of Oregon State University	[22]
Timothy P. White	2002–2003	18th President of Oregon State University (acting)	[24]
Roy A.Young	1969–1970	14th President of Oregon State University (acting)	[22]

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Baseball

Name	Worked	Notability	Reference
Pat Casey	1995—	Current head coach of the Oregon State Beavers baseball team	[25]
Fielder Jones	1910	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers baseball team and former manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles	[25]

[edit] Basketball

Name	Worked	Notability	Reference
Jay John	2002—	Current head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team	[26]
Ritchie McKay	2000–2002	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team	[26]
Ralph Miller	1970–1989	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team and Basketball Hall of Fame member	[26]

[edit] Football

[edit] Head coaches

Name	Worked	Notability	Reference
Dee Andros	1965–1975	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team	[27]
Joe Avezzano	1980–1984	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team & current special teams coach for the Oakland Raiders	[27]
Dennis Erickson	1999–2002	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team, former head coach of the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers, & current head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils football team	[27]
Craig Fertig	1976–1979	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team	[27]
Dave Kragthorpe	1985–1990	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team	[27]
Sol Metzger	1909	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team	[27]
Jerry Pettibone	1991–1996	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team	[27]
Tommy Prothro	1955–1964	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team and College Football Hall of Fame member	[27]
Mike Riley	1997–1998, 2003—	Current head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team & former head coach of the San Diego Chargers	[27]
Paul J. Schissler	1924–1932	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team	[27]
Lon Stiner	1933–1942, 1945–1948	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team	[27]
Kip Taylor	1949–1954	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team	[27]

[edit] Assistant coaches

Name	Worked	Notability	Reference
Mark Banker	1997–1998, 2003—	Current defensive coordinator for the Oregon State Beavers football team & former defensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers	[28]
Rich Brooks	1963–1964, 1965–1970	1994 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award winner, 1996 Home Depot Coach of the Year, former assistant coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team, former head coach of the St. Louis Rams, & current head football coach for the Kentucky Wildcats	[29]
John Cooper	1963–1964	Former assistant coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team and former head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team	[30]
Danny Langsdorf	1997–1998, 2005—	Current offensive coordinator and quarterback coach for the Oregon State Beavers football team & former offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints	[31]
Bronco Mendenhall	1989–1990, 1995–1996	Former assistant coach of the Oregon State Beavers football team and current head football coach of the Brigham Young Cougars	[32]

[edit] Wrestling

Name	Worked	Notability	Reference
Randy Couture	1993–1998	Former assistant coach and strength and conditioning coach for the Oregon State Beavers wrestling team, mixed martial artist, and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Fame member	[33]
Les Gutches	1996–1999, 2001–?	Former assistant coach of the Oregon State Beavers wrestling team, two-time NCAA champion, 1998 Goodwill Games gold medalist, bronze medalist at the 1999 World Championships, and 1996 Olympic U.S. wrestling Team member	[34]
Robin Reed	1925–1926	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers wrestling team, 1924 Summer Olympics gold medalist, and National Wrestling Hall of Fame member	[35]
Greg Strobel	1981–1983	Former assistant coach of the Oregon State Beavers wrestling team, two-time NCAA champion, and current head wrestling coach at Lehigh University	[36]
Dale O. Thomas	1957–1990	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers wrestling team and National Wrestling Hall of Fame member	[35]
Jim Zalesky	2006—	Current head coach of the Oregon State Beavers wrestling team, three-time NCAA champion, and National Wrestling Hall of Fame member	[37]

[edit] Multi-sport

Name	Worked	Notability	Reference
Slats Gill	1926–1966	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers baseball & men's basketball teams and Basketball Hall of Fame member	[25][26][38]
W. H. Hargiss	1918–1920	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football and men's basketball teams	[26][27]
R. B. Rutherford	1920–1923	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers football and men's basketball teams	[26][27]
E. J. Stewart	1911–1916	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers baseball, football, and men's basketball teams	[25][26][27]

[edit] Other

Name	Worked	Notability	Reference
Mariusz Podkościelny	1997–2003	Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers women's swimming team and competitor at the 1988 Summer Olympics	[39]

[edit] See also

• List of Oregon State University alumni

[edit] References