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1. Harvey L. McAlister, circa 1898
Harvey L. McAlister, circa 1898
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Harvey L. McAlister was known as "Pap Hayseed" during his student years at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC). McAlister came from Lexington, Oregon (in Morrow County) to OAC in 1893. As a freshman, he played center on the first OAC football team. McAlister attended OAC from 1893 to 1897 and earned a BS in Agriculture. After service in the Spanish-American War, he returned to Lexington where he farmed until his retirement in 1947, when he moved to the Veterans Home in Napa, California. McAlister died in California in 1955.
2. William F. Dixon
William F. Dixon
3. Percival Nash, class of 1893
Percival Nash, class of 1893
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Percival Nash was the son of local entrepreneur and OAC Board of Regents member Wallis Nash.
4. Leroy G. Mattley
Leroy G. Mattley
Description
Leroy Garfield Mattley, from Lewisville in Polk County, Oregon, studied agriculture and mechanical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College and graduated in 1902. Mattley died on August 17, 1905.
5. Lester M. Leland
Lester M. Leland
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Lester M. Leland graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1895.
6. "Mark Weatherford and charge"
"Mark Weatherford and charge"
7. View of OAC from Lower Campus, 1909
View of OAC from Lower Campus, 1909
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This view shows several early campus buildings, including (from left) Waldo Hall, the Armory and Gymnasium, Agriculture Hall (now Furman Hall), Benton Hall, and the Mechanical Building (now Kearney Hall).
8. Ivy G. Burton
Ivy G. Burton
9. Lilly Nordgren
Lilly Nordgren
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Lilly Magnhild Elsa Nordgren, from Aberdeen, Washington, also attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) in the early 1920s and earned a BS in commerce in 1924. She became an instructor in office training and secretarial science upon graduation and continued as an instructor until the mid-1930s. In 1929-1932, she took several graduate courses at OAC and completed a MA in education at Stanford University in 1931. Her thesis was An Experimental Comparison of Beginning Students Writing of Standard and Noiseless Typewriters. Nordgren married Floyed Marven Edwards in 1932.
10. James A. Harper
James A. Harper
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James A. Harper, Bruce Commandery No. 17, second row, second from left.