This is a list of notable former and current faculty and staff members of Oregon State University (OSU), a four-year research and degree-granting public university in Corvallis, Oregon in the United States. The university traces its roots back to 1856 when Corvallis Academy was founded. It was not formally incorporated until 1858 when the name was changed to Corvallis College, and wasn't chartered until 1868, when the name was changed to Corvallis College and Agricultural College of Oregon. The university changed names several more times, adopting its current name 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.

Academics Faculty Name Worked Position and notability ReferenceIra S. AllisonProfessor of geology, namesake of Lake Allison, author Edward Allworth 1925–1963 Former secretary of the OSU Alumni Association; former secretary of the Memorial Union Board of Governors; former manager of the Memorial Union; Medal of Honor recipient John B. Anderson 1986 Former visiting professor; former U.S. representative of Illinois (1961–1981); presidential candidate in the 1980 presidential election Scott Baker ?– Associate director of the Marine Mammal Institute Kelly Benoit-Bird 2004–2018 Former professor in the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; studies trophic interactions in the marine ecosystem using active underwater acoustics; winner of a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Fellows Program Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch 1964 Visiting professor of mathematics in 1964; worked mainly on combinatorial methods and questions in real analysis, such as the Kakeya needle problem and the Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension Marcus Borg 1979– Professor of philosophy; biblical scholar Ernest J. Briskey 1979–1986 Former dean of agriculture and food science researcher John V. Byrne1960–1981, 1984–1995Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1981–1984; president, Oregon State University, 1984–1995 James Cassidy 2004– Instructor of soil science; a founding member of the band Information Society Sharyn Clough 2003– Associate professor of philosophy; author of two books 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 Brent Dalrymple 1994–2001 Former dean of the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences; author; member of United States National Academy of Sciences; winner of National Medal of Science Tracy Daugherty 1986–2013 Author and biographer in the College of Liberal Arts; Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography John R. Dellenback 1949–1951 Former professor, former U.S. representative of Oregon (1967–1975) Sigmund Eisner Professor emeritus, Chaucer scholar Kelly Falkner 1992–2011 Former professor, College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Sally Hacker 1977–1991 Sociologist Joel Hedgpeth 1965–1973 Former director of the Yaquina Biological Laboratories of the OSU Marine Science Center; marine biologist; environmentalist; author Octave Levenspiel 1966–1991 Emeritus professor of chemical engineering; author of five books; member of National Academy of Engineering Ted Lewis ?–1993 Former professor of computer science; author of 30 books; former editor-in-chief of IEEE Software magazine and Computer magazine Jane Lubchenco 1977– Professor of zoology; ecologist; member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; first woman to serve as the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2009–2013 Bernard Malamud 1949–1961 Former professor; author; Pulitzer Prize recipient for novel The Fixer, later made into an Academy Award-nominated film Ed McClanahan 1958–1962 Former English professor; author of eight novels; essayist Conde McCullough 1916–1919 Former professor of engineering; designed most of Oregon's coastal bridges along U.S. Route 101 Lois Sather McGill 1945–1983 First female faculty member of the Department of Food Science and Technology Joseph Millar ? English professor, author, and poet Alvin O'Konski 1929–1931 Former professor, former U.S. representative of Wisconsin (1943–1973) Linus Pauling 1922 Former undergraduate faculty; 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; 1962 Nobel Peace Prize recipient; the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes William Luther Pierce 1962–1965 Former assistant professor of physics; author of two books; later a notable white supremacist 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 Dana Reason2008-Director of the Popular Music Studies Program and acclaimed Canadian pianist and composerHeidi Schellman1957Professor of Physics, head of Physics Department, particle physicist Katharine Jefferts Schori 1994–1999 26th presiding bishop of the US Episcopal Church; earned B.S. in biology from Stanford University in 1974, a M.S. in oceanography in 1977 and a Ph.D. in oceanography in 1983, from Oregon State University; visiting assistant professor in OSU's Department of Religious Studies; visiting scientist in OSU's College of Oceanography John E. Sloan 1938–1940 Professor of military science and tacticsRick Spinrad2010–2014, 2016–2021Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2021–2025; earned MS (1978) and PhD (1982) in Oceanography at OSU; vice president for Research, OSU, 2010-2014; professor in Oceanography, OSU, 2016–2021Bernadine Strik 1987–2021Horticulturist Douglas Warrick Assistant professor of biophysics; has had two papers published in Nature Angelicque White 2009–2018 Former associate professor in the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; studies elemental cycling in oligotrophic marine ecosystems; current director of the Hawaii Ocean Time-series program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Ernest H. Wiegand 1919–1952 Former professor of food science, developed the modern Maraschino cherry 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 William Appleman Williams 1968–1986 Former history professor; author; historian James Withycombe 1898–1914 Former director of the OSU College Experiment Station, former Governor of Oregon (1915–1919)

Presidents Name Worked Position and notability ReferenceF. King Alexander2020–202120th president of Oregon State University Benjamin L. Arnold 1872–1892 3rd president of Oregon State University Frank L. Ballard 1940–1941 10th president of Oregon State University John M. Bloss 1892–1896 5th president of Oregon State University John V. Byrne 1984–1995 16th president of Oregon State University Joseph Emery 1872 2nd president of Oregon State University (acting) William A. Finley 1865–1872 1st president of Oregon State University Thomas M. Gatch 1897–1907 7th president of Oregon State University Francois A. Gilfillan 1941–1942 11th president of Oregon State University (acting) James H. Jensen 1961–1969 13th president of Oregon State University Rebecca L. Johnson2021–202221st president of Oregon State University (acting) William Jasper Kerr 1907–1932 8th president of Oregon State University John D. Letcher 1892 4th president of Oregon State University (acting) Robert W. MacVicar 1970–1984 15th president of Oregon State University Henry B. Miller 1896–1897 6th president of Oregon State University Jayathi Y. Murthy2022–22nd president of Oregon State University George W. Peavy 1932–1940 9th president of Oregon State University (1932–1934) Edward John Ray 2003–2020 19th and current president of Oregon State University Paul G. Risser 1995–2002 17th president of Oregon State University August L. Strand 1942–1961 12th president of Oregon State University Timothy P. White 2002–2003 18th president of Oregon State University (acting) Roy A. Young 1969–1970 14th president of Oregon State University (acting)

Athletics Baseball Name Worked Position and notability Reference Pat Casey 1995–2018 Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers baseball team; won three national titles Ralph Coleman 1923–1928, 1930–1931, 1938–1966 Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers baseball team Fielder Jones 1910 Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers baseball team; former manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles Dan Spencer 1997–2007 Former associate head coach of the Oregon State Beavers baseball team

Basketball Name Worked Position and notability Reference Michael Holton 1995–1996 Former assistant coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team; former NBA player Jay John 2002–2008 Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team Ritchie McKay 2000–2002 Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team Ralph Miller 1970–1989 Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team and Basketball Hall of Fame member Kevin Mouton 2002–2008 Former interim head coach and assistant coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team Eddie Payne 1995–2000 Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team Craig Robinson 2008–2014 Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team; former head coach of the Brown Bears LaVonda Wagner 2005–2010 Former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

Stephen Thompson Jr. (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

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