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Obituaries

Luckey L. Bonney, ’24, July 19, Forest Grove. ATW
Vivian Shriver Thompson, ’24, July 18, 2000, Sweet Home.
Aard Ady, ’25, Richardson, Texas.
Helen Wilson O’Brien, ’28, Aug. 19, Portland.
Robert ‘Dail’ Hutchinson, ’28, Aug. 18, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Thyrsa Buell West, ’29, Aug. 22, Tualatin.
Wanda Prey Lackey, ’29, May 13, 1999, Boise, Idaho.
Vivian Shriver Thompson, ’29, July 18, 2000, Sweet Home. DZ
Helen Gunn Varney, ’29, Feb. 6, 2000, Longview. ACW
Florence Trapp Niles, ’30, June 28, Toledo.
Anna Stewart Hartung, ’31, July 21, Puyallup, Wash. SK
Paul A. Strangeland, ’31, Aug. 24, Astoria.
Kenneth W. Sawyer, ’32, Aug. 3, Salem. He was on the staff of the OSU Extension Service for 12 years, serving as the first Extension agent in Jefferson County for nine years. He was secretary of the Oregon Reclamation Congress that resulted in the creation of the Oregon State Water Resources Board. He was a former director of the USDA Farmers Home Administration in Oregon and Alaska and assistance director of agriculture in Oregon.
Rose Winkler Schultz, ’32, Sept. 23, Portland.
Jessie McCready Sanders, ’32, Aug. 21, Modesto, Calif.
George W. Kelley, ’33, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Hal V. Lidell, ’33, Feb. 16, 2000, Portland. ASF
Harry B. Forse, ’34, Aug. 29, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Clara E. Rettie, ’34, March 12, The Dalles. BSF
Harold M. Thompson, ’34, June 13, Banks.
Faith Beamer Cook, ’35, Aug. 18, Vancouver, Wash.
George F. Todd, ’36, Sept. 9, Corvallis. BQP
Edward F. Wandell, ’37, Nov. 2000, Hoquiam, Wash. FSK
Bernice Johnson Gross Gilbert, ’37, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Hans A. Rhiger, ’37, July 20, Lebanon.
Lester Garlinghouse, ’37, July 10, Boise, Idaho.
Thomas W. Beall, ’37, July 25, San Manuel, Ariz. ATW
Ivan R. Bierly, ’38, June 7, Cupertino, Calif. AGR
Carol Carnes Towt, ’39, May 26, Barstow, Calif. DDD
Charles E. Koch, ’39, March 25, Laguna Woods, Calif.
Dorothy Savage Hershiser, ’40, Sept. 13, Lake Oswego. CW
Lewis C. Smith, ’40, June 16, Springfield.
William S. Schroeder, ’40, ’41, Sept. 11, 2000, Toledo. KS
Frank E. Lound, ’41, July 27, Bandon.
Gale S. Welborn, ’41, May 11, Monmouth.
Irene Hoover Harper, ’41, Oct. 1, Osborn, Idaho. GFB
Jean Horton Tarrant, ’41, Aug. 22, Corvallis. KAQ
Suzanne Hadwen Stewart, ’41, May 2, 1999, Duncan, B.C. CW
George P. Osborn, ’42, July 29, Portland.
Robert S. Binford, ’42, Oct. 11, Sarasota, Fla. FGD
Smith Neely, ’42, July 29, Alexandria, Va.
Roger ‘Vince’ Jessup, ’43, Aug. 3, Glendale, Calif. SAE
William L. Wales, ’43, Oct. 10, Klamath Falls. FSK
Betty C. Culbertson, ’44, Aug. 7, Milwaukie. ACW
Donna Zimmerman Thomas, ’44, Oct. 4, Loudonville, N.Y. GFB
Elizabeth Koudal Hedlin, ’44, August, La Conner.
Slema Konick Loney, ’44, Sept. 3, Corvallis.
James A. Sullivan, ’45, Sept. 18, Hillsboro.
Harland H. Clark, ’47, Sept. 1, Lake Oswego.
John H. Moore, ’47, May 22, Larkspur, Calif. SAE
Arthur L. Hobart, ’48, Bend. SAE
Irving Schultz, ’48, April 2, Sacramento, Calif.
Jean Clark Averill, ’48, July 23, King City.
Leon H. Bennett, ’48, Sept. 2, Portland.
Maurice W. Davis, ’48, April 5, Talent.
Robert G. Madsen, ’48, Sept. 8, Portland.
Carl E. Spencer, ’49, Dec. 1, 2000, Klamath Falls.
Jack W. Parker, ’49, Aug. 23, Oregon City. FGD
Janet Lois Riley, ’49, Sept. 30, Gearhart. SK
Lamont A. Klick, ’49, ’57, Sept. 2, Portland. LCA
Patricia Kendall Marriage Bain, ’49, Sept. 1, Milwaukie. KKG
Roy W. Larson, ’49, July 30, Marysville, Wash.
John H. Cochran, ’49, Sept. 18, Beaverton. DC
David S. Berger, ’50, July 20, Salem.
Edward M. Twining Sr., ’50, Feb. 18, 2000, Long Beach, Calif.
Frank C. Tubbs, ’49, Aug. 9, Adams. He was one of the founders of Western Wheat Associates, past president of the Oregon Wheat Growers League and the National Wheat Growers League and had chaired the Oregon Wheat Commission. He was chair of the Oregon State Board of Agriculture and served on the boards of Pacific Northwest Grain and Grain Products Association, Federal Land Bank, U.S. Bank, Oregon-Washington Pea Growers, and the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. In 1959 he supervised the U.S. exhibit at the first world agricultural fair at New Delhi, India. He received an OSU Distinguished Service Award and the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences Diamond Pioneer Agriculture Award. He was inducted into the OSU Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1981.
Elbert ‘Bert’ Bentley, ’50, Aug. 18, Hillsboro.
Jeanette Holroyd Baldwin, ’50, April 12, Hot Springs Village, Ark. SK
Theodore E. Davenport, ’50, April 22, Roswell, N.M.
Dale K. Pence, ’51, Sept. 01, Salem. FSK
James M. Templer, ’51, June 19, Austin, Texas. SAE
John V. Publicover, ’51, Jan. 2, San Jose, Calif., BQP
Stuart C. Bachman, ’51, Oct. 23, 2000, San Diego, Calif.
Charles ‘Chuck’ Hindes, ’52, Aug. 29, Dallas.
Henry J. Rupprecht, ’54, Aug. 27, Westminster, Calif. KDR
Charles R. Miller, ’55, Sept. 15, York, Penn. SC
Thomas S. Ackerman, ’55, Aug. 28, Ontario.
Charles D. Emerick, ’56, June 12, 2000, Temecula, Calif. SC
James E. Britton, ’56, May 20, Eugene.
Bruce Ady, ’57, Jan. 4, Phoenix, Ariz. SP
John M. Nichols, ’57, Feb. 13, Long Beach, Calif. FKY
Sally Muldoon, ’58, April 4, Corvallis.
Sharon Hinton Rexford, ’57, Aug. 31, Seal Rock.
Jane Coffman Hoag, ’59, Sept. 28, Edmonds, Wash.
Thomas H. Lewis, ’60, Sept. 19, Portland. FGD
Bruce B. Henry, ’60, Aug. 17, Vancouver, Wash. SP
Alton R. Doan, ’61, ’65, Oct. 13, Corbett.
Clifford M. Payne, ’61, Oct. 11, Portland. DTD
David B. Day, ’61, May 29, Loomis, Calif. QC
Peter A. Schwabenland, ’62, July 2, Tulelake. FDQ
Brian A. Steenson, ’63, Aug. 21, Portland. DU
Donald N. Armstrong, ’63, Jan. 24, Sequim, Wash. AGR
Jakob W. Gallus, ’64, Sept. 14, Portland. BQP
Allen L. Clancy Jr., ’64, Aug. 1, Portland.
Harold S. Ayer, ’65, Oct. 3, Gresham.
Richard M. Lambrecht, ’65, July 21, Wayland, Mass. He was a radiopharmaceutical chemist for more than 30 years in both management and research capacities on every continent except Antarctica. He was the author of six books and more than 230 articles. Sixteen patents have been issued in his name. He was a fellow and chartered chemist of the Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K. and the Royal Australian Institute of Chemistry and a fellow of the Australasian College of Biomedical Scientists and the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
Jo Ann Armantrout, ’65, July 19, Livermore, Calif.
Kenneth J. Gebhard, ’65, June 24, Milwaukie.
Marjorie Ullstrom Colton, ’65, July 8, Vancouver, Wash.
Robert M. Door, ’65, ’67, July 22, Corvallis. SAE
John B. Hancock, ’66, Aug. 23, 2000, Oakland, Calif.
Thomas G. Crabtree, ’67, June 25, Dallas.
Mary Boyd Seger, ’68, Oct. 6, Keizer.
Roy K. Smith, ’68, May 16, 2000, Longview, Wash.
Joseph C. Youngbluth, ’68, Sept. 20, Portland.
Richard P. Quinn, ’69, Sept. 2, Cary, N.C.
Gary B. Morgan, ’70, Salem.
Brent C. Palmer, ’72, Sept. 8, Cedar City, Utah.
Nancy L. Howard, ’72, July 13, Sweet Home.
Edward A. Joste, ’73, April 6, Woodburn.
Gary C. Hanson, ’73, July 7, Jackpot, Nev.
Nadine Ruyle Lathrop, ’73, Sept. 12, 2000, Port Orchard, Wash.
Sara A. Ewart, ’73, Aug. 15, Marristown, N.Y.
Ted E. Nelson, ’73, Salem.
Vicki Kirnak Casper, ’73, Tualatin.
Lynn P. Smith, ’74, July 24, Oregon City.
Wayne H. Gilman, ’74, April 25, Spokane, Wash.
Joseph L. Weller, ’75, Oct. 11, Hillsboro.
Rayleen Hooper Zook, ’76, July 24, Medford. GFB
Janet Green Ferguson, ’76, Sept. 13, Portland.
Les A. Lyle, ’77, July 12, Eugene.
Sheldon M. Klotz, ’79, Sept. 26, Fremont, Calif.
Harold ‘Mike’ Brown, ’80, Sept. 23, San Marcos, Calif.
Kay Craig Chapman, ’81, Sept. 27, Corvallis.
Susan Clement McNulty, ’82, Sept. 3, Woodburn. AXD
Marianne Radder, ’83, July 26, Colorado Springs, Colo.
David P. Knieriem, ’92, May 1, 1999, Zephyr Cove, Nev.
Russell R. Rodgers, ’97, July 27, Lakeview.
Joan Jacob Benz, ’98, July 4, Eugene.
Brian S. Brown, ’98, Oct. 5, Pullman, Wash. He was a third-year graduate student in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Shaun J. Kness, Aug. 7, Hines. He was a student at OSU at the time of his death.

Notables

Remembering "Scram" Graham (1914 -2001)
	Crawford H. "Scram" Graham

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of one of the giants of the OSU alumni family.

On Saturday, Sept. 1, after watching the first half of the Oregon-Wisconsin football game on television, the man thousands of alumni knew simply as "Scram" told his wife he was too tired to watch the second half of the game and retired to his bedroom to rest. He died in his sleep a few hours later.

Crawford H. "Scram" Graham was born in Portland to William and Winifred Henderson Graham on July 21, 1914, and graduated from high school in Castle Rock, Wash., in 1931. In 1935, he earned a degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State. |

While a student, he was a musician in one of the area’s most popular dance bands and was president of his fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta. His stint as a musician during his college days left him with a lifelong love for music, particularly Dixieland jazz and big band.

From 1936 to 1940, he worked as a sales engineer for the Foxboro Company. From 1940 to 1961, he was partner, vice president and assistant treasurer with the Bumstead-Woolford Company (steam-powered plants) in Seattle and Portland.

From 1961 until he retired in 1978, Scram served as director of alumni relations at OSU. He was active on the Alumni Board of Directors from 1949 to 1957, was its president from 1954 to 1955, and was a member of the OSU Board of Intercollegiate Athletics from 1955 to 1958. From 1970 to 1972, he was the District VIII Chairman for the American Alumni Council (covering five states and three Canadian provinces) and served on its board of directors. At his retirement, Scram held the rank of associate professor at OSU.

During his tenure as director, the OSU Alumni Association’s membership rolls grew from 27,000 to 65,000 members. To handle the volume, Scram became one of the first alumni directors in the West to implement a computerized system to record and update alumni records. Because of this move toward automation, Scram established new and higher professional standards for alumni service at the university, which helped launch the Association into the modern era.

On a football note — and how Scram loved football — he is only the second alumni director in school history to travel with the Beavers to two bowl games and the last alumni director to watch OSU play in the Rose Bowl.

Scram was a member of the Beaver Club, the Triad Faculty Club
and 30-Staters. For many years, he was active in the affairs of the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce.

He married Jean Ross on Sept. 8, 1936, in Portland, and they spent a lifetime together raising funds for many causes at OSU, including Parker Stadium (now Reser), Gill Coliseum, and the CH2M HILL Alumni Center. In 1982, he and his wife launched the Graham Award for outstanding work among the OSU landscaping staff. Last September, the OSU Alumni Association announced a new award, the Jean and Crawford H. "Scram" Graham Award, to be given annually to someone who demonstrates a measure of volunteer service to the Alumni Association far beyond the ordinary. The two were surprised and delighted last year when the Association chose to name them the first recipients of the award that bears their name.

In 1991, Scram was awarded the Dan W. Poling Alumni Service Award from the OSU Alumni Association for his exemplary volunteer service to the university.

Scram always seemed to have this "bulldog" determination to know something about every single Oregon Stater who had ever graced the front steps of OSU. Of course, it was an impossible task, but you couldn’t tell this to Scram.

Maybe the best summary of Scram’s life came from longtime friend Erin Haynes of the OSU Foundation, a summary of one man’s life said from the heart of another:

"Scram is easy to describe because so many things apply ... loyal Oregon Stater, longtime alumni director, avid Beaver sports fan, valued adviser, good friend of OSU. As a young admissions staff member here at OSU in 1973, I got to know these many sides of the man many people know only by one name ... Scram. Over the years of attending OSU events with Scram and Jean, I came to love seeking them out to talk about anything Oregon State. Scram was recognized by many alumni of his generation as the one true "spokesman" of their era, the Beaver who most symbolized the Beaver pride they had felt during their school years. He was a great giver ... he gave of his time, he gave from his pocket, he gave his heart, and ... he gave you his opinion, whether you wanted it or not."

Nancy McCoy, current president of the Alumni Association, remembers this about Scram: "Scram was the heart and soul of OSU. He gave his alma mater his all, his passionate loyalty, his unswerving devotion and his dedicated service. Like baseball’s Ironman, Cal Ripkin, Scram always "showed up" when it counted. You could depend on him not only to attend OSUAA board meetings but to contribute actively to the business at hand. Our Association has lost a voice that will never be replaced. We are heartbroken to lose such a vital advocate and wonderful human being."

In addition to his wife, Jean, survivors include son William of Falls Church, Va., and brother David of Phoenix, Ariz.
By George P. Edmonston Jr. and the Corvallis Gazette-Times

Faculty and Friends

Loren E. Bacon, ’48, May 26, Tuscon, Ariz. QC
Robert F. Barnes, April 15, 2000,
El Sequndo, Calif.
Leo D. Beach, July 23, Corvallis.
Donald L. Blaisdell, Aug. 13, Salem. FDQ
Donald R. Birchard, Aug. 16, Albany.
Charles K. Carmien, Oct. 2, Gresham.
Arthur B. Clemens, April 15, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Elgin M. Cornett, ’39, Sept. 19, Hood River. He worked for the Extension Service from 1941 through 1967. KDR
Clayoma I. Foreman, Oct. 1, Corvallis. She was a member of the OSU-Corvallis Symphony.
Marianne Palmiter Glinzak, March 10, Los Angeles, Calif. KD
Ilse Schwedler Greves, July 30, Vancouver, Wash.
Frederick P. Harris, Sept. 20, Portland. He was headmaster of the American School in Tokyo from 1957 to 1966. In 1966, the school’s library was named the Frederick P. Harris Library in his honor. He was a professor and chairman of the OSU philosophy department from 1967 to 1976 and retired in 1980.
Donna Smith Hawley, July 10, Corvallis.
Bernard J. Jendrzejewski, July 31, Klamath Falls.
Dorothy Culy Klein, Oct. 4, Corvallis.
Richard E. Lasselle, Sept. 25, Tigard.
Jack LeFors, July 6, Lincoln City. BQP
Agnes De Rette Little, May 12, Eugene. SK
JessieMarie Manning, July 20, Corvallis. She worked for 21 years in the College of Engineering.
Louise-Mary Gilmore Mason, Aug. 31, Eugene. She had been employed as a house mother at Alpha Phi sorority.
Richard Mengler, Sept. 14, Corvallis. He was a professor in the school of business from 1960 to 1964 and retired in 1981 after 26 years as a judge. He was known for his efforts to renovate and preserve the Benton County Courthouse.
Jeanne Toy Morris, June 21, Lake Oswego. SK
Marian Thompson Schenk Meredith, July 31, Palm Desert. Calif. DZ
Aaron Miller, ’38, February 2001, La Jolla, Calif.
Carolyn Burnett Mueller, Oct. 15, Portland.
Alfred Owczarzak, Sept. 5, Corvallis. He taught zoology and cell biology at OSU from 1955 through 1986.
Harriet Hatton Parker, November 2000, Santa Rosa, Calif. KKG
Jacqueline Smith Pressler, July 30, Portland.
Jane Huston Rawlins, July 7, Heppner.
Elizabeth Lively Reed, Aug. 2, Portland. KAQ
Dorris Scott Roy, ’34 Aug. 10, Portland. She was an Extension agent for 22 years and in 1964 received a Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Extension Economists. DZ
Carolyn Youngstrom Sheridan, ’56, San Pedro, Calif. DDD
Harry T. Shuler, Aug. 26, Lake Oswego.
Elise Gilbert Smith, June 27, Portland.
Kenneth A. Soult, Aug. 22, Pleasant Hill, Calif. SFE
Caryl Gamble Spong, July 5, Salem.
Pearl Peterson Swenson, Oct. 12, Philomath. She was a secretary in the office of business affairs.
Leon C. Terriere, ’50, Aug. 28, Corvallis. He taught in the departments of agricultural chemistry and entomology from 1957 through 1981.
Clarence G. Thompson, ’40, July 16, Corvallis. He was a research entomologist in the U.S. Forest Service’s forestry science laboratory.
Marlyn Dorr Turner, Sept. 25, Gresham.
Kenneth W. Twedt, June 21, Portland.
William L. Wienert, Feb. 14, Sisters. FKY
Dale H. Willey, Aug. 14, Corvallis. He taught in the English department.
Dr. J. Bruce Williams, Aug. 15, Corvallis. He was an instructor at the College of Pharmacy from 1970 through 2000 and assistant team physician for the athletic department from 1987 through 2000.
Sharon Elsdon Zimmerman, Sept. 15, Redmond. DG