College of Science Records 1932-1973

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College of Science Records 1932-1973

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The College of Science Records document the administrative activities of the College of Science at Oregon State University from its founding in 1932. The records include correspondence and reports of the first dean, Earl L. Packard; enrollment statistics and biennial reports; and records of the Junior Engineers and Scientists Summer Institute.

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Oregon State University Libraries University Archives

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Oregon State College. School of Science.

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Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)

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Unit 3900 of the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was established by the War Department at Oregon State College in March 1943. The program provided training for high grade technicians and specialists needed by the Army for the war effort. Most of the instruction was provided by regular Oregon State College faculty; E.B. Lemon, as Dean of Administration, was Coordinator of the ASTP for Oregon State. Enrollment peaked in the summer of 1943 with more than 1300 ASTP students at Oregon State ...

Junior Engineers' and Scientists Summer Institute (Oregon State University)

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Packard, Earl L. (Earl Leroy), 1885-

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Dr. Earl Leroy Packard was known for his study of the fossil records of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic periods along the Pacific coast, as well as his summer geology field camps in Eastern Oregon. He attended the University of Washington from 1907 to 1912, receiving his BA and MA degrees in geology; three years later, in 1915, he received his PhD in paleontology from the University of California at Berkeley. Packard taught geology at the University of Oregon from 1918 through 1932; it was there that ...

Oregon State University. College of Science.

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Science instruction has been a part of Oregon State University's curriculum since the founding of the school. Early in the 20th century, the science departments were part of the School of Agriculture and the School of Basic Arts and Sciences. The School of Science was created by the State Board of Higher Education in 1932 as the one school in the state higher education system authorized to grant degrees in science. The first Ph. D. degrees were conferred in 1935. The school's name was changed to...