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Treasures ofThe Valley Special collections mean high prestige for OSU's main library Meet Terry Toedtemeier landscape photograpi :ar From He One day in the life of an alumnus stationed in Kosovo Ecological Chain Reaction restore sickly ecosystem Time to End a lished Tradi •tudent deaths at Shast Lake trigger debate A LAGNIAPPE Editor: George P. EdmonstonJr. It's hard to walk on campus today without noticing something is different. Managing Editor: PatriciaFilip, 71 Maybe the best way to put it is to say there's a new spirit at OSU, a spirit best described with the Senior Associate words "renewal," "revival" and "change." Editor and Director Nowhere is this more evident than in the number of construction projects currently under of Photography: way. When OSU President Ed Ray announced several years ago that Oregon State would soon be Dennis Wolverton, '66, '93 Associate Editor and launching almost a half billion dollars worth of construction and renovation, he wasn't kidding. Class News Editor: Looking out the window of my office, workers are putting the finishing touches on Reser Ann Cassinelli Kinkley, 77 Stadium's new east grandstands. It's the most impressive building project for Beaver athletics since Editor Emeritus: Chuck Boice Gill Coliseumcame on-line in the late 1940s, or Parker Stadium in 1953, and it's no exaggeration Sports Editor: to say it has to be seen to be believed. KipCarlson A stone's throw to the north, a five-level parking garage now occupies ground that was once a Design: paved lot. Up on campus, Weatherford Hall was recently brought back from the dead and is again Tom Weeks the impressive campus landmark it has been for seven decades. Across the road from Milam Hall, Alumni Association the new and massive Kelley Engineering Building is about to celebrate a ribbon cutting, and at the Officers: Memorial Union, workers are busy replacing the dome covering, the roof and the tower for the President Kim Holloway, '94 carillon bells. First Vice President In a nutshell, OSU is now transforming and retooling itselffor the 21st century, in a building and Treasurer: Eric Schoenstein,'88 program reminiscent of what William Jasper Kerr did for the 20th century when he assumed the Second Vice President presidency of Oregon Agriculture College in 1907. During the first 10 years of his administration, Cara Fischer, 76 Immediate Past President he planned and directed the construction of almost half of the 23 buildings he would eventually Greg S.Ross,'91 dedicate to the service of the university, including Strand Agricultural Hall, Milam Hall, the McAl- exander Field House and Social Sciences Hall. OSUAA Executive Director: This spring, a renewal of another kind was going on in OSU's "bat" sports... Softball and base Jeffrey Todd ball ... in a historic display of achievement that made this the most exciting spring for Beaver fans Associate Director: in a long, long time. StephenT Smith Assistant Directors: Until the arrival of Softball head coach Kirk Walker in 1995, OSU had enjoyed a grand total of Scott Elmshaeuser 12 Pac-10 wins sincethe program began in 1987. Under his direction, OSU has put together one Richelle Greenfield Hayes, '96 of the most respectedsoftball programs in the country. This year the Beavers finished 43-16, their Janice Lentsch Hardy, '94 best seasonever, won the school's first Pac-10 championship in any women's sport, and went to Assistant Director of the NCAA regional tournament for the seventh year in a row, falling one game short of qualifying Travel Programs: for the College World Series. Pitcher Brianne McGowan earned first-team All-America honors, and Carlene Moorefield Walker was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year. STATER ADVERTISING: The men's baseball team also enjoyed a magical season, with school records and long-time trends 541-737-2351 or toll free 877-305-3759 or George. falling almost every game: first-ever 40-win season (46-12), first trip to the College WorldSeries in [email protected] 53 years, highest-everfinal regular season ranking (No. 2, ESPN/USA Today), and first-ever Pac-10 baseballchampionship. Individual honors went to pitchers Kevin Gunderson and Jonah Nickerson, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION toll free: 877-305-3759 both of whomcompeted this summer for the U.S. NationalTeam. Colleagues Jacoby Ellsbury and Oregon Stater offices: Dallas Buck earned first-team All-America honors, and head coach Pat Casey was named West 541-737-7851 or George. Region Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association. [email protected]. National recognition, too, poured from the university's laboratories in 2005, as Dr. Ray an Oregon Stater is online at nounced in June that OSU had cracked the $200 million mark in annual research dollars, the first alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater. Oregon school in history to reach the prestigious milestone. With a university fund-raising cam Copyright 2005 bythe paign on the horizon, designed to add additional resources to already strong programs, the future OSU Alumni Association, of Oregon State academics has never looked better. OregonState University, 204 CH2M HILLAIumni Center, The themes of "change," "revival" and "renewal" can sometimes plant a seed in magazine edi Corvallis,OR9733l-6303. tors. In saying this, I will close with several announcements I feel are importantto bring to your Oregon Stater(ISSN 0885-3258) attention. is the official publication of the OSUAA and appears three As you may have noticed, this issue features a better, heavier cover stock. Thanks in part to your times a year inApril,September generous support of our membership program, we're pleased to make this improvement and plan and December.Postage paid to offer additional upgrades as the Stater moves forward into2006 and the university campaign. atCorvallis,OR97333and In addition, and doing so with a mix of sadness and excitement, I have announced my retire at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address ment, effective at the completion of the next magazine. After almost20 years of using this space to changes to OSUAA, 204 CH2M share "a littlesomething extra," what you are now readingis the last I will write under the title, HILLAIumni Center, Corvallis, "Lagniappe." I have decided on a special name for my final, December column, and will use it to OR 97331-6303. serve up a few thoughts appropriate to the endingof a career, gpejr OREGON STATER The Oregon State University Alumni Association Vol.90 No. 2 September 2005 rLn I UftE.J TREASURES OF THE VALLEY By George P. Edmonston Jr. Holdings within Special Collections and the OSU Archives help bring prestige to the university and delight researchers around the world. MEET TERRY TOEDTEMEIER By Michele Taylor Oregon's premier landscape photographer traces his connection with the land to his geology studies at OSU. FAR FROM HOME By Dennis Wolverton A day in the life of an Oregon Stater in Kosovo. ECOLOGICAL CHAIN REACTION ByJeffWelsch Two OSU scientists unwittingly discover that Yellowstone's thriving wolf population is helping restore an ecosystem. 36 TIME TO END A TARNISHED TRADITION? By Patricia Filip Far from the swinging beaches of Fort Lauderdale, Northwest college students have found their own problematic spring get-away: Shasta Lake. DEPARTMENTS 2 Letters 3 Campus Briefs | dm 6 Campus News 41 Association News 46 Class News Cover. Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, c. 1923 57 Photo illustration byTom Weeks Foundation News Photos courtesy of DennisWolverton and OSU SpecialCollections 62 Sports Pac-10 champions! OREGON STATER • SEPTEMBER 2005 I LETTERS "Learning Leadership" I was a member of the We had our photos taken at It was "dog day" at It was a delightto read Dr. 1954 Oregon State class. the MU, where we enjoyed Oregon State. The many Ragulsky's article about the We had several leadership the flower photos and other leashed large and small dogs benefits of stodentparticipation conferences and opportunities sights in one of my favorite were having photos taken in extracurricular activities. to learn more about becoming buildings on campus. with their owners, having As a doctoral candidate in effective committee members We stood in the long line their nails clipped and more. the College Student Services as well as leaders. Tracy awhile for the carriage ride Our cat, "Ellie," also had Administration program, I had Johnson, MU program but decided to take the these treatments and photo the opportunity to work with director, and Margaret campus bus with the family taken with Amy. As far as we many the fineprofessionals in Milliken, women's physical cat to the area of the new could tell, Ellie was the only the Memorial Union and education, were two advisers veterinary hospital. After cat present and enjoyed the Stodent Activities office: George I knew who were involved touring the brand new attention she received. Stevens, Don Sanderson and in providing leadership facility — immaculate We walked back to our car Frank Ragulsky. In fact,my conferences and opportunities surgeries and more — we and were thrilled at the sight dissertationtopic, "The to students. donned our masks and of the gorgeous rhodies. We Relationship betweenCollege If you check the 1954 saw some of the animal decided there was no place Student Organization yearbook, page 36, there is patients: horses, a beautiful on earth to compete with Leadership Experience and a picture of those attending llama, an alpaca and her these loveliest of rhodies. Post-College Leadership one of two leadership day-old baby and other In my "walker" I probably Activity" discovered the very conferences held that year animals. Our tour guide took a whole roll of film of things that Dr. Ragulsky's sponsored by ASOSC. I told us that the veterinary these many colors of blooms.