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Past Presidents

  • William Asa Finley (1865-1872)
  • Joseph Emery (1872 acting)
  • Benjamin Lee Arnold (1872-1892)
  • John Davidson Letcher (1892 acting)
  • John McKnight Bloss (1892-1896)
  • Henry B. Miller (1896-1897)
  • Thomas Milton Gatch (1897-1907)
  • William Jasper Kerr (1907-1932)
  • George Wilcox Peavy (1932-1940)
  • Frank Llewellyn Ballard (1940-1941)
  • Francois Archibald Gilfillan (1941-1942 acting)
  • August LeRoy Strand (1942-1961)
  • James Herbert Jensen (1961-1969)
  • Roy Alton Young (1969-1970 acting)
  • Robert William MacVicar (1970-1984)
  • John Vincent Byrne (1984-1995)
  • Paul G. Risser (1996-2002)
  • Timothy P. White (2002-2003 acting)
  • Edward John Ray (2003-2020)
  • F. King Alexander (2020-2021)
  • Edward Feser (2021 acting)
  • Rebecca Johnson (2021-2022)

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1500 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-1000

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Contact the President

600 Kerr Administration Building
Corvallis, OR 97331
Email: pres.office@oregonstate.edu

  541-737-4133

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