10 ForOregonState.org/Stater L E T T E R S holders nd CEOs o the medi conglomer tes th t re driving this bus. The Disneys, He rsts, Foxes, Murdochs, Apples nd Am zons o the corpor te world h ve no business dict ting the tes o public educ - tion l institutions. When thletic con erence le dership nd the NCAA llow them to do so, we get v lu tion b sed solely on potenti l fin nci l g in or those medi moguls. The enormous sc le o corpor- te c pit list enterprise h s resulted in ll m nner o h rm to l bor, consumers nd the environment. The college sports fi sco going on should open our eyes to wh t else we endure when we put ourselves t the mercy o corpor tions. ERIC R. EATON, ’ 83 Everywhere OSU Greetings rom E stern Oregon! I w nted to sh re this recent picture o three OS lums rom the whe t h rvest ields o Grieb F rms in Lexington, Oregon. [See below.] Go, BEAVS!!! GERI GRIEB, ’ 85 B ck rom the Army in the 1950s, I h d the ch nce to ttend Oregon St te College or St n ord on the GI Bill. I chose OSC. Being third gener tion logger, I worked summers s logger. The College o Engineering prep red me or rew rding c reer s m nu cturing engineer. Our m in progr m w s the SLBM — subm rine l unched b llistic missile system — o Lockheed. We were prime contr ctors or the tr nsporters o the b re rocket engine nd the completed missile — Pol ris through the Trident II, D-5. I I’m not we ring n OS c p, you’ll find me in N vy c p, SS D ll s. Th nks to Sen tor M rk H tfield, I visited met ls institute in Moscow nd Norinco pl nt in Chin . Go, Be vs! DON ALANEN, ’ 59 Memorable Mentors I h ve very positive memories o my time in the School o Educ tion’s Counselor Educ tion progr m. I went on to finish our m ster’s degrees nd two doctor tes, but my time t OS is lw ys remembered s one o my vorite le rning experiences. While ll the culty in th t progr m were excellent, I lw ys ound my m or pro essor, Dr. Glenn Cl rke, to be stell r. His person l touch nd pro ession l model guided me or dec des s ment l he lth clinici n nd university pro essor. I used to meet him or co ee when I would come b ck to Oregon or visit, but I h ve lost touch with him over recent ye rs. He cert inly sh ped my person l nd pro ession- l li e in very dyn mic w ys. I m gr te ul to OS or providing such qu lity experience with superior culty who re lly c red bout their students. I find the Stater to be very empowering nd m lw ys excited to see so m ny diverse degrees o ered t one university. I still h ve the “D m right! I m Be ver!” bumper sticker in my o ce. CARL LLOYD, M.S. ’82 Editor’s note: We do our best to connect alumni with the professors who changed their lives but were unable to find Professor Clarke. Please write if you have information. Send letters and comments by email to stater@osualum.com or by mail to Oregon Stater, OSU Alumni Association, 204 CH2M HILL Alumni Center, Corvallis, OR 97331. We edit for clarity, brevity and factual accuracy. Please limit letters to 225 words or less. COURTESY OF GERI GRIEB ↓ Geri Grieb, ’85, Logan Grieb, ’21, and Kylene Briggs, ’20, (top to bottom) at work on the family farm. HELP SOLVE HISTORY’S MYSTERIES Candice Jackson Amens wrote in to tell us that the woman to the left of this classic Benny photo is her aunt Grace Jackson, ’55. Many images in OSU Special Collections and Archives don’t include student or faculty names. Please let us know at stater@osualum.com whenever you spy someone you know! is her aunt
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