LIFE@OSU

This year, the Youdes pledged $1.4 million to OSU, creating an estate plan and a charitable remainder trust to benefit several areas of the university.

“It was another OSU clothing and textiles grad who inspired me to pursue my career path,” writes Ann. “During the summer of 1969 while attending 4-H summer school at OSU, I signed up for a sewing class taught by Pati Palmer ‘68, and as she shared her expertise, I thought ‘That’s what I want to do when I grow up.’

“I could not be where I am today without my OSU education,” says Pati, who earlier this year was inducted into the prestigious Sewing Hall of Fame by the American Sewing Guild.

Maria has enjoyed a multicultural and interdisciplinary education and work experience. After finishing her baccalaureate degree in her native country of Greece and her Master’s in the European degree program, (with long-term study in both Belgium and Finland), Maria completed her PhD in nutrition and exercise science, specializing in movement studies in disability and exercise psychology.

An award winning food writer, artist and consultant, Jan has written and illustrated a weekly food column Food for Thought for the Corvallis Gazette-Times since 1983 and a syndicated column Fresh Approach since 1985.

“It all started in 1975. We had been in Sisters, Oregon for a year, and I wanted a place where I could teach quilting and sell supplies,” recalls Jean Wells Keenan.

OSU graduates continue the legacy of caring.

“As an AFS exchange student in high school, my year in Panama opened my eyes to the Latin culture, Spanish language, and people that I grew to love.” John made six trips to Nicaragua, Guatemala and throughout Central America and volunteered after Hurricane Mitch in 1999 as a Spanish interpreter.

A third-generation Oregonian, Dorothy Scholl Ross ‘36 was raised in Hubbard knowing the value of an education, the importance of hard work, and the significance of giving back to those who helped her along the way.