uary in the fall issue for Joan Ricketts Toole and am trying to locate some of her books. But intriguingly, her niece Susan Frost references her aunt’s chicken divan recipe. I’ll continue my hunt for the recipe books, but can you share that recipe in the meantime? — DANETTE HECKENBERG VANDOMELEN, ’87 Editor’s note: If you’re also interested in Toole’s bestselling microwave cookbooks — now out of print — you can still find used versions of Food for the Heart and Soul (1998) and Cooking En Concert with Microwave (1979) on Amazon. The hazelnut article [“One Superlative Spread”] was interesting. I was surprised that filberts weren’t mentioned. How sad that Oregon’s filbert has lost its name to outsiders. — LILLIAN EATON STEWART, ’69 Editor’s note: We asked the Oregon Hazelnut Commission — known as the Oregon Filbert Commission until 1981 — why Oregon’s state nut has two names. They said the industry standardized on hazelnut in the 1980s because filbert was primarily used only in the Pacific Northwest. We think the nut by any name tastes just as delicious. In regards to the recipe “One Superlative Spread”: Can the editor consider doing a future article about USDA researchers in hazelnut species studies at OSU? Specifically, I’d like to see what Jack Pinkerton worked on in the beginning when he started the hazelnut disease breeding program. Jack passed away far too early and left a large legacy in all that he accomplished for the hazelnut industry. — RANA FOSTER, M.S. '05 Marine Program Pride I just wanted to congratulate Kevin Miller and thank him for the great article in the Stater about the marine studies undergraduate program [“For Love of the Sea”]. He did a fine job telling the students’ stories and using theirvoices.We areveryproud of this new degree program that allows students from all sorts of backgrounds and with a wide range of interests to earn an OSU degree that will make a difference to our ocean and coasts and the people who live there. —PROFESSOR JACK BARTH 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. Winter 2025 9 TV FRAME: ADOBE STOCK; ILLUSTRATION BY DAVIAN-LYNN HOPKINS ↑ Oregon State Athletics Hall of Famer Tom Woodman, ’78, of the Beaver Rowing Club, wrote to let us know he was less than pleased that the article “What Now?” — about where each OSU team is competing this year — included an illustration that showed paddlers, facing forward, instead of rowers sitting backwards in their racing shells. We apologize for the mistake. Here’s a corrected version. Go Beavs! “I AM GRATEFUL MY HOPE KEEPS GROWING AS I READ ABOUT PROGRESS IN SO MANY AREAS.” AS SEEN ON TV! While watching the game show Jeopardy this summer, Brent Macey, ’80, was surprised to see Oregon State flash on the screen after a challenger selected a question in the 1980s Amateur Wrestling category: “At the 1980 NCAA Championships, Oregon State’s Howard Harris won all 5 of his matches by ‘fall’ — doing this to opponents.” The answer? “What is: Pinning (all five of his opponents).”
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