Winter 2025 1 C ON t E N t S In Every Issue The magazine of the Oregon State University Alumni Association On the Cover PHOTO BY KARL MAASDAM, ’93 ↑ Underwater salmon photography by David Herasimtschuk with Freshwaters Illustrated. 2 PHOTO ESSAY 5 EDITOR’S LETTER 7 PUBLISHER’S LETTER 8 LETTERS 58 IN MEMORIAM 64 BACKSTORY THE QUAD VOICES P. 12 President Jayathi Murthy discusses unbuilding dams and rebuilding the Pac-12; four Staters share their favorite (or least favorite) fictional portrayal of their field. NEwS P. 15 The Pac-12 adds new universities; alumni family creates endowments for men’s and women’s basketball; new ways to enjoy Beaver Classic goodies. RESEARCh P. 20 How the Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building in Newport was built to withstand “The Big One”; mapping the earth's geomagnetic currents. CuLtuRE P. 25 OSU’s hidden gem, the MFA program in creative writing. OUR COMMUNITY ALuMNI NEwS P. 51 Alumnus Dr. Mark Rampton has teamed up with a Ukrainian surgeon to save lives; updates from alumni near and far. O N L I N E LEARNING & LABOR Get a closer look at OSU’s new student-run snowboard company in this Stater video companion at bit.ly/Stater-video. F E A T U R E S 30 Rewilding the Klamath Inside the world’s biggest dam removal and salmon recovery project. By Sean Nealon 40 where Beavers Gather Looking back at 75 years of Gill Coliseum. By Kip Carlson WINTER 2025
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