10 OregonStater.org OSU SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES school and high school choirs and musicals for 15 years, while pursuing a career as a computer programmer. The other is Paul Cull, professor in the computer science department. Although I had relatively few classes with Mr. Cull, it was the first time in my life I had encountered a genius. I will never forget his chestlength white beard, with a depression carved out for his pipe. It wasn’t until years later that I learned how very young the computer science department was; when I joined in 1976, it was only the third year of its existence, having been established by Paul Cull and Curtis Cook in 1974. To the two of them, I am forever grateful. —TIM ROBERTS, ’80 I wanted to share my OSU mentorship story. I am so lucky to have had great mentors within the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life, including Leslie Schacht Drey and JP Peters, who helped me find my strength in student leadership through my roles as recruitment chair and chapter president of Chi Theta Phi, and as one of the founding members of the Collective Greek Council. As a student leader, I had so many great memories (the retreats, council creation meetings, Greek Week and even Leslie waving to me at graduation) but also so many lessons learned, and I’m so happy they were there to guide me through it all. Leslie and JP taught me that it was OK to make mistakes and how to become a better communicator. I often tell student leaders I advise now that finding these mentors is what made me want to work in higher education myself. I now work at L E T T E R S Portland State University, where I advise student leaders in our three Greek Life organizations and PSU’s student government. — MADELINE FRISK, ’ 17 As an alumni lifetime member, I read the Stater’s contents with great interest.After that, I pass it on to three other OSU graduates who reside here where we live in retirement. Your article “Teachers Who Never Leave Us” caught my eyes and mind. The teacher who fits the title perfectly is my mechanical engineering adviser Professor Arthur D. Hughes. He was honored in the Stater around 1992, and was loved by many engineering students and definitely myself. In my case, he personally understood my challenge of lacking funds for school and my somewhat poor preparation for the demanding engineering curriculum. He always had great mechanical test programs and made learnSTORYTELLING THAT SHINES Our Winter 2025 cover story, “Rewilding the Klamath,” written by Sean Nealon and photographed by David Baker, won the prestigious National Association of Science Writers Excellence in Institutional Writing Award. We’re proud of OSU research and that our OSU writers are among the very best. Go, Beavs! (Read the story at beav.es/rewilding.) ↖ James Marlin Douglass (top) served as director of bands at Oregon State from 1968 to 2000. Arthur D. Hughes (left), professor of mechanical engineering, posed in 1951 with a machine he developed. “I OFTEN TELL STUDENT LEADERS I ADVISE NOW THAT FINDING THESE MENTORS IS WHAT MADE ME WANT TO WORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION MYSELF.”
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