Fall 2024 9 COURTESY OF SALLY GOODMAN “WE HAD A QUIET EVENING DANCING TO MUSIC FROM A TRANSISTOR RADIO.” A BOUNTY OF BEAVERS Sally Goodman, ’70, sent us this photo of three generations of Beavers gathered at Commencement this June. The family was celebrating their newest grad, Wyatt Holliday, ’24, as well as a $1.4 million gift to the OSU Foundation from the estate of their relative Carol (Hansen) Isbell, ’55, Ed.M. ’67. Pictured from left: Brooke (Carlson) Goodman, ’99; Sally (Bay) Goodman; Geoff Goodman, ’99; Gary Goodman, ’70; Wyatt Holliday, ’24; and Emily (Goodman) Holliday, ’00. Sally and Gary are holding a picture of Carol. Quad, where most of the century- old trees had been toppled. My date, Judy Thompson, and I got married shortly after her graduation.Years later they decided to make Columbus Day come on a Monday, but Judy and I always remember our first real Columbus Day together, 59 years ago, Oct. 12, 1962. —JIM MUTCH, ’66, AND JUDY THOMPSON MUTCH, ’65 I read with great interest the OSU alumni love stories in the Oregon Stater. I too met my husband, Eric Stone [M.F. ’69], at the Memorial Union back in 1968. I can’t remember if the MU has two separate stairways, but it was that way on April 5 of 1968. I kidded that my future husband came down one stairway, asked me to dance and walked up the other with his wife. He was in the forestry master’s program, having transferred from the University of Connecticut just a couple of weeks before. We were pinned on April 18, 1968, engaged on May 18 and married a year later on June 7, 1969, after he graduated. We are extremely happy almost 55 years later, raising two sons. I did not graduate from OSU — U of O was the only university offering a bachelor’s in nursing — but did meet the love of my life at OSU. —TERESA STONE The Orange and ... MasBlue? With a new Pac-XX on the horizon, and as a proud alumnus and embracer of change, I was thinking maybe it’s time to shake things up with our school colors, with the addition of the OSU-discovered MasBlue. While black and orange will always have a special place in Beavers’ hearts, the addition could bring a bit of excitement. It would also serve as a tip of the cap to our sea-, space-, sun- and land-grant designations and heritage, as well as the great work our scientists do. Should we get other Beavers’ thoughts? —DAVID AKERSON, ’83 Kudos for Students A recent SFGate article contrasted the sorry state a Shasta Lake campground was left in by UC Davis and UO students versus how it was cared for by a group of Oregon State students who had visited just a few weeks before. [Read the article at bit. ly/lake-cleanup.] I was very proud of the student body and the lessons they learned at OSU! — RON RUSAY, PH.D. ’77 Mountain Memories I now think back about my time at Oregon State, from 1959 to 1963, and realize what a wonderful experience it was. One of my strongest memories is my first climb with the Oregon State Mountain Club. The faculty leader was Willi Unsoeld. I, of course, had no idea of the stature he would achieve in the world of mountaineering. [Unsoeld was part of the first American expedition to summit Mt. Everest.] Our destination was Coburg Caves on the way to Eugene. Professor Unsoeld drove us, singing Alpine mountaineering songs all the way. We learned belaying, a safety technique involving a rope attached to a climber. In our case, the end of the rope was wrapped around the waist of a person who was located
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