What's Past is Prologue – HMSC History

Happy Spring! Today’s photo is from Gene Burreson. Last week I mentioned all the help I’ve gotten from Bob Olson pulling this 50th anniversary together, and Gene wrote, “Since Bob is helping you, here is a picture of him driving the Redi (named after a stage of trematode parasites), the wooden boat we used for fish trawling in the Bay.  Bob is driving, I am behind him, and graduate student Richard Miller is hanging on to the gantry. This is probably 1971 or 72.”

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“Ole Driving Redi”

Speaking of Bob Olson, we’ve added another Oral History interview to the HMSC collection. The interview with Bob Jacobson and his daughter Kaety Jacobson, former and current Oregon Sea Grant Extension Faculty, respectively, includes a good bit of Beaver basketball history as a bonus. https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_wqlynuv4/22457292

Earlier interviews featured…

Janet Webster at https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_p50kh29v/22457292

and Bob Olson at https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_3ew19vs7

As the All-HMSC Reunion  in celebration of HMSC’s 50th Anniversary approaches, be sure to register for the Reunion Weekend and Dinner! See the Reunion website for information, or go directly to the registration link at www.osualum.com/HMSC50reunion  If you have any questions, comments or requests, don’t hesitate to call Maryann at 541-867-0234.

One of the highlights of organizing these 50th Anniversary events has been working closely with Bob Olson. Earlier this week, he wandered into my office with a photo, a thesis and a story. Lucky for me, he also put the story in writing, so I can present it to you in his own words, with photos and memorabilia he provided. Enjoy.

In other news, registration is OPEN for the All-HMSC Reunion Weekend. See the next posting for info or go to hmsc.oregonstate.edu/all-hmsc-reunion. If you are new to this blog, scroll down for lots of photos and history, and information on our 50th anniversary festivities. As always, call or email me if you have questions: Maryann Bozza, HMSC Program Manager, 541-867-0234, maryann.bozza@oregonstate.edu. It has been a pleasure to hear from many of you.

Photo of the Week – Alan Thum

From Bob Olson: Alan Bradley Thum was an early graduate student at HMSC and received his PhD in Zoology in 1972. Alan’s major professor was Dr. Jefferson Goner.

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This photo of Alan was taken on board the R/V Yaquina in 1970 by Warren Hanson. Peter Rothlisberg was also on this cruise.

Alan died suddenly of a heart attack in 2003 after a successful career as an environmental consultant in southern California.

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Bob added that Alan was an excellent scientist, and his PhD thesis was widely read, as evidenced by how often it was checked out from the library in the subsequent decade.

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If you have additional information about these photographs, please share! Click here to submit your information, or email maryann.bozza@oregonstate. edu. Please reference the photo number. You can also leave a comment, below.

Check back often for the Photo of the Week and news about HMSC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. To add your name to the email list, email maryann.bozza@ oregonstate.edu or sign up here.

Registration is open for the All-HMSC Reunion Weekend!

To register, go to www.osualum.com/HMSC50reunion

More information and the full weekend schedule is available at http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/all-hmsc-reunion

A few things to note:

• Registration for the Reunion Weekend, Friday evening through Sunday afternoon, is free and open to all. Early registration is encouraged so we can update you with details, and so others can see that you are planning to attend.
• Space is limited for the Reunion Dinner on Sunday April 12 from 3-7pm, and the cost is $45 per person. Early registration is encouraged. Details are posted on the Reunion webpage.
• The registration link will allow you to register for the Weekend only or the Dinner plus Weekend. Your name and your guest’s name will be listed online as an attendee, unless you check the box to opt out. I hope you will choose to list your name so others can see who is attending.
• If you have any problems or questions, don’t hesitate to call Maryann at 541-867-0234.

We – the current students, staff and faculty at HMSC – look forward to hosting your visit. Please let us know if there is anything in particular that you would like to do, or learn, or anyone you would like to connect with. We hope to see you in April!

Our grateful appreciation to the OSU Alumni Association for hosting the registration site.

Please note: On the 3rd page of the registration, you will need to choose from the drop down menu before advancing – please see the screen shot below, or call me if you have any trouble (Maryann at 541-867-0234 or maryann.bozza @oregonstate.edu).

Last summer, our HMSC Archivist Extraordinaire, PROMISE Intern Sarah Borycki, spent countless hours bravely digging through the OSU and Guin Library Archives for HMSC treasures. I got to enjoy the gems she uncovered as she sorted through the mundane, the controversial, and the amusing. This week’s series started with a caption that was amusing to us, but probably not for those who had to fish the kids out of the touch pool. Enjoy!

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March 20 update – Ken Yates shared these memories of the touch tank’s evolution:

137 – yes, this is the older photo. Also, there must have been underwater lights during this iteration of the touch tank – because after the bottom was raised, and semi-porous tile was installed on the outer wall, there was a tingling electrical current when I made the connection by putting my hand in the water and having my bare knee on the wet tile. A breaker or switch had been turned on by accident, sending current to the old lights that were buried underneath the new bottom.

70a – yes, this is the newer photo, before the tile was installed, but after the oak label frames were put up on the wall, and the new graphics (think there was a transparency applied to white plexi) were made – we had multiple species labels that we could put in the slots when the animals were in the tank, and pull when they were not.

70b (below) – this was the concrete octo tank before astroturf was installed on the top surface and inside vertical surface to discourage the animal from taking excursions on the dry side – octo’s suckers cannot grip the astroturf, so it is hard to pull them selves out. This circular concrete tank was eventually replaced by a oval FRP tank that had side viewing windows, vertical oak paneling on the side (a Lavern Weber touch), and an FRP top cap that had pre-moulded indented surfaces on the top and the inside vertical surfaces to make it easier to glue the astro turf. Also, when the old concrete tank was removed to make room for the new one, it popped off of the floor all in one piece – must have been just mortared in palce – and someone, not sure who, took it home for a hot tub.

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For those who haven’t been here in awhile, here are our current octopus and touch tanks (both photos taken several years ago):

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If you have information about these photographs, please share! Click here to submit your information, or email maryann.bozza@oregonstate. edu. Please reference the photo number. You can also leave a comment, below.

Check back often for the Photo of the Week and news about HMSC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. To add your name to the mailing list, email maryann.bozza@ oregonstate.edu or sign up here.

Many thanks for the offers of historic photos that poured in last week. This was in response to my worry of running out of photos before the end of the year. With these assurances, I’ve posted another series. Meanwhile, we are thinking about the best way to collect copies of photos you might have – stay tuned.

Today – a rainy day here on the coast – I’m highlighting photos of field research and education.  Enjoy!

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Note: Clay Creech stayed active in the HMSC Community until his death in January 2014.  We miss him. More photos and his obituary can be found here. 

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If you have information about these photographs, please share! Click here to submit your information, or email me at maryann.bozza@oregonstate. edu. Please reference the photo number. You can also leave a comment, below.

Check back often for the Photo of the Week and news about HMSC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. To add your name to the mailing list, email me at maryann.bozza@ oregonstate.edu or sign up here.

This week I’ve posted another series of sorts – at risk of running out of photos before the end of the year! Enjoy.

If you have information about these photographs, please share! Click here to submit your information, or email maryann.bozza@oregonstate. edu. Please reference the photo number. You can also leave a comment, below.

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Check back often for the Photo of the Week and news about HMSC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. To add your name to the mailing list, email maryann.bozza@ oregonstate.edu or sign up here.

For our second Photo of the Week, we’ve featured another series – from Wille Breese’s retirement party. Anyone know the date, or the year? Any stories about Willie Breese or this event?

If you have information about these photographs, please share! Click here to submit your information, or email maryann.bozza@oregonstate. edu. Please reference the photo number. You can also leave a comment, below.

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Check back often for the Photo of the Week and news about HMSC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. To add your name to the mailing list, email maryann.bozza@ oregonstate.edu or sign up here.

To kick off our Photo of the Week feature, we’re starting with a 1985 series, which captures the transport and installation of the Minke whale skeleton that is currently outside the Guin Library. Scroll down for photos and associated captions.

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Have information about these photographs?  Please share! Click here to submit your information, or email maryann.bozza@oregonstate. edu. Please reference the photo number. You can also leave a comment, below.

Check back often for the Photo of the Week and news about HMSC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, or to add your name to the mailing list, email maryann.bozza@ oregonstate.edu.

Help us celebrate HMSC’s 50th anniversary with these digital archives!

1. OSU Archives and Special Collections has interviewed two of HMSC’s Emeritus Faculty as part of the Oregon State University Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection.

While the interviews are not ‘officially’ posted yet on their website, we’ve been offered a sneak peek at the raw footage.

Big thanks to Mike Dicianna and his team, and also to interviewees Janet Webster (Professor Emeritus in OSU Libraries and Guin Head Librarian from 1989 until January 2015) and Bob Olson (Professor Emeritus and research parasitologist with OSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife). Enjoy!

Janet Webster:

https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_p50kh29v/22457292

Bob Olson:

https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_3ew19vs7

2. The OSU Archives also put together a set of historic images of Yaquina Bay in the Flickr Commons. The student who compiled the set also took some new photos as compliments.

URLs are:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/sets/72157624082591978

http://www.flickr.com/photos/osuarchives/sets/72157624226733324/

3. Also from OSU Archives are links to all the HMSC videotapes in their collections that have been digitized and are now available streaming online:

http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/coll/f254/catalogue/full.html

If you know of any other resources or have materials to share, contact maryann.bozza@oregonstate. edu

The OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center is turning 50, and you’re invited to join us in Newport for an All-HMSC Reunion! The Reunion on Sunday, April 12 will be a rare opportunity for anyone who was a part of HMSC’s 50-year history to connect with friends and colleagues from around the country. If at all possible, please spend the weekend with us, from Friday evening through Sunday. We have posted an informational webpage and will have a registration site up by later in February, for participants to register for the weekend and purchase tickets for the Reunion.

See http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/all-hmsc-reunion

Schedule of Events:

Friday, April 10, 4-7pm: The first speaker of our 50^th Anniversary Alumni Speaker Series will be Dr. Peter Rothlisberg! His presentation will be in the Hennings Auditorium, followed by a Reception in the Visitor Center.  We hope to broadcast this live via internet for those unable to attend – stay tuned.

Peter Rothlisberg received his PhD in biological oceanography in 1975 from the OSU Department of Zoology. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow with CSIRO (Australia’s national science agency) Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, Fishery Assessment & Marine Ecology Team, in Brisbane, Australia. His principal interests include zooplankton ecology with a specialization in larval ecology in a broader context of biological oceanography.

Saturday, April 11, 10am-4pm: Marine Science Day

Join us for HMSC’s annual open house!  This is your chance to learn about current research and connect with HMSC faculty, agency and student scientists and marine educators. Marine Science Day visitors wind through the Center’s labs and classrooms to view hands-on, interactive exhibits on current research for visitors of all ages, with ample opportunity for questions and discussion. The event is free and open to the public. http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/marinescienceday

Sunday, April 12, 3-7pm: All-HMSC Reunion

The Reunion on the HMSC campus will begin in the Guin Library with beer/wine and appetizers, followed by dinner featuring local seafood in the HMSC Visitor Center. Catch up with friends, meet some new ones, and pore through photos and memorabilia compliments of the OSU Archives. See http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/all-hmsc-reunion for more details – a registration link will be added soon.

Additional events: Stay tuned for some additional events or opportunities that weekend, and let us know your ideas. Requests or suggestions can be made to maryann.bozza@oregonstate.edu.

For more information or to sign up for the 50th anniversary email list, contact Maryann Bozza, HMSC Program Manager at maryann.bozza@oregonstate. edu or 541-867-0234