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I started working full time at OSU in 1989 repairing and upgrading computers. Worked for several different parts of Information Services over the years. Was part of the Net group was involved in deploying Novell Netware later working with Microsoft products. Provided backup services for several departments on campus. Along with offering Vmware virtual machine and capacity storage. Maintaining racks of equipment in several data centers across campus.

Adel Faridani arrived from Germany  in 1989 for a one-year post-doc in Applied Mathematics. This turned into rewarding and enjoyable decades of research, teaching and advising here at OSU. He is now looking forward to a new phase of life after his upcoming retirement in June. 

A career highlight was the OSU College of Pharmacy vaccination effort during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first COVID-19 vaccination clinic took place at OHSU on December 16th, 2020 when the first vaccines arrived in Oregon. Sixteen PharmD students and 8 pharmacy CoP faculty were main immunizers at these clinics (peak 1000 vaccines/day). Our volunteer effort transitioned to the Oregon Convention Center where PharmD students and CoP faculty joined healthcare volunteers to prepare and administer COVID-19 vaccines to the public (8000 vaccines/day). These efforts led to Oregon being one of the states with the fewest reported COVID-19 infections and deaths.

Steve started as a Forest Engineering FRA, researching Optimal Log Bucking (value maximization) and other forest management and harvesting issues. Contributions expanded to Undergraduate Instruction, Extension, and Outreach with increased Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Experience (KSAE), earning "Stealth Faculty" nickname. Additional interim assignments as Student Logging Training Program (SLTP) Manager and harvest planning for OSU Research Forests. Application of high strength synthetic ropes to replace steel wire rope in harvest operations improving worker ergonomics/safety is another research highlight. Currently sharing accumulated KSAEs with future Foresters and Forest Engineers as SLTP Manager.  

During my time as an OSU employee I worked for two departments, Extension Service and the Radiation Center. As an administrative assistant I was able to learn many administrative tasks and worked through many new university management systems. But the highlight would be all of the wonderful people I got to work with and know over the years.

Andy is an analytical chemist who has spent most of his 35 years at OSU as a Research Assistant in Oceanography. A good portion of his first 15 years involved going to sea on research ships in the Pacific, Atlantic and Polar Regions. Following a two-year stint working in Crop and Soil Science, he’s now happily lab bound at the CEOAS Stable Isotope Lab.

Clark joined Oregon State University in January 1989 as an Area Extension Farm Management Agent in the Mid-Columbia region of Oregon. Between 1999 and 2009, he held two administrative appointments as Superintendent and Staff Chair at research and Extension centers in Hood River and Aurora. From 2010 to 2021, his responsibilities were research, teaching, and extension activities on the main campus. Since 2022, he has focused on applied research projects in hemp production and climate-smart practices in high-value crops.

Fields: AgBiz Logic, financial management, capital investment analysis, enterprise budgets, crop & livestock leasing.