Oregon State University

Oregon State University (OSU{{fn|1}}) is a public research and degree-granting four-year university in the Oregon University System, located in Corvallis, Oregon. Total student enrollment (undergraduate and graduate) in 2002 was 18,979, 79% of which were Oregon residents and 6% from other countries. With over 200 academic degree programs, engineering, environmental sciences, forestry, oceanography and pharmacy remain some of the most notable fields of study. OSU has more majors, minors, and special programs than any other college in Oregon and offers a University Exploratory Studies Program for students who wish to investigate their options for a major field. The university also receives more research grant funds annually than the rest of the Oregon University System schools combined.

Famous alumni

Athletics

• Terry Baker, football and basketball player, winner of Heisman Trophy in 1962
• Brent Barry, basketball player
• Jose Cortez, National Football League kicker
• Dick Fosbury, high jumper, known for his Fosbury flop
• A.C. Green, National Basketball Association player, holds record for consecutive games played
• Steven Jackson, National Football League runningback
• Carol Menken-Schaudt, basketball player, winner of gold medal at 1984 Summer Olympics
• Gary Payton, basketball player
• Forrest Smithson, received gold metal for 110m hurdles at 1908 Summer Olympics
• Chad Johnson, National Football League wide receiver
• T.J. Houshmandzadeh, National Football League wide receiver

Politics

• Cecil D. Andrus, former Governor of Idaho and U.S. Secretary of the Interior

Other

• Doug Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse
• John H. Hall, Governor of Oregon
• Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA Corporation
• Michael Lowry (actor), popular soap opera actor
• George Oppen, poet, winner of 1969 Pulitzer Prize in poetry
• Linus Pauling, multiple Nobel Prize winner
• Donald Pettit, astronaut
• Willi Unsoeld, led first US climbing expedition to the summit of Mount Everest
• Ernest H. Wiegand, developed a new brine method that led to the modern Maraschino cherry
• John A. Young, former president and CEO of Hewlett Packard