1960

Corvallis population: 20,669; Benton County: 39,165.

1960-1968

Corvallis School District builds several new schools: Jefferson Elementary in 1960, Adams Elementary in 1962, Wilson Elementary in 1963, Cheldelin Middle School in 1967, and Hoover Elementary in 1968.

1960-1969

The number of lumber mills in Philomath, Oregon, declines from fifteen in 1959 to around ten.

1961

Oregon State College University Archives are established.

1961

Oregon State University's Cross Country team wins the school's first-ever NCAA team national championship.

1961

The Corvallis Arts Council is "formed to nuture local artistic expression."

1961

James Herbert Jensen is appointed tenth president of Oregon State University. He had previously served as provost at Iowa State University. He was OSU president emeritus until 1993.

1961

Oregon State University Press is established.

March 6, 1961

Oregon State College becomes Oregon State University (March 6).

1962

The Columbus Day Storm peak winds hit on October 12, 1962.

1962

Oregon State University's Terry Baker wins the Heisman Trophy, still the only college football player in the Pacific Northwest to do so.

1963

Federal legislation creates Finley National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was named for William L. Finley, an early conservationist who persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to set aside the first national wildlife refuge west of the Mississippi River. Read more >>>

1964

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service purchases the property that becomes the first National Wildlife Refuge west of the Mississippi River. It is named for William L. Finley, an early conservationist and photographer who persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to establish the refuge. The 1855 historic Fiechter House is used as the first refuge office.

1964

The flea collar is invented at Oregon State University.

1965

Corvallis library expands its building.

1967

Malamud publishes The Fixer, awarded both a National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

1968

Oregon State University is selected as one of the nation's first three Sea Grant universities.

1968

African-American students protest the expulsion of Fred Milton from the football team for growing a Van Dyke goatee-type beard in violation of an OSU athletic department rule that prohibits facial hair. For several weeks, tension is thick as students rally, march, and boycott classes and athletic practices to voice their disapproval of the rule.

1969

Roy Alton Young is appointed acting president of Oregon State University, following the resignation of President Jensen. In 1966, Young had been appointed as the university's first Dean of Research.

1969

On March 5, members of OSU's Black Student Union march off campus in protest of certain Intercollegiate Athletics Department policies affecting football player Fred Milton, who had earlier been asked by Head Coach Dee Andros to shave his beard and mustache.