OSU Foundation Press Releases

CHRISTMAS TREE INNOVATOR PLEDGES $1 MILLION TO OSU SCHOLARSHIPS

12-03-08

Hal Schudel changed the shape of the Christmas tree — and the entire industry. Founder of Holiday Tree Farms Inc., the largest Christmas tree grower in the world, Schudel popularized the lush, triangle-shaped, plantation-grown conifers that decorate many homes and offices during the holiday season. read more...

CORVALLIS COUPLE DONATES $2.4 MILLION TO OSU SCHOLARSHIPS

10-15-08

A new initiative to raise support for Oregon State University students has received a boost from alumnus Peter Johnson and his wife, Rosalie, who donated $2.4 million to endow a unique scholarship-internship program they started at OSU 10 years ago, ensuring the program will continue for generations to come. read more...

OSU FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW TRUSTEES

10-13-08

Ed Jennings, Patrick Mendenhall, John Porter and Eric Schoenstein have joined the Board of Trustees at the OSU Foundation. read more...

OSU ARCHAEOLOGIST TO INVESTIGATE FIRST WEST COAST HUMANS WITH $1-MILLION GIFT

10-07-08

The work of a pioneering Oregon State University archaeologist has attracted a $1-million gift to investigate the first human populations in the Pacific Northwest, coastal California and Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. read more...

OSU RECEIVES GATES FOUNDATION GRANT OF NEARLY $1M FOR TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH

09-25-08

Oregon State University biomedical researcher Luiz Bermudez, M.D., has received a grant of nearly $1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study a potential new treatment for tuberculosis (TB), a contagious disease that afflicts approximately one third of the world's population. read more...

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