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Award Year
1998
Graduation Year
1909
Department
Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Biography
Samuel Herman Graf received five degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State, culminating with the MS in Electrical Engineering. He was a faculty member at Oregon State for 46 years (1908-54). He was associated with the Engineering Experiment Station for nearly all of his career. He was head of the Department of Mechanics and Materials from 1920-34 and of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1934 to 1949. Sam Graf is remembered very clearly by former students, some of whom are being honored here today. He was a demanding professor and a true Oregon Stater. He was honored in 1966 by the American Society for Testing and Materials for 55 years of service to ASTM and the engineering world.
Degrees
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1907
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1908
- M.S. Electrical Engineering, 1908
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1909