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C. Clement French 1952-1966

Academic field: Chemistry, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Age when hired: 51
Starting salary: $18,000 (retired at $33,125)
Faculty: 1,110
Faculty salary: In 1960, assistant professor of art made $6,200
Price of a loaf of bread: $.16
Major challenges: Healing campus wounds after Compton firing.
Namesake: French Administration Building
Life after WSU: Served on various higher education committees and commissions, active in Episcopal Church.

_{1959    WSC becomes Washington State University}

_{1960    Honors Program established}

_{1962    Compulsory ROTC changed to voluntary}

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Glenn Terrell 1967-1985

Academic field: Psychology, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Age when hired: 47
Starting salary: $40,000
Faculty headcount: 756*
Average faculty salary: $32,900 (1985)
Price of a loaf of bread: $.22
Major challenges: Student unrest and social upheaval.
Namesakes: Glenn Terrell Friendship Mall, Terrell Library
Life after WSU: Pacific Institute

_{*Previous numbers included all faculty of all ranks. Information available from here on includes full-time instructional faculty of the top three ranks. Throughout, numbers are only for general comparative purposes. Compilation methods and definitions change over the years.}

_{1968    French Administration Building dedicated}

_{1969    Enrollment 13,128; Vietnam protests and student unrest}

_{1970    South grandstands of Rogers Field destroyed by arson}

_{1971    50,000th student graduates}

_{1977    Enrollment 18,160}

_{1978    Butch VI, last live mascot, dies at age 15}

_{1980    Mount St. Helens erupts}

_{1981    Enrollment 19,303}

_{1983    100,000th student graduates}

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Samuel H. Smith 1985-2000

Academic field: Plant pathology, Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
Age when hired: 45
Starting salary: $92,000 (+ $6,000 tax deferred annuity)
Faculty: 858
Average faculty salary: $61,383 (2000)
Price of loaf of bread: $.55
Namesake: Smith Center for Undergraduate Education
Life after WSU: As president emeritus, established office at WSU West in Seattle. Serves on a number of boards and is director of the Washington Education Foundation, which provides scholarships to low-income, high-potential students.

_{1990    Bobo Brayton wins 1,000th game as baseball head coach}

_{2000    Enrollment 22,015}

_{2006    211,000th student graduates}

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_{Elson S. Floyd, 50, starts work as WSU's 10th president this summer. As president of the University of Missouri, he was respected as a hard-working, charismatic, and visionary leader. He is no stranger to eastern Washington, having served as executive director of the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board and as vice president for student services, vice president for administration, and executive vice president at eastern Washington University.}

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