Oregon State Fair Oregon State Fair The Oregon State Fair is the official state fair of the U.S. state of Oregon. It takes place every August–September at the Oregon State Fairgrounds located in north Salem, the state capital, as it has almost every year since 1862. In 2006, responsibility for running the fair was delegated to the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, and the division is now known as the Oregon State Fair & Exposition Center (OSFEC), which holds events on the fairgrounds year-round. As Oregon agriculture expanded in the early 19th century many communities formed agricultural associations for the purpose of
Oregon State University Foundation Oregon State University Foundation The Oregon State University Foundation is an American private nonprofit corporation dedicated to enhancing the mission of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. The OSU Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees. In 1947, Robert M. Kerr, Edwin B. Aldrich and E. C. Sammons established the Oregon State College Foundation with the aid of OSC President A. L. Strand. They saw the foundation as a means of creating opportunities that the college could not fulfill with state funds alone. That year they collected the OSC Foundation's first donation, a sum of five dollars. The