Darrell Millner lectures in a Black Studies class in about 1970s. Black Studies was the first such degree-granting program offered in the Northwest..

University Archives Digital Gallery, University Archives and Special Collections, Portland State University Library

Joseph C. Holland (left), shown here with a former player on May 26, 1976, was the first athletics director and head football coach at the Vanport Extension Center. He stayed on at PSU, serving as a professor of Health and Physical Education..

University Archives Digital Gallery, University Archives and Special Collections, Portland State University Library

Promotional photo of Portland State College becoming Portland State University, February 12, 1969.

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PSU's first doctoral graduate, Chamberlain Foes, graduating with his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Resources, 1972.

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Students attend class on the PSU park blocks, 1973.

Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OHi03180

South Park Blocks, 1972.

Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Oregonian, photo file 1857

Aerial photograph showing the Portland State University campus in 1998.

Architecture, Engineering and Construction Archives, Portland State University