ReportInvestigative insert re OSU Corvallis yearbook and registrar checks on Hess11 June 19801 page
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Part 96, page 388

DB Cooper-43329Serials PD 164-41, PD 164-41-1839, SE 164-81

Document date 11 June 1980

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 96 p. 388 (DB Cooper-43329), Report, dated 11 Jun 1980, serial PD 164-41-1839 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-96/pages/388

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SE 164-81 PD 164-41 [REDACTED] 1

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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]

AT CORVALLIS, OREGON

On June 11, 1980, [REDACTED] for the Campus Security Office of Oregon State University (OSU), made available the OSU annual yearbooks for the years 1971, 1972, 1973. A review of these yearbooks determined that there was no entry listed for RALPH DENT HESS. [REDACTED] advised it is extremely common for graduate students to have no information listed in the University annual yearbook.

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Information from the OSU Registrar's Office determined there is no photograph on file concerning RALPH DENT HESS. HESS attended OSU beginning with the summer term of 1971, and including the fall term, 1971, the winter term, 1972, and did not include the spring term of 1972. HESS received a Masters Degree in Industrial Education in June, 1972. During his enrollment at OSU, HESS listed a local address of 141 NW 29th Street, Corvallis, Oregon, with a home of record shown as 789 Hemlock Street, Apt. #4, Coos Bay, Oregon.

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As a graduate student, HESS was not required to attend class regularly and it would not be possible to determine if HESS was in fact at Corvallis, Oregon, on any specific date, particularly, November 24, 1971. OSU class schedules are kept for only a period of five years, so it is not possible to determine the identity of specific classes taken by a student during 1971.

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HESS received a Bachelor's Degree from West Virginia State University in 1966. He is a graduate of Fairmont High School in Fairmont, West Virginia. In addition, DENT attended Fairmont State College in Fairmont, West Virginia. He also attended the University of Missouri at College Park, Missouri, and the University of West Virginia at Morgantown, West Virginia. He attended the summer session of 1966 at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

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Individuals known by HESS as a reference include [REDACTED] who was [REDACTED] School District No. 9 in Coos Bay, Oregon, and [REDACTED] School District, Coos Bay, Oregon.

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DB Cooper-43329 164-41--1839 [partially illegible stamps]