deaths
July 5, 2013
William Tebeau, American engineer, first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State University (born 1925)
William Tebeau
William Henry Tebeau in 1948 became the first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State College (OSU). He was an engineer for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for 36 years. A residence hall at OSU and Highway 126 between Eugene and Florence are both named after him.
July 5
July 5 is the 186th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 179 days remain until the end of the year.