C. Theo "Ted" Yerian, Ph.D., was Head of the Business Education and Secretarial Science Departments at Oregon State University for more than 30 years. After retirement from OSU he became President of Educational Research Associates of Portland, Oregon. He held this position until his death in 1992. Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public research and degree-granting four-year university in the Oregon University System, located in Corvallis, Oregon. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
During his career, Yerian was a principal founder of the Oregon Business Education Association, the Western Business Education Association, and the United Business Education Association, which would later become the National Business Education Association. He was the first and only person to be President of the UBEA/NBEA twice.