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Lydia Kamaka'eha Wright
Former Official Departmental Dog of the
Oregon State University Department of Geosciences

~June 19, 1995 to December 9, 2009

Adopted at age 8 weeks from Lincoln County Animal Shelter, Newport (Oregon Coast)
Given to me by a friend at age 4 months
"...best dog on the planet!" -- Kate Lajtha

The Lydia Tribute Video

OSU Media Manager Hi-Rez Version

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Donate to "The Lydia Fund"
to Support Student Conference & Workshop Travel
(This is a secure, tax-deductible transaction, and donations are added to the existing "Gordon Matzke Fund")

  Student Recipients of the Fund Thus Far:
  2010 - M.S. student Jill Smedstad, to attend the 16th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Corpus Christi, TX
  2010 - Ph.D. student Kathleen Miles, to present at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA
  2011 - Ph.D. student Terry Frueh, to present at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
  2011 - M.S. student William Clark, to present at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
  2011 - Ph.D. student Dylan Keon, to present at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
  2011 - M.S. student Vera Pfeiffer, to present at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
  2011 - M.S. student Rachel Lovellford, to present at the International Association of Landscape Ecology, Portland, OR
  2011 - Ph.D. student Dori Dick, to attend a workshop at the International Marine Conservation Congress, Victoria, BC, Canada
  2012 - M.S. student Colleen Sullivan, to present at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York City
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Hear What Else Folks Said About Lydia ...

Lydia was quite a legend because she:

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Lydia's Favorite Links:


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Wallace and Gromit

Inner Strength

Things We Can Learn From a Dog

Where do Pets Come From Really?

Scholarly article on why dogs rule... (pdf)

Final tribute to Tugboat, the Tour de France dog (pdf) A Must Read!

Lydia, the Tatooed Lady

The Visual Rhodesian Ridgeback

Lydia's Hawaiian Middle Name
(was also the middle name of Hawaii's last queen)

Willamette Veterinary Clinic

Veterinary Pet Insurance

Heartland Humane Society

Canine Companions for Independence

Snoopy, the super beagle

The Amazing Jessie Home Page

Mr. Winkle
(you've never seen anything like this!)

The Tovik Siberians

The Dog Hause

Pet-Friendly-Hotels.net

dogfriendly.com

iDogBeds.com

Pet-Super-Store.com

Yakul
(from Princess Mononoke)

Thank you for stopping by!
  "They also serve who only stand and wait" -- John Milton, 1608-1674

  "Some dogs come into our lives and quickly go, others stay awhile, leaving footprints on our hearts and we are forever changed."
-- Author Unknown

  "Kennedy often wore shorts and a baseball cap to work and brought his dog 'Friday' to the office."
-- Time Magazine article on John F. Kennedy, Jr., July 26, 1999

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  Last update: March 15, 2012

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