Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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Where did our cougar emblem come from? It’s been with us for over thirty years thanks to a gift from Randall A. Johnson, now a retired advertising supervisor for Washington Water Power Co., and then Washington State College junior. Johnson, a sign painter for the school, created the symbol in 1936 when he and his boss, the late Fred Rounds, superintendent of buildings and grounds, decided a simpler, shorter way of identifying property was needed. After about an hour the original design was fin¬ ished. Today’s cougar head is similar to that found in the university archives; its difference being the adaption of the mouth when state col¬ lege C became university “U.” 22 Visions

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