Conrad J. "Bud" Weiser earned a Ph.D. in Horticulture from Oregon State College in 1960, and later served as head of the OSU Horticulture department from 1973-1991, and as Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences from 1991 to his retirement in 1993.

In this, the second of three interviews, he discusses his return to OSU as a faculty member in 1973; his shift from a teaching/research portfolio to administrative work; his contributions to the creation of the USDA competitive grant program and the National Agricultural Science Team; his establishment of the United Oregon Horticulture Industry Advisory Board, the tri-state cooperative agreement, and the Northwest Center for Small Fruit Research; and the culture of the OSU campus during the Vietnam War era.

The interview was conducted by Chris Petersen for inclusion in the History of Science Oral History Collection (OH 017), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.