Retired San Jose State University Elementary Education professor and author, Dr. Sidney W. Tiedt, shares stories about fishing in Alaska, eating salmon, his time in the Navy as he has his portrait made in his San Jose, Calif., home on Oct. 11, 2012 for San Jose State University’s Washington Square Magazine. Photos by Stan Olszewski/SOSKIphoto.

SJSU electrical engineering sophomore, Charlie Trevaskis, measures the power output of a custom designed wind turbine in the Intro to Engineering class at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 24, 2012. The turbines are uniquely designed and built by students and later tested with 25 mile-per-hour winds to study structure stiffness, power output, and the effects of light loads. Photos by Stan Olszewski/SOSKIphoto.

San Jose State University's Spartan Film Studios films parts of Sammy Spartan Graduates at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose, California, on May 2, 2013. (Stan Olszewski/SOSKIphoto)

Edward Oates, cofounder of Oracle, poses for a portrait at San Jose State University's Hugh Gillis Hall in San Jose, California, on September 30, 2013. (Stan Olszewski/SOSKIphoto)

Wes Schweitzer, a San Jose State University student-athlete, poses for a portrait at San Jose State University's Duncan Hall in San Jose, California, on September 30, 2013. Schweitzer is a sophomore studying chemistry and is a football offensive lineman (#72). (Stan Olszewski/SOSKIphoto)