List of Linfield College people

This is a table of notable people affiliated with Linfield University, including alumni that are graduates or non-matriculating students, and professors and former professors. Some noted people are also listed in the main college article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.

Academics

Joe Medicine Crow, Crow historian, last surviving Plains Indian war chief, and WWII veteran who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Raymond Culver, B.Mus. 1914, fourth president of Shimer College
John Wesley Johnson, professor at Linfield from 1863 to 1867 and later president of the University of Oregon
Kenneth Scott Latourette, eminent scholar of Christianity and Chinese history[1]
Raemer Schreiber, '31, experimental physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, and helped develop the atom and hydrogen bomb[2]
Lynwood W. Swanson, professor of chemistry and academic dean 1968-73, co-founder and chairman (1987-2002) of FEI Company[3]

Sports

Fred von Appen, retired football coach known for his head coaching stint with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa from 1996–1998 and for serving as an assistant coach on a number of NFL and college coaching staffs
Scott David Brosius, former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Oakland Athletics (1991–1997) and the New York Yankees (1998–2001); 1998 World Series MVP
Mark Few, basketball coach at Gonzaga University, assistant from 1989 to 1999 and head coach since 1999; attended Linfield before transferring to the University of Oregon, where he eventually earned his degree
Randy Mueller, former general manager for the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints, with over two decades of NFL front office experience; former sports analyst for ESPN[4]
Ad Rutschman, head football coach, baseball coach, and athletic director of Linfield College; the only college coach at any level to have won national titles in both football and baseball; currently serves as kick-off return coach at the college

Politics

Phillip Bond, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology and Chief of Staff to Commerce Secretary Don Evans[5][6]
Joseph Medicine Crow, last Crow War Chief
Albin Walter Norblad, Jr., served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as a representative for one term (1935–1937); member of the board of trustees of Linfield College
Frank Grant Sawyer, Democratic Governor of Nevada, 1959-1966
George Lemuel Woods, Republican Governor of Oregon, 1866-1870; Utah Territory Governor 1871-1875

Law

George Henry Burnett, 21st Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court; served twice, 1921-1923, and from 1927 until he died in office; overall, he served on Oregon's highest court from 1911 until 1927
Thomas Allen McBride, 20th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving three times as chief between 1913 and 1927; overall, he served on Oregon's highest court from 1909 till his death in 1930
William Marion Ramsey, 43rd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court in the United States from 1913–1915; first dean of Willamette University College of Law; mayor of Salem, Oregon and McMinnville, Oregon

Literature

Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter's Daughter, and The Kitchen God's Wife[7]

Music

Spencer Phillips, keyboardist for Danger Radio
Laura Gibson, musician
Andrea Reinkemeyer, assistant professor of composition and music technology

Film & Television

Aparna Brielle, actress

Other

Rex T. Barber, pilot in Operation Vengeance; credited with the kill of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack
Augustus C. Kinney, longtime physician in Astoria, Oregon, and noted expert on tuberculosis at the turn of the 20th century[8][9]

Current and former McMinnville College/Linfield College/Linfield University presidents

Presidents of McMinnville College

1857-60: George C. Chandler[lower-alpha 1]
1864-67: John W. Johnson
1873: J. D. Robb[lower-alpha 2]
1873-76: Mark Bailey
1876-77: John E. Magers
1877-78: Ep Roberts
1878-81: J. G. Burchett
1881-87: E.C. Anderson
1887-96: Truman G. Brownson
1896-1903: Harry L. Boardman
1903-05: A. M. Brumback
1905-06: Emanuel Northup, interim
1906-31: Leonard W. Riley (name changed to Linfield in 1922)

Presidents of Linfield College

1931-32: William R. Frerichs, interim
1932-38: Elam J. Anderson
1938-43: William G. Everson
1943-68: Harry L. Dillin
1968, 1974: Winthrop W. Dolan, interim
1968-74: Gordon C. Bjork
1974-75: Cornelius Siemens, interim
1975-92: Charles U. Walker
1992-2005: Vivian A. Bull
2005-06: Marvin Henberg, interim
2006–2018: Thomas L. Hellie
2018-2020: Miles K. Davis (College changed to University in 2020)

Presidents of Linfield University

2020-present: Miles K. Davis

Notes

Oregon became a state on Feb. 14, 1859. Thus, at the start of Chandler's presidency, the college was located in the Oregon Territory. At the end of his presidency, it was located in the State of Oregon. Same location, different name.
Robb served Feb. 20, 1873-July 10, 1873, according to the 1938 book Bricks Without Straw: The Story of Linfield College, by Jonas A. Jonasson.

References

Fall 2007 Linfield Magazine

"Christianity's Chronicler". Time Magazine. 1962-11-16. Archived from the original on 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
Pace, Eric (31 December 1998). "R.E. Schreiber, 88, Nuclear Bomb Physicist". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
"Lynwood Swanson to Receive Pittcon Heritage Award]". Chemical Heritage Foundation. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016.
"Parcells fires Mueller, to meet with Cameron Tuesday". espn.com news services. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
"President Bush to Nominate Eleven Individuals to Serve in his Administration". Office of the Press Secretary. 3 July 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
"Senior Bush Administration Official To Speak at Houston Conference on Nanotechnology: U.S. Market for Nanotech Products & Services Expected to Reach Over $1 Trillion by 2015". Technology Administration. 21 May 2002. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
nzen, Robin (March 7, 1996). "Linfield Going Global". The Oregonian.
"Obituary". Medical Sentinel. 16: 196. 1908.
Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 135.

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[10] Oregon became a state on Feb. 14, 1859. Thus, at the start of Chandler's presidency, the college was located in the Oregon Territory. At the end of his presidency, it was located in the State of Oregon. Same location, different name.

[11] Robb served Feb. 20, 1873-July 10, 1873, according to the 1938 book Bricks Without Straw: The Story of Linfield College, by Jonas A. Jonasson.

[1] "Christianity's Chronicler". Time Magazine. 1962-11-16. Archived from the original on 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2007-12-06.

[2] Pace, Eric (31 December 1998). "R.E. Schreiber, 88, Nuclear Bomb Physicist". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

[3] "Lynwood Swanson to Receive Pittcon Heritage Award]". Chemical Heritage Foundation. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016.

[4] "Parcells fires Mueller, to meet with Cameron Tuesday". espn.com news services. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2008.

[5] "President Bush to Nominate Eleven Individuals to Serve in his Administration". Office of the Press Secretary. 3 July 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2007.

[6] "Senior Bush Administration Official To Speak at Houston Conference on Nanotechnology: U.S. Market for Nanotech Products & Services Expected to Reach Over $1 Trillion by 2015". Technology Administration. 21 May 2002. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.

[7] zen, Robin (March 7, 1996). "Linfield Going Global". The Oregonian.

[8] "Obituary". Medical Sentinel. 16: 196. 1908.

[9] Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 135.