Portrait of Sidney Harper Marsh, Pacific University's first president from 1853 to 1879. He travelled to Oregon in 1853 on the invitation of George Atkinson. He became principal of Tualatin Academy upon his arrival in 1853, and then became the first president of Pacific University the following year. His tenure ended on February 2, 1879 in Forest Grove, when he passed away at age 81.
A reprinting of a photograph that was probably originally taken in 1967, showing a Pacific University student wearing a tie but no shirt, standing on a table surrounded by other students. This image was printed in Pacific's alumni magazine years later with the caption "Do you remember?", which was a regular magazine feature intended to solicit letters from alumni about their memories of campus life. This copy was annotated by Arlene Bodmer Harouff (Class of 1967). She named most of the students in the image and provided her memory of the event, which she identified as "Rook Week 1963." If correct, this would mean that the photograph showed a freshman initiation prank.
Other photographs taken on the same day, however, show that this was a staged protest against Pacific University's dress code, probably in March 1967. In that month, about 150 male students conducted a sit-in demonstration against Pacific's dinner dress code, which required "all men to wear a jacket and tie to dinner and women to wear either a dress or skirt as well as heels twice a week" (See: The Index, Mar. 6, 1967). In the other photographs, it is clear that the woman on the bottom left is wearing a placard that reads "We protest," and that the protest related to the dress code. See: PUApic_015906, PUApic_015907 and PUApic_015908. This photograph appears to have been staged in order to dramatize the protest, possibly for use in a publication. The original prints were stamped by Pacific's Office of Public Information (i.e. its publicity department). It appears to have been taken in the student lounge of McCormick Hall.
From left to right, those visible in the photograph are identified as: D. Stewart Topley (OD, Class of 1968); either Patricia Ann Mayhew Brannock (Class of 1967) or Laurie Collins (as identified by a different alumnus); Unidentified student standing on table; Belinda Aldridge; Arlene E. Bodmer Harouff (Class of 1967); and Sally Green.
Photograph of students in the cafeteria. Pictured are: Clyde A. Dixon, Class of 1984, who became a technical writer; Tim E. Dupell, Class of 1984, who became the CFO of the Aspen Education Group; and Elizabeth Louise Lipke, Class of 1985, who became the CEO of Bourns Employees Federal Credit Union.
Photograph of Dirk D. Biddington, Class of 1985, who married Tami L. (Hyder) Biddington, Class of 1986. Dirk later worked in probation at the Washington County Juvenile Department.
Edward Jones, Class of 1985, who became optometrist and hearing specialist, and Marie K. (Kirkpatrick) Thibeault, Class of 1983, who became the director of rehab at Parkview Acres Rehabilitation Center, standing outside Walter Hall.
