Ferdinand Society

“The Ferdinand Society is an organization of faculty and administrative staff associated with Portland State University. Its purpose is to promote fellowship, intellectual discussion, and association with leaders in all phases of Portland community life. Friendliness and a spirit of informality at its meetings are to be considered the essence of this Society.

The Society is created in the name of Ferdinand the Bull whose physical power, friendliness, curiosity, and love for the esthetic symbolize the purpose of this organization,” (from the “Constitution of The Ferdinand Society,” Portland, OR, March 8, 1979).

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