College Association of the Lower Willamette Valley Records 1898-1904

Pacific University

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The Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns used Pacific University's facilities for football training camps in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Most of the camps were held in conjunction with exhibition games in Portland. Anecdotal evidence from alumni suggests that the teams chose Pacific University for housing because it was located in a dry town that had limited access to urban distractions, yet was withing driving distance of games in Portland. This encouraged the players to ...

Portland Academy (Portland, Or.)

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Lower Willamette College Association.

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The College Association of the Lower Willamette Valley was an organization that brought together faculty members from several small private colleges near Portland, Oregon. Its member institutions were Pacific University in Forest Grove, Pacific College (later renamed George Fox University) in Newberg, St. Helens Hall in Portland and Portland Academy. Faculty from all the schools attended its meetings, where academic papers were read, mostly on the topics of humanities and education....

St. Helens Hall (Portland, Or.)

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George Fox University

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George Fox University (GFU) is a liberal arts university founded in 1891 by Quakers in Newberg, Oregon. Originally called Pacific College, the name was changed to George Fox College in 1950 for two reasons: to lessen confusion with other colleges and to reflect its connection with the historic Friends Church founded by Englishman George Fox in the seventeenth century. The name of the college was changed to George Fox University in 1995, with the acquisition of Western Evangelical Se...

Pacific College (Newberg, Or.)

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The State of Oregon granted Pacific College, in Newberg, a college charter in 1891 when the college was established with eight fully accredited and seven provisional students. It was the outgrowth of a Quaker secondary school, Friends Pacific Academy, established ten years earlier when pioneer Friends from Iowa Yearly Meeting emigrated to the Newberg area. Believing that "the aim of Pacific College is to combine high scholastic achievement with a strong emphasis on spiritual values ...