• Source: List of Linfield University people

This is a table of notable people affiliated with Linfield University, formerly Linfield College. Some noted people are also listed in the main college article. Individuals are sorted by affiliation and alphabetized.




Alumni and former students






= Art and entertainment

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Reid Blackburn, American photographer killed in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington
Jenna Brister, stand-up comedian and screenwriter who wrote A Perfect Christmas Pairing (2023), The Perfect Wedding Match (2021), and Killer Twin (2018)
Aparna Brielle, actress
Jessie G, Nashville-based country singer/songwriter signed to Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Records"
Laura Gibson, musician
Homer Groening, Canadian-American filmmaker, advertiser, writer, and cartoonist. He was also the father of Matt Groening and inspired the name of Homer Simpson.
Abigail Heringer, contestant on the 25th season of The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise. Heringer was the first hearing-impaired contestant on the show.
Shane McRae, American poet who received the Whiting Award in 2011 and is currently poetry editor of Image
Patrick Nickell, American sculptor and visual artist
Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter's Daughter, and The Kitchen God's Wife
Ryan Welch, owner and creative director of AO Films, and creator of documentary Alaskan Nets, which won awards at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival and Bend Film Festival.




= Politics

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Joe Medicine Crow, Crow historian, last surviving Plains Indian war chief, and WWII veteran who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Phillip Bond, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology (2001–2005) and chief of staff to Commerce Secretary Don Evans (2002–2003)
Remy Drabkin, winemaker, creator of the Queer Wine Festival and mayor of McMinnville, Oregon
Jan L. Lee, politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 to 2003
Grant Sawyer, 21st governor of Nevada (1959-1967)




= Sports

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Roger Baker, member of the U.S. Olympic handball team in 1972 and 1976
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
Jennifer (Snook) Butcher, member of the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team, winning bronze at the 2000 and 2004 Paralympic Games
Paul Dombroski, former National Football League defensive back. He was one of the few people of Okinawan descent to play in the NFL.
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
Wes Gabrielsen, 11-time USA pickleball national champion and founding member of the International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association (IPTPA) who was inducted into the Pickleball Hall of Fame in 2022
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
Ad Rutschman, head football coach, baseball coach (1971–1983), and athletic director (1973–1996) 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 for the Linfield football team
Sharon Shepherd, shot put and discus thrower who served as an alternate for the U.S. Track and Field Team in the 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games
Fred von Appen, retired football coach known for his head coaching stint with the University of Hawaii at Mānoa from 1996 to 1998 and for serving as an assistant coach on a number of NFL and college coaching staffs




= Business and law

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Jody Bogle, co-owner and vice president of consumer relations of Bogle Vineyards
Peter Clem, media executive and vice president at Warner Brothers Discovery
Jason Hoff, head of worldwide quality and former CEO/President of (2013-2019) of Mercedes-Benz
Augustus C. Kinney, longtime physician in Astoria, Oregon, and noted expert on tuberculosis at the turn of the 20th century
Michelle Johnston Holthaus, executive vice president and general manager of the Client Computing Group for Intel Corp
Susie Kuhn, president of Foot Locker's Europe, Middle East and Africa operations and general manager for Foot Locker Europe
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 to 1915; first dean of Willamette University College of Law; mayor of Salem, Oregon, and McMinnville, Oregon




= Medicine and science

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Ruben Ayala, chief of policy and advocacy for Operation Smile
Jessica (Saling) Gill, leading researcher on traumatic brain injuries and professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine in October 2021.
Jerilynn Prior, endocrinologist and leader in understanding and treating perimenopause and menopause




= Science and technology

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Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds, American ecologist, biologist, and author of Not Just Trees. She studied the Saddleback Mountain research site from 1935 to 1969.
Donald Firesmith, American software engineer, consultant, and trainer at the Software Engineering Institute
Landon Curt Noll, an American computer scientist, co-discoverer of the 25th Mersenne prime and discoverer of the 26th.
Marian Pettibone, curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History invertebrate zoology department from 1963-1978. She has 33 species and 3 genera named after her.
Raemer Schreiber, experimental physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and helped develop the atom and hydrogen bombs.




= Education

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Shawn Chen, Chinese-American businessman and founder of Sias University in Zhengzhou, China
Raymond Culver, fourth president of Shimer College
Peter Ellefson, trombonist and professor of music at Indiana University Bloomington
Lorie A. Fridell, American criminologist known for her research on police and racial profiling and associate professor at the University of South Florida
Susan Hyde, professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley
Shanto Iyengar, professor of political science at Stanford University
Kenneth Scott Latourette, professor emeritus at Yale University and eminent scholar of Christianity and Chinese history
Daniel O'Leary, organic chemist at Pomona College
Rob Saxton, educational administrator who served from 2012 to 2015 as Oregon's first executive "Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction," the chief administrator of the Oregon Department of Education
Muneo Yoshikawa, Japanese professor, author, researcher and consultant known for intercultural communication work, including the double-swing model




Employees (current and former)






= Current

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Alexandria "Alex" Gaudé, assistant wrestling coach at Linfield, who is a member of Team USA and 2018 U23 bronze medalist.
Steve Simmons, American soccer coach, MLS professional match evaluator and MLS grassroots instructor
Joseph Smith, football coach and former player
Dan Spencer, college baseball coach
Joe Wilkins, author of Fall Back Down When I Die, The Mountain and the Fathers, and four poetry collections




= Former

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John Wesley Johnson, professor at Linfield from 1863 to 1867 and later president of the University of Oregon
Jane McIlroy, Linfield professor and athletic director for 32 years who was recognized as the first woman in the United States to govern a college athletic program by the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women in 1982
Lynwood W. Swanson, professor of chemistry and academic dean 1968–73, co-founder and chairman (1987–2002) of FEI Company




Other notable people


Edith Green, U.S. representative, serving 10 terms from 1955 to 1974 and authored Title IX. Green served on the Linfield College Board of Trustees and received an honorary degree from the college in 1964.
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
Fred Rogers, better known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host; he received an honorary degree from the college in 1982.




College and university presidents (1857-present)






= Presidents of McMinnville College

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1857-60: George C. Chandler
1864-67: John W. Johnson
1873: J. D. Robb
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

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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

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2020–2023: Miles K. Davis
2024-current: Rebecca "Becky" Johnson, interim




Notes






References


Fall 2007 Linfield Magazine

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