List of Linfield College People

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

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

[edit] Academics

• 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].
• R.E. Schreiber, '31, experimental physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, and helped develop the atom and hydrogen bomb.^[2]

[edit] Sports

• Fred von Appen, retired American 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) and 1998 World Series MVP
• Mark Few, American 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, as well as a former sports analyst for ESPN^[3].
• Ad Rutschman, head football coach, baseball coach, and athletic director of Linfield College. He is the only college coach at any level to have won national titles in both football and baseball. Currently he serves as kick-off return coach at the college.

[edit] Politics

• Phillip Bond, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology and Chief of Staff to Commerce Secretary Don Evans^[4][5]
• Jim Feldkamp, Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Oregon's 4th congressional district in 2004 and 2006. Both times, Feldkamp was defeated by long-term incumbent Peter DeFazio.
• Albin Walter Norblad, Jr., served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as a representative for one term (1935-1937), was a member of the board of trustees of Linfield College.
• Frank Grant Sawyer, Democratic Governor of Nevada from 1959 to 1966.
• George Lemuel Woods, Republican Governor of Oregon from 1866 to 1870 and Utah Territory Governor from 1871 to 1875

[edit] Law

• George Henry Burnett, the 21st Chief Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court serving twice as chief first in 1921 to 1923, and then in 1927 when he died in office. Overall he served on Oregon’s highest court from 1911 until 1927.
• Thomas Allen McBride, 20th Chief Justice on 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 on the Oregon Supreme Court in the United States from 1913-1915 and the first dean of Willamette University College of Law and a mayor of Salem, Oregon and McMinnville, Oregon.

[edit] Literature

• Amy Tan, author of "The Joy Luck Club," "The Bonesetter's Daughter," and "The Kitchen God's Wife"

[edit] Music

• Peter Ellefson, faculty member at Indiana University since August 2002, and former performer with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic Brass Quintet.

[edit] References