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February
2, 1867
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Albany Collegiate Institute was founded in Albany, Oregon on property donated by Thomas and Christine Monteith. |
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1867-68
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Rev. William J. Monteith named as Albany's first president. |
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1868-69
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Rev. Henry Bushnell, president. |
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1869-71
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Rev. Edward R. Geary, president. |
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1871-76
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Royal K. Warren, president. |
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1873
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Albany honored its first graduates, four women: Maria Irvine, Cora Irvine, Weltha Young, and Mary Hannon. |
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1876-78
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Rev. Howard W. Stratton, president. |
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1878-79
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David B. Rice, president. |
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1879-85,
1887-94
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Rev. Elbert Neal Condit, president. |
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1885-86
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Joseph C. Wyckoff, president. |
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April-June,
1886
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Earl T. Lockhard, president. |
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1886-1887
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Rev. Edwin J. Thompson, president. |
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1891
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Black and Orange are selected as the school colors. |
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1892
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"The Orange and the Black" is designated as the official school song. |
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1894-95
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Frederic George Young, president. |
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1895-1905,
1915-20
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Wallace Howe Lee, president. |
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1905
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Albany Collegiate Insititute is officially renamed Albany College. |
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1905-15
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Harry Means Crooks, president. |
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1920-22
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Alfred Melvin Williams, term as president. |
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1922-23
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Raymond J. Bake, term as president. |
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1923-28,
1938-41
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Clarence W. Greene, president. |
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1924
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Lloyd and Edna Frank and their children moved into the newly built Fir Acres estate, which later became the campus for Lewis & Clark College. This estate was designed by architect Herman Brookman, and soon after its construction was considered one of the most beautiful estates in the western United States. |
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1927
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Albany College moved to a larger piece of property in Albany, Oregon, which was called the Monteith campus. |
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1929-38
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Thomas William Bibb, president. |
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1934
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Albany College attempted to improve its attendance by establishing a Portland satelite campus in Portland, Oregon. |
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1938
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Albany College lost its accreditation with the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. Although accreditation was not regained until 1944, the college remained open, and students continued to attend. |
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June,
1938
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The Board of Trustees made the difficult decision to close the Albany campus permanently, and focus on developing a campus in Portland. |
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1940
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College Board of Trustees recommended the purchase of Weatherly Heights, on Mount Tabor, Portland, Oregon, for the new campus. The Weatherly Heights plan was abandoned in 1941 because of a lack of funds. |
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1941-42
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Benjamin A. Thaxter, president. |
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1942
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The Fir Acres estate was purchased from the Frank family for $46,000, and the College was renamed Lewis & Clark College. |
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1942-60
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Morgan S. Odell, president. |
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1946
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The name "Pioneers" was adopted by the student body. |
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1960-81
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John R. Howard, president. |
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1965
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Northwest College of Law merged with Lewis & Clark College. |
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1966
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The college gymnasium burned down. |
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1966
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Lewis & Clark College severed official ties with the Presbyterian Church. |
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1981-89
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James Gardner, president. |
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1989-2003
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Michael Mooney, president. |
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2003-2004
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Paul Bragdon, interim president. |
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2004-present
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Thomas J. Hochstettler, president. |
