Northwest University is a private Christian university in Kirkland, Washington. The university offers associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctorate degrees through its College of Arts & Sciences, School of Business and Management, School of Education, Mark and Huldah Buntain School of Nursing, College of Ministry, and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. It has a satellite campus in Salem, Oregon.
Henry Byron Warner was an English film and theatre actor. He was popular during the silent era and played Jesus Christ in The King of Kings. In later years, he successfully moved into supporting roles and appeared in numerous films directed by Frank Capra. Warner's most recognizable role to modern audiences is Mr. Gower in It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Capra. He appeared in the original 1937 version of Lost Horizon as Chang, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Amory Tingle "Slats" Gill was an American college basketball coach, the head coach at Oregon State University in Corvallis for 36 seasons. As a player, Gill was twice named to the All-Pacific Coast Conference basketball team. As head coach, he amassed 599 victories with a winning percentage of .604. Gill was also the head coach of the baseball team for six seasons and later was the OSU athletic director.
Bushnell University is a private Christian university in Eugene, Oregon. It is historically affiliated with the Christian churches and churches of Christ.
Byron Simon Houck was an American professional baseball pitcher and cinematographer. He played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Tip-Tops, and St. Louis Browns from 1912 to 1914 and in 1918. After his baseball career, he worked on Buster Keaton's production team as a camera operator.
Cyril Argentine Alington was an English educationalist, scholar, cleric, and author. He was successively the headmaster of Shrewsbury School and Eton College. He also served as chaplain to King George V and as Dean of Durham.
The 1916 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Northwest Conference and the newly-formed Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1916 college football season. Led by fourth year head coach Hugo Bezdek, the Webfoots compiled an overall record of 7–0–1 with a victory over Penn in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Oregon had a record of 2–0–1 in Northwest Conference played and 2–0–1 against PCC opponents, placing second in both conferences. The team played home games at Kincaid Field in Eugene, Oregon.
The 1912 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1912 college football season. Led by Louis Pinkham, in his first and only season as head coach, the Webfoord compiled an overall record of 3–4 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Northwest Conference. The team played home games at Kincaid Field in Eugene, Oregon.
The 1916 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington as a member of the Northwest Conference and the newly-formed Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1916 college football season. In its ninth season under coach Gil Dobie, the team compiled an overall record of 6–0–1 outscored its opponents by a combined total of 189 to 16. Washington had a record of 2–0–1 in Northwest Conference play and 3–0–1 against PCC opponents, winning both conference titles. Louis Seagraves was the team captain.
Robert Lee "Matty" Mathews was an American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at St. Edward's College (1911), Kenyon College (1912–1914), Willamette University (1915–1920), the University of Idaho (1922–1925), Saint Louis University (1926–1927), Gonzaga University (1929), the University of Portland (1937–1942), and Lewis & Clark College (1945–1946).
Thomas Kelley was an American college football player and coach, college basketball coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Muhlenberg College from 1911 to 1913, the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as the Missouri University of Science and Technology—in 1914, the University of Alabama from 1915 to 1917, the University of Idaho from 1920 to 1921, and the University of Missouri in 1922, compiling a career college football head coaching coaching record of 56–24–3 (.693). Kelley was also the head basketball coach at Muhlenberg from 1912 to 1914 and Alabama for the 1916–17 season, tallying a career college basketball record of 18–23 (.439). In addition, he served as the athletic director at Alabama in 1915 and Idaho from 1920 to 1922.
Arthur Vernon Macan Jr. (1882–1964) was an Irish immigrant to Canada who designed golf courses in western North America, primarily in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. He won the Pacific Northwest Amateur in 1913.
Frances Ross Linfield was an American educator, social activist and philanthropist. In 1922, she made a gift to McMinnville College worth $250,000, prompting the school to change its name to Linfield College, in honor of her late husband, the Rev. George Fisher Linfield. In 2020, the school became Linfield University.
Eugene C. Sanderson was an American Christian Church minister and educator who founded Eugene Divinity School (EDS) in Eugene, Oregon in 1895. Today this school is known as Bushnell University. He served as its first president from 1895 to 1930. He also founded four other Christian colleges and one hospital.
The 1914 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1914 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Hugo Bezdek, the Webfoots compiled an overall record of 4–2–1 with a mark of 3–1–1 in conference play placing third in the Northwest Conference.
Victor P. Morris was a highly respected University of Oregon (UO) professor, dean, and interim president. In addition, he served twice as acting president of Northwest Christian College (NCC) as well as serving on the NCC Board of Trustees, over 20 years as chair. NCC is now known as Northwest Christian University.
James Addison Bushnell was a prominent American businessman and banker from Junction City, Oregon. He also served as president of the Board of Regents of Eugene Divinity School (EDS) from 1895, when it was founded by Eugene Claremont Sanderson, until his death on April 8, 1912. It is now named Bushnell University in his honor. He was buried in Luper Pioneer Cemetery northwest of Eugene, Oregon.
Pacific Christian Hospital was a hospital in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was opened by Eugene Bible University (EBU) and International Bible Mission (IBM) at East 12th and Hilyard streets on March 17, 1924. The person behind this enterprise was Eugene Claremont Sanderson, who founded Eugene Divinity School (EDS) in 1895 across Alder Street from the hospital.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Spokane, Washington, USA.
The 1914 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (OAC)—now known as Oregon State University—as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1914 college football season. In their second season under head coach E. J. Stewart, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 7–0–2 record with a mark of 2–0–2 in conference play, placing second in the Northwest Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 172 to 15. Against major opponents, the Aggies defeated Washington State (7–0), Idaho (26–0), and USC (38–6), and played to a tie against Washington (0–0) and Oregon (3–3). The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon. Right tackle "Gloomy Gus" Hofer was the team captain.
