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2019 May Commencement at Pacific University
More than 700 students will earn undergraduate and graduate degrees, while the university also bestows an honorary doctorate and the coveted Massih Prize during the first in-person spring commencement ceremonies since the COVID-19 pandemic/sports-recreation/outdoor-pursuits.
Clovers on a hike.
Outdoor Pursuits will be closed during finals from May 16 t o May 20, and will be reopen for summer hours beginning Monday, May 23. 
Paul Hugh McGilvra died July 31, 2022, at age 80.
John “Jack” Robert Loacker died Feb. 1, 2020, at age 78.
Virginia “Ginny” (Huson) Jackson ’46 and husband Robert “Bob” Jackson ’46 died Jan. 21, 2022, just hours apart after nearly 75 years of marriage.
Robert “Bob” Nixon ’47 died March 29, 2022, at age 96.
David Jondrow ’51, OD ’52 died Oct. 9, 2021, at age 95.
Ira Andrews Jr. ’57 died Oct. 28, 2021, at age 97.
Michael “Mike” Jones ’76 died Feb. 5, 2022, at age 66.
Matthew Orenstein MS '12, PsyD '15, died Sept. 25, 2021, at age 36 from sarcoma.

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