Pacific University

The lessons Ed McQuary '63 learned while playing football at Pacific University have translated into a career of teaching and coaching, plus a book of memories.

The rehearsal was delayed for a Blazer game, but the wedding went on. 

“I decided that night that she was the one girl for me."

A blind date becomes a Boxer love story.

A solid friendship makes a firm foundation.

Persistence, and friendship, pay off.

As a senior, Carlisle arrived early to campus because he drove a school bus. To fill in his time between bus schedules and before classes began, Carlisle would work in the cafeteria.

"I traded my 4.0 GPA for my wife ... I’d make the same deal all over again.”

Couple connects with anonymous waves in the early morning hours.

Dale and Helen’s story of Pacific-based love is slightly different than most. Dr. Dale A. Bevier, a 1957 graduate of the School of Optometry, was raised in upstate New York and transferred to Pacific from West Virginia Wesleyan College in the fall of 1953.

Howard and Grace make up just one of Pacific University's nearly 950 alumni couples.

Joel and Alisa were already dating before they came to Pacific University but they share their memory of his proposal to her on the steps of Old College Hall.