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Bruce Bishop '68 stands in front of the Tran Library's multi-color panels.

Preserving Pacific's Legacies For Future Generations

Bruce Bishop '68, the recipient of the Pacific University Alumni Association's 2026 David & Sandy Lowe Outstanding Alumni Service Award, is committed to connecting Pacific's past to the future, particularly through his passion for Pacific's mascot, Boxer.

Boxer Posing On Wall In Front Of Forest Grove Campus

College Spirit's Homecoming: Pacific's Original Mascot "Boxer" Returns

The bronze qilin statue, the namesake of Pacific University and beloved by students and alumni alike, is reunited with the university after a 55-year absence.

Badger saying goodbye to the other badgers

Bye Bye Badger

Before Boxer was Badger. In the 1960s, when students voted to change the mascot, they said goodbye to their longtime representative.

Boxer Tail Returns

Don Metzger '66, O.D. '67 returned the tail of the original Boxer statue to Pacific University this summer. Watch him recount how he got the tail and why he returned it 40 years later.