Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1867 and is situated on the historic M. Lloyd Frank Estate in South Portland's Collins View neighborhood. It is composed of three distinct but adjacent campuses: the College of Arts & Sciences, the Graduate School of Education & Counseling, and the Law School. Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic programs competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III Northwest Conference.

History

File:Albany College Administration Building.png

Administration Building c. 1908

Like many modern American universities, the institution that would eventually become Lewis & Clark was initially intended to provide secondary as well as higher education for a specific religious community, in this case Presbyterian pioneers in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The Presbyterian church incorporated "Albany Academy" in 1858.<ref name=Oregon>Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.</ref>

Within a decade of its founding, Albany Academy began to focus more exclusively on higher education, changing its official name to the "Albany Collegiate Institution" in 1866. Lewis & Clark's official founding date comes from the current charter, which has been legally valid since the Presbyterian church reincorporated the Albany Collegiate Institution as "Albany College" in 1867.<ref name=Oregon/> Unlike most Oregon colleges of the pioneer era, the college has been co-educational since the first class, which graduated in 1873. The early campus of Template:Convert in Albany was situated on land donated by the Monteith family. In 1892, the original school building was enlarged, and in 1925 the school relocated south of Albany, where it remained until 1937.<ref name=Oregon/>

Albany College established a junior college to the north in Portland in 1934, with the entire school moving to Portland in 1939.<ref name=Oregon/> The former campus grounds later became home to the federal government's Albany Research Center.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1942, the college trustees acquired the Lloyd Frank (of the historic Portland department store Meier & Frank) "Fir Acres" estate in South Portland and the school name was changed to Lewis & Clark College.<ref name=Oregon/>

Rankings

The 2020 annual ranking of U.S. News & World Report categorized admission to Lewis & Clark as "more selective" and ranked the college tied for the 72nd best liberal arts college in the U.S.; U.S. News & World Report also ranked it tied for 51st in undergraduate teaching and 89th for "Best Value" among liberal arts colleges.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Forbes in 2019 rated it 184th in its America's Top Colleges ranking, which includes 650 military academies, national universities, and liberal arts colleges and 69th among liberal arts colleges.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kiplinger's Personal Finance places Lewis & Clark at 66th in its 2019 ranking of 149 best value liberal arts colleges in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Money magazine ranked Lewis & Clark 585th out of 744 in its "Best Colleges For Your Money 2019" report.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2024, Washington Monthly ranked Lewis & Clark 64th among 194 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Campus

Lewis & Clark's Template:Convert forested campus sits atop Palatine Hill in the Collins View neighborhood of Portland and is contiguous with the Template:Convert Tryon Creek State Natural Area. Campus buildings include an award-winning environmentally sustainable academic building (John R. Howard Hall),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as notable historic architecture such as the Frank Manor House (designed by Herman Brookman) and Rogers Hall (formerly Our Lady of Angels convent of The Sisters of St. Francis).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Lewis & Clark was named one of America's top ten "Most Beautiful Campuses" by the Princeton Review,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Travel+Leisure<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as an independent architecture blog.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Residence halls

All students are required to live on campus for the first two years, excepting those already residents of Portland, those over the age of 21 before the start of the fall term, married students, and transfer students with at least 61 credit hours.<ref>"Residency Requirement and Exemptions." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/student_life/campus_living/residency-requirement-and-exemptions/</ref>

Most Lewis & Clark College residence halls are co-ed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> While individual rooms generally house one gender, students may opt otherwise under the college's gender-neutral housing policy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Stewart Residence Hall
  Stewart Residence Hall
• Frank Manor House
  Frank Manor House
• Biology Center
  Biology Center
• Fountain
  Fountain
• Flanagan Chapel
  Flanagan Chapel
• Miller Center for the Humanities
  Miller Center for the Humanities

Sustainability

File:Pioneer Express bus 327 leaving campus in 2016.jpg

Pioneer Express shuttle bus starting a trip to downtown Portland, in 2016

Wind power provides 100% of the college's total electricity,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and LEED-"certified" level must be met for all of the college's projects.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Transportation

Throughout the year the college operates a shuttle bus between campus and downtown Portland, the Pioneer Express (also referred to as the "Pio Express" or just, "the Pio").<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Student life

Athletics

File:Lewis clark lc athletics logo.png

L&C athletics logo

Lewis & Clark maintains 10 male and 11 female varsity sports teams and athletic facilities including Pamplin Sports Center and Griswold Stadium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Lewis & Clark athletic teams are called the Pioneers, and team colors are orange and black. The Pioneers compete mainly in the Northwest Conference against eight other NCAA Division III institutions in the Pacific Northwest. 17% of undergraduates are officially designated student athletes as of fall 2021.<ref name=":0">"Undergraduate Facts & Figures." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://www.lclark.edu/offices/institutional_research/glance/cas-at-a-glance/ Template:Webarchive</ref> In the 2011 season, the women's cross-country team placed seventh at West regionals, with the men's team placing 13th.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The 2011-2012 men's basketball team lost in the NWC semifinals putting them in 4th place in the conference.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Additionally, the women's team of that same year placed second in the NWC<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and made an appearance in the NCAA DIII National tournament.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

A large number of smaller club and intramural sports such as Rugby<ref>"Women's Rugby Club." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/4038-womens-club-rugby</ref><ref>"Men's Club Rugby." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/4035-mens-club-rugby</ref> and Ultimate Frisbee<ref>"Artemis Women's Ultimate Frisbee." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/4033-artemis-womens-ultimate-frisbee</ref><ref>"Bacchus Men's Ultimate Frisbee." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/4034-bacchus-mens-ultimate-frisbee</ref> enjoy broad participation. Lewis & Clark "Bacchus" are winners of the 2025 Men's D-III Ultimate Frisbee College Championships.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Lewis & Clark students have invented several intramural competitive sports, including Ninja<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Wolvetch,<ref name="Wolvetch Crawls on All Fours">Template:Cite web</ref> which are popular at Lewis & Clark but seldom played elsewhere.

Notable faculty, staff, and trustees

• Phillip Barron, philosopher and poet
• John F. Callahan, Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities and literary executor of Ralph Ellison's estate
• Rev. Elbert Nevius Condit (1846–1900), Presbyterian minister, early president (1879-?) when it was known as Albany Collegiate Institute.<ref>Williams, Jesse Lynch; Norris Edwin Mark (editors). "Obituary: Elbert Nevius Condit '73" in Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 1 (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1900), 239.</ref>
• Fitzhugh Dodson, Presbyterian minister, psychologist, taught religion<ref name="Voyageur50">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Bob Gaillard - basketball coach
• Barry Glassner - president (2010–2017), sociologist and author
• Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., entrepreneur, philanthropist, trustee<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Vern Rutsala, poet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kim Stafford, writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• William Stafford, poet<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Anthony Swofford, former adjunct professor of humanities, author of Jarhead<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mary Szybist, poet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Edwina Florence Wills, artist and musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Notable alumni

• Penn Badgley (2004), actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alan L. Hart (1912 from Albany College), transgender physician, novelist, and tuberculosis researcher<ref>Koskovich, Gerard (June 1993). "Private Lives, Public Struggles". Stanford.</ref>
• Matt Biondi (2000), American swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charles A. Blanchard (1981), attorney and senior Pentagon official<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Earl Blumenauer (1970, J.D. 1976), U.S. representative<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Amber Case (2008), entrepreneur <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Don Bonker (1964), former U.S. representative<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kate Brown (1985), 38th governor of Oregon<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Larry Campbell (1953), former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ever Carradine (1996), actress<ref>Ever Carradine '96 Lewis & Clark Alumni</ref>
• Ted Gaines (1981), member of the California State Senate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gordon Gilkey (1933 from Albany College), artist; dean of liberal arts at Oregon State University; curator of prints and drawings at the Portland Art Museum<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Haben Girma (2010), disability rights advocate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Genevieve Gorder (1996), television personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Heidi Heitkamp (JD 1980), former U.S. senator and North Dakota attorney general
• Jeanne Holm (1956), former brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jon Jaqua, former defensive back for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League; member of the Lewis & Clark Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Marcia S. Krieger (1975), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Monica Lewinsky (1995), Anti-bullying activist and party to the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
• Jake Longstreth (1999), artist and radio personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ronald A. Marks (1978), former CIA official<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mark V. Olsen (1977), co-creator of HBO series Big Love<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Khanh Pham (2001), Oregon State Representative, House District 46
• Markie Post (1975), actress known for Night Court and other TV shows <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh (1983), Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Quinn Slobodian (2000), professor of history at Wellesley College and writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Harrison Patrick Smith (approx. 2018), musician performing as The Dare<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pete Ward (1962), Major League Baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Template:Oweb
• Athletics website