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Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Originally chartered in 1867 as the Albany Collegiate Institute in Albany, Oregon,[4] the college was relocated to Portland in 1938 and in 1942 adopted the name Lewis & Clark College after the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It has three campuses: an undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Law, and a Graduate School of Education and Counseling.

This article is about the private college in Oregon. For the public college in Idaho, see Lewis–Clark State College. For the public community college in Illinois, see Lewis and Clark Community College.

Former names

Albany Academy (1858–1866)
Albany Collegiate Institute (1866–1867)
Albany College (1867–1942)

Explorare, Discere, Sociare (Latin)

To explore, to learn, to work together

1867 (1867)

$240 million (2020)[1]

745 (All three schools)

3,509 (Fall 2021)[2]

2,126 (Fall 2021)[3]

1,383 (Fall 2021)

Residential,
137 acres (0.55 km2)

Orange and black    

Pioneers

"Pio" the Newfoundland

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. As of Fall 2021, just over 2,000 students attend the undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences,[5] with a student body from 54 countries and 47 U.S. states.[5] The School of Law is best known for its environmental law program.[6]


Today, the three campuses and their supporting offices occupy the 137-acre (0.55 km2) campus, centered on the M. Lloyd Frank Estate on Palatine Hill in the Collins View neighborhood of South Portland.

philosopher and poet

Phillip Barron

Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities and literary executor of Ralph Ellison's estate

John F. Callahan

(1846–1900), Presbyterian minister, early president (1879-?) when it was known as Albany Collegiate Institute.[45]

Rev. Elbert Nevius Condit

Presbyterian minister, psychologist, taught religion[46]

Fitzhugh Dodson

- basketball coach

Bob Gaillard

- president (2010–2017), sociologist and author

Barry Glassner

entrepreneur, philanthropist, trustee[47]

Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.

poet[48]

Vern Rutsala

writer[49]

Kim Stafford

poet[50]

William Stafford

former adjunct professor of humanities, author of Jarhead[51]

Anthony Swofford

poet[52]

Mary Szybist

artist and musician[53]

Edwina Florence Wills

(2004), actor[54]

Penn Badgley

(2000), American swimmer[55]

Matt Biondi

(1981), attorney and senior Pentagon official[56]

Charles A. Blanchard

(1970, J.D. 1976), U.S. representative[57]

Earl Blumenauer

(1964), former U.S. representative[58]

Don Bonker

(1985), 38th governor of Oregon[59]

Kate Brown

(1953), former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives[60]

Larry Campbell

(1996), actress[61]

Ever Carradine

(1981), member of the California State Senate[62]

Ted Gaines

(1933 from Albany College), artist; dean of liberal arts at Oregon State University; curator of prints and drawings at the Portland Art Museum[63]

Gordon Gilkey

(2010), disability rights advocate[64]

Haben Girma

(1996), television personality[65]

Genevieve Gorder

(JD 1980), former U.S. senator and North Dakota attorney general

Heidi Heitkamp

(1956), former brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force[66]

Jeanne Holm

(1975), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado[67]

Marcia S. Krieger

(1995), White House intern and party to the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal

Monica Lewinsky

(1999), artist and radio personality[68]

Jake Longstreth

(1978), former CIA official[69]

Ronald A. Marks

(1977), co-creator of HBO series Big Love[70]

Mark V. Olsen

(2001), Oregon State Representative, House District 46

Khanh Pham

(1975), actress known for Night Court and other TV shows [71]

Markie Post

(1983), Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates[72]

Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh

(2000), professor of history at Wellesley College and award-winning, internationally published writer[73]

Quinn Slobodian

(1962), Major League Baseball player[74]

Pete Ward

Official website

Official athletics website