Fred O. Pinkham

Eighth president

1955-1965

A graduate of Kalamazoo College and Stanford University, Pinkham previously was assistant to the president of George Washington University and executive director of the National Commission on Accrediting. He also was a teacher and lecturer. He helped expand the student body, faculty, administration and physical plant, and administrative procedures were modernized. His Long-Range Development Program added the John Storzer Physical Education Center, a clinic and infirmary, and new campus heating facilities. He also was instrumental in forming Associated Colleges of the Midwest, of which Ripon is a member.