Charles U. Walker

President from 1975-1992

Charles U. Walker (1975-1992) - Linfield’s seventeenth president, born in 1931 in Bolivar, Pennsylvania. Walker is noted for reviving Linfield after financial and academic hardship, increasing enrollment, and expanding programs such as international studies, faculty development, adult education, and the absorption of the Good Samaritan nursing program. Beyond Linfield, Walker was a civil leader throughout Oregon, working with Kenneth Ford in developing the Ford Family Foundation and serving as a chair member for the Oregon Cultural Trust. Walker has a PhD in Philosophy from Stanford University, an honorary Doctorate of Law from Kanto Gakuin University in Japan, an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Linfield University, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh.