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- 1905-1906 (Creation)
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Interim president from 1905-1906, at Linfield in total from 1888-1929.
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Emanuel Northup (1905-1906) - A Linfield interim president, born in West Oneonta, New York, in 1851 and died in 1933. Northup began teaching Mathematics and Greek at Linfield, then McMinnville College, in 1888 when there were less than one hundred students. He held several roles at Linfield, such as Dean of Faculty, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, and Treasurer, making Northup an integral member of Linfield’s faculty for many years. Northup was active in the McMinnville community outside of Linfield, eventually becoming the town’s mayor from 1903 to 1905. Northup graduated from the University of Chicago with a Divinity Degree and was granted a Master of Arts by Colgate University and an honorary Doctorate of Law by Linfield.