Rylee Trendell '19 found Pacific to be a good fit because of his personal connections with professors, as well as the opportunity to play collegiate basketball.
Mary Richardson Walker and her husband donated part of the land that became Pacific's Forest Grove Campus. After her husband's death, Mary remained active in the early life of the school and the community of Forest Grove. The qilin statue that became Boxer, 太平洋大学's mascot, was donated to the school in her honor.
当塔比莎·莫法特·布朗在19世纪40年代末来到俄勒冈领地时,她已经是一位老妇人了。 That didn't stop her from helping to establish the Tualatin Academy, a school that would educate children in 1849. 到1854年,学校正式开始以太平洋大学的名义开设大学课程。
1942年,纽约城市学院(City College of New York)的本科生报纸《校园》(The Campus)上的一则标题奠定了这一基调:“第一位女性入侵技术学院的教职员工。” Cecilie Froehlich led Pacific's math department until 1970 and was an outspoken advocate for recruiting women into the fields of math and engineering.