Reed College was founded in 1908, and its first classes were held in
1911. Reed is named for Oregon pioneers Simeon and Amanda Reed. Simeon
Reed had been an entrepreneur in trade on the Columbia River; in his
will he suggested that Amanda “devote some portion of my estate to
benevolent objects, or to the cultivation, illustration, or development
of the fine arts in the city of Portland, or to some other suitable
purpose, which shall be of permanent value and contribute to the beauty
of the city and to the intelligence, prosperity, and happiness of the
inhabitants.” Amanda Reed followed that suggestion in her will by
setting up a board of trustees to found the Reed Institute. After
extensive research, the trustees of the Reed Institute made the decision
to establish a college of liberal arts and sciences in Portland, with
no limits other than an insistence on equality and secularism.
Reed’s first president was the visionary William Trufant Foster, who
served from 1910 to 1919. He was followed by Richard F. Scholz, 1921–24;
Norman F. Coleman, 1924–34; Dexter M. Keezer, 1934–42; Arthur F. Scott,
1942–45; Peter H. Odegard, 1945–48; E.B. MacNaughton, 1948–52; Duncan
S. Ballantine, 1952–54; Richard H. Sullivan, 1956–67; Victor G.
Rosenblum, 1968–70; Paul E. Bragdon, 1971–88; James L. Powell, 1988–91;
Steven S. Koblik, 1992–2001
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