President Pinkham and family.

A graduate of Kalamazoo College and Stanford University, Dr. Frederick O. Pinkham came to Ripon after serving as assistant to the president of George Washington University and as executive director of the National Commission on Accrediting. He was also an experienced teacher and lecturer. During the Pinkham years, the student body, faculty, administration, and physical plant were all expanded, and administrative procedures were modernized. Thanks to his personable brand of leadership, college relations with the local community and with alumni were strengthened. Dr. Pinkham launched a Long-Range Development Program which added the John Storzer Physical Education Center, a clinic and infirmary, and new campus heating facilities. He was also instrumental in the formation of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, of which Ripon is a member.