Boxer Love Stories

The perfect partners are paired at Pacific.

Did you know that more than nearly 2,400 alumni met and fell in love through Pacific University? Over the years we have compiled the Boxer love stories of these friends and classmates and we invite you to read their stories.

Did you find or nurture love at Pacific University? Please share your Boxer Love story to add to our collection. To submit your story, please email  alumni@pacificu.edu. Stories are edited for spelling and grammar.

Love Story Collection

Charles Whittick recalls meeting his wife, Barbara Haglund, at an Alpha Zeta dinner dance.
Russ and Ryanne met her first day on campus in fall of 1999.
Jonathan and Shirley met at freshmen orientation when they were in the same group.
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The Second World War took him away for two years, but he looked me up and that was it.
Dan and Marvelyn would have been married 58 years on December 27, 2011.
Both Emma and Cliff have now passed on but they often spoke of their time at Pacific.
Delores (Geist) Stevens '45 asked Howard Stevens '42, "Why wait?"

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