=An Oct. 17, 2014, McMinnville News-Register story includes:
..."An 8-foot bronze monument of the late Paul Durham,
a former Wildcats football coach and athletic director and sports editor of the
News-Register, will be publicly unveiled at 11 a.m., (Oct. 18, 2014) two and a
half hours before the Linfield football team takes on Whitworth at Maxwell
Field. Durham’s statue is located in between the Linfield Aquatic Center and
the Health, Human
Performance and Athletics building, to the north of the
football field.
"Sculptor Heather Green, who is based in Cascade Locks,
produced the piece. Approximately $72,000 was raised for the project through
private donations, according to former Wildcats football player and Linfield
alumnus Pete Dengenis. The total cost of the project lies at $75,000 and will
include lights to illuminate the monument at night.
Durham compiled a 122-51-10 record as head coach of the
Wildcats from 1948 to 1967, winning six Northwest Conference championships and
making two NAIA national championship games. He also held the athletic director
title from 1949 to 1968, taught classes at Linfield College and served as
sports editor of the McMinnville News-Register, where his “Dodging with Durham”
column detailed aspects of sport on local, regional and national
levels...."
Link to McMinnville News-Register photos of unveiling of the
Paul Durham statue/monument:
