Photo cutline from Oct. 22, 1956, McMinnville N-R/News-Register:
At Linfield College, Tye Steinbach, pool manager, conducts a Red Cross water safety instruction course. Graduates will be qualified liafeguards and swimming instructors. Students must complete more than 30 hours of classwork during the course. Steinbach expects to choose four members of the class to help with instruction at the new pool and two others for lifeguards. Two more lifeguards will be needed during the summer.
Note from Wildcatville in November 2022:
Tye Steinbach was the father of Nancy Susan Steinbach Haack (Linfield Class of 1969) and Kathleen "Kathy" Ann Steinbach Washburn (Class of 1968). In 1956, the year this photo was taken, the Steinbach family – Nancy and Kathy and parents Tye and Ellen Steinbach -- moved to McMinnville from Portland when Tye became director of the McMinnville city pool and coach of the McMinnville Swim Club. He was also the first Linfield swim coach. Linfield started its swimming program in the 1957-1958 academic year, according to a story in the 2-7-1958 Oregonian. That story (headline: 'Cat Tankers Form Team) mentions the “new swimming program at Linfield. This is the first year the Wildcats have entered competitive swimming …”
