Nursing pioneer Emily Loveridge founded the Good Samaritan Hospital nursing program in 1890. Her name is etched in Oregon history books, and as of this summer, it also became memorialized on the Linfield University Portland Campus. The board of trustees voted to rename Building 2, which houses the Portland campus’s main lecture halls, to Loveridge Hall. To honor the building’s namesake, a permanent historical exhibit featuring information about Loveridge, and the Good Samaritan program, will be added to the foyer. Items displayed from the Linfield Archives will include Loveridge’s personal letters, her memoir, vintage nursing uniforms and historical nursing practice implements. The exhibit was funded in part by the Oregon Heritage Commission of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
Loveridge’s personal memoir, “As I Remember,” is also available online at digitalcommons.linfield.edu/nursing.
