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In this final of 3 installments that began with (1) Cinco De Mustache, and continued with (2) Great Mustaches of Multnomah Past, you’ll be treated to some of Multnomah’s most notorious beards. As is the case with the venerable mustache, they come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Not everyone can grow a “Grizzly Adams” or “Kenny Rogers“, but not everyone has to.

After a little more digging through Multnomah’s archives, here’s what we found:

Dr. Al Baylis (Seminary Prof)

If there were an award for the longest-standing beard among Multnomah’s faculty, Dr. Baylis would win, hands down (at least as far as we can prove).

Then (1976, 1982, 1987, and 1990)

Now

Dr. Garry Friesen (College Prof)

Before he wore the mustache featured in the Mustache post, Dr. Friesen had one of the fullest beards on campus for several years.

Then (1982, 1983, 1985, and 1987)

I’ve dubbed the last photo “Scary Gary.” You do NOT want to turn in his assignments late!

Now

Dr. Philip Johnson (Seminary prof and Librarian)

I’ve always been impressed by Dr. Johnson’s stately goatee.

Then (1998)

Now

Dr. John Terveen (Seminary prof)

Through my research, I saw only two (non-consecutive) years during which Dr. Terveen wore a beard, but who’s counting?

Then (1993)

Now

Dr. Dale Wheeler (College prof)

Make no mistake, this is an impressively timeless beard!

Then (1990 and 1993)

Now

Notable Mentions

I couldn’t locate any old photos of Dr. Calvin Blom, but he has a beard worthy of tribute.

Dr. Scalberg, who made an appearance on the Mustaches post, astounded me with his wide range of style over the years. While I never found photos of him with a true beard, I found these two “almost” beards.

The “soul patch” (1982)

The “fake” beard (1987)

(I’d love to hear the story behind this one)

We sincerely hope you have enjoyed this stroll down Multnomah’s “memory lane” - a true tribute to Cinco De Mustache.

Cheers!

Link to:
part one | part two

As mentioned in Wednesday’s post, Cinco De Mustache inspired us to conduct a “treasure hunt” of sorts to uncover some of Multnomah’s most notorious faculty mustaches. Here’s what we found.

Dr. Rex Koivisto

Then… (1985 and 1987)

Now… (2005)

Dr. Daniel Scalberg

Then… (1984, 1985, and 1986)

Now… (2006)

Dave Jongeward

Then… (1985, 1986, and 1993)

Now… (2006)

Dr. Ray Lubeck

Then… (1993 and ?)

Now… (2006)

Dr. Garry Friesen

Then… (1993)

Now… (2006)



Dr. Wayne Strickland

Then… (1993 and ?)

Now… (2007)



Dr. Daniel Lockwood

Then… (1982, 1985, 1986, and 1987)

Now… (2007)

As you can see from the “then” and “now” photos, some of Multnomah’s historical mustaches don’t strictly reside in the past; some of our distinguished faculty still sport them today. While mustaches do have their place in the history books, growing one is the same, God-given talent it’s always been. All that’s changed is the way they’re worn.

Keep an eye out for our final installment in this three-part series. In the meantime, I’ll sign off with this 2003 photo of current faculty member Tom Hauff…

Cheers!

Link to:
part one | part three

The tradition started in the fall of 2003, thanks to Multnomah alumnus and former RA Devin Chapman. Every November 5th, the men of Multnomah Bible College celebrate the sacred holiday “Cinco De Mustache.” Ok, it’s not really sacred, but Cinco De Mustache does take more preparation than most holidays. During the month of October, men of Multnomah abstain from shaving to allow the maximum amount of facial hair to grow…

…raw material that lays an important foundation for a truly impressive mustache.

The Shaving Party
On the night before November 5th, they hold a “shaving party” where they trim away excess facial hair in order to sculpt the perfect ’stache.

It is customary, after forming their mustaches, to sing the Cinco De Mustache song outside the women’s dorm:

Aye, yai, yai, yai
Cinco De Mustache
The men who are hip
They wear hair on their lip
They don’t use a razor
They don’t give a rip
It grows and grows and grows
So let your mustache show
Aye, yai, yai, yai
Cinco De Mustache (2x)

The Big Day
On Cinco De Mustache, participants (and some faculty) all sit together in the JCA for the “Gentleman’s Lunch,” raise their glasses for the “Milk Mustache Toast,” and sing the Cinco De Mustache theme song again. This usually brings a lot of laughs (and strange looks) from the ladies, staff, and faculty. The guys don’t mind, though, because a mustache is something to be proud of.

Special Thanks to student Kaitlin Handley (who hopes to scrub this from her memory soon) for the above vid!

And another version from a cell phone on Multnomah’s YouTube Channel:

Paying Homage
They even pay homage to faculty member Ray Lubeck, who has become an icon (maybe even a mascot) of sorts, due to his own impressive mustache. He’s a real-life example of mustache longevity.

In other facial hair news…coincidence?
It seems this time of year is the best time to think about facial hair. It is a little-known fact that November is National Beard Month, where men across the nation are encouraged to prepare for the cold, winter weather by growing a beard. In fact, just as I was preparing for this post on Monday, I discovered another blog that decided to pay tribute to the “20 manliest mustaches and beards in facial hair history.”

Inspired
Cinco De Mustache, National Beard Month, and the above mentioned tribute to facial hair got us feeling nostalgic. In keeping with tradition, we’re preparing a couple of special followup posts in the same vein. As always, stay tuned… you won’t want to miss this!

Cheers!

Link to:
part two | part three