Hall of Fame
Dr. Loren Blickenstaff '52 was twice named to the All-KCAC first team in basketball (1951 and 1952) plus was named to 1951 All-KCAC football first team as a defensive tackle. One-half of the Blickenstaff brother combination out of Nampa, Idaho, Loren set the McPherson College single season basketball scoring record with 336 points in 22 games as a senior after missing the old record by just two points as a junior when he scored 290. Blickenstaff also set the school record for free throws made (113) and blocked shots (50) in a season in addition to single game records for field goals made (12) and points scored (25). Following his graduation from McPherson College with a degree in chemistry, Blickenstaff earned his doctorate of medicine from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1956. He later did advanced studies in orthopedics at Walter Reed Army Medical Center before serving as a battalion surgeon and Chief of Orthopedics for the U.S. Army at bases in California and Korea. At the conclusion of his army career, Blickenstaff returned to his home state of Idaho and a private practice in orthopedic medicine in Boise from 1967 through 1990. Author of a text entitled Stress Fractures, he made presentations to the Northwest Orthopedic Society as well as the American Orthopedic Society, and served as president of the Idaho State Orthopedic Society. Blickenstaff has served as president of the Boise State University Athletic Booster Club and as a member of the Boise State University Foundation Board. Still a competitor, Blickenstaff shot a round of golf of 68 at the Hillcrest Country Club in Boise this past June at the age of 71.