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Persistence, and friendship, pay off.

As a senior, Carlisle arrived early to campus because he drove a school bus. To fill in his time between bus schedules and before classes began, Carlisle would work in the cafeteria.

"I traded my 4.0 GPA for my wife ... I’d make the same deal all over again.”

Couple connects with anonymous waves in the early morning hours.

Dale and Helen’s story of Pacific-based love is slightly different than most. Dr. Dale A. Bevier, a 1957 graduate of the School of Optometry, was raised in upstate New York and transferred to Pacific from West Virginia Wesleyan College in the fall of 1953.

Howard and Grace make up just one of 51�Թ�'s nearly 950 alumni couples.

Joel and Alisa were already dating before they came to 51�Թ� but they share their memory of his proposal to her on the steps of Old College Hall.

Phillip and Janette met at 51�Թ� and are now married with children.

Herbert shares how he met his wife Kristina at the bookstore. He was working, wearing a badge that said, “Let me help you.” So he walked up to Kristina and said, “See this badge? Let me help you!” They were married his senior year.

Forrest said the most significant result of having matriculated at 51�Թ� is that of having met and married the woman who became, and still is, his wife— Rosemary Joubert.

Mike was a junior at 51�Թ� and a teacher's assistant for the math department.

Caleb and Kasey met the day before school started freshman year at Pacific, during the Fall of 2009.