A part-time activity turned into a passion for Jack Folliard (b. Jan 15, 1948), who spent many a weekend traveling from Portland to cities far and wide to officiate football games – all the way to the collegiate national championship.

Folliard grew up in Lake Oswego and was on the way to a law degree at Law at Lewis & Clark when he first officiated a youth basketball game in 1969. Soon, he added youth football, then high school games and reached the Pacific-10 Conference in 1982 for football.

Folliard began legal work as a trial lawyer, and did that for nearly three decades. He moved through the levels of officiating to that of the white hat, who manages the microphone during games. He worked 17 college bowl games, and was the white hat for the 2007 College National Championship game between Florida and Ohio State. During many of those years, Folliard also refereed high school games, and became the director of the Oregon Athletic Officials Association