A part-time activity turned into a passion for Jack Folliard (born Jan 15, 1948), who spent many a weekend traveling from Portland to cities far and wide to officiate football games – all the way up 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 football and basketball games. In 1982, he reached the Division I college ranked in football with the Pacific-10 Conference in 1982. Folliard combined his work as a medical defense trial lawyer with officiating and did so for some three decades.
He moved through different positions as a collegiate officiting until he put on the white hat as a referee, the leader of the crew, in 2002. Jack worked 17 college bowl games, and was the referee for the 2007 College National Championship game between Florida and Ohio State. During many of those years, Folliard continued to work high school games. He started the Oregon Athletic Officials Association and served as Pac-12 Conference supervisor of officials.
Folliard stayed fit for the physical challenge of officiating by skiing and running. He has competed 
in the Hood to Coast Relay multiple times. That level of fitness helped him avoid serious injury when he was bowled over on a kickoff at Arizona State in 2012.
Jack Folliard is a member of the Lewis & Clark Hall of Fame and received a lifetime Sport and Achievement award from the OSAA. He also has served on the Board of Directors of Oregon Special Olympics