Riverside—The entire UC Riverside community is mourning the loss of the patriarch of UC Riverside Athletics, Dr. Frank "Lindy" Lindeburg, who passed away Thursday, November 9.

A memorial service is scheduled for Sunday, December 3 at the UC Riverside Alumni & Visitors Center beginning at 1 pm.

One of the university's original hires, Lindy greeted the first 126 students who stepped on UCR's campus in February, 1954 as the university's head men's basketball coach, men's golf coach and assistant football coach. He also served as the faculty adviser to that first class of students, and helped them lay the C on the side of the Box Springs Mountain overlooking campus.

Lindy would later assume the mantle of athletics director, and under his watchful eye, the Highlanders athletics programs moved from NAIA, to Division II, to the CCCA; instituted academic aid for student-athletes eventually transitioning to full-fledged athletics scholarships; and won three national championships in volleyball and two in baseball.

Lindy was elected into the UC Riverside Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011 alongside six of the greatest coaches in Highlanders' history—Ray Dalke, Don Edwards, Sue Gozansky, John Masi, Chris Rinne and Jack Smitheran—all of whom were hired under Lindy's watchful eye, and benefited from his guidance (View Highlights from the 2011 Hall of Fame celebration).