- “Proud are we of mighty Medfield, Alma Mater dear. All your sons and daughters hail to thee, Medfield College of Technology, And while we hold your banner high. Rah! Rah! We shout your praises to the sky! Rah! Rah! For proud are we of mighty Medfield, Loyally we cheer Medfield! Medfield! Rah! Rah! Rah! Our Alma Mater dear.”
- ―Medfield's "Fight Song"
Medfield College of Technology or more simply Medfield College is a fictional college originating from The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) which has appeared in various science-fiction Disney comedies.
Description[]
Medfield College is a college in the town of Medfield, Massachusetts. Their school is related to multiple notable inventors. The school has some affiliation to the Imagination Institute and their pavilion in EPCOT, while it is rivals with Rutledge College.
Staff[]
- Dean Higgins: An uptight dean who frequently had problems with student Dexter Riley. He was also a member of the Imagination Institute.
- Philip Brainard: An absent-minded professor who invented the robot Weebo, and sentient material Flubber. He was also a member of the Imagination Institute.
History[]
Background[]
Medfield was presumably active in the late 1960s-1970s when genius inventor Dexter Riley was a student. Around the 1990s, professor Philip Brainard invented, "Flubber". By around this time, the college had some connection to the Imagination Institute in Medfield of which Dean Higgins, Dexter Riley and Professor Brainard were members.
Appearances[]
The Medfield letterman jacket
Journey Into Imagination with Figment[]
Dean Jones and Philip Brainard are both Imagination Institute members, along with student Dexter Riley. A Medfield letterman jacket appears in an office on the ride.
Walt Disney World Railroad[]
A chalkboard mentions an arriving train from Medfield, nearby a train leaving for Medfield's rival of Rutledge.[1]
Trivia[]
- Imagination Institute member Wilby Daniels lived in the town of Medfield though it is unknown if he attended.
- A location called, "Medfield Park" is referenced in Buena Vista Street.[2]