Medfield College Medfield College Medfield College is a fictitious college used as the setting for several films by The Walt Disney Company. Among them are the two "Professor Brainard" movies, "The Absent-Minded Professor" (1961) and "Son of Flubber" (1963); and the "Dexter Reilly" trilogy: "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" (1969), "Now You See Him, Now You Don't" (1972), and "The Strongest Man in the World" (1975); as well as the remake of "The Absent-Minded Professor", "Flubber" (1997). The town of Medfield, the location of Medfield College, was the setting for another Disney film, "The Shaggy D.A." (1976), implying Medfield was also the
George Wilson McPhail times due to health problems. He started in Prince George County, Virginia before moving to Buckingham, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Virginia, and finally the Brainard church in Easton, Pennsylvania. While at the Brainard church, in 1857, he was elected as president of nearby Lafayette College where he served until 1863. While at Lafayette, McPhail worked with Francis March, who was previously appointed as an instructor to the school under the tutelage of former president Daniel V. McLean, on recommendation from McPhail. March, a revolutionary academic, was the first individual to teach English in a college setting, and McPhail was instrumental in creating