Ola J. Ordal (August 2, 1870 – December 27, 1936) was an American teacher, pastor, and the fifth president of Pacific Lutheran College. Ordal received his education in the grammar schools of South Dakota, later attending the Lutheran Normal School at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He then taught in the public school of Story County, Iowa. He received his A.B. degree from Luther College in 1898 and three years later completed his studies at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota. His first pastorate was at New Whatcom, now Bellingham, Washington. From there he moved to Red Wing Minnesota.