Alumni

December 1, 1996

Stan Suyat, ’66, became a Peace Corps advocate for life

Stan Suyat continues to spread the good word about the Peace Corps as the corps' associate director for management.


September 1, 1996

Yvonne Cagle, ’85, makes the cut for astronaut training

Yvonne Cagle, 37, was among 35 astronaut candidates who began a 1 1/2-year-long training program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.


June 1, 1996

The ‘G’ Man

Fate, fortitude and frustration were part of the path to a Nobel Prize for Alumnus of the Year Martin Rodbell.


Ray Clough, ’42, wins renown as earthquake expert

A 1942 graduate of the UW civil engineering program, Ray Clough was presented with a National Medal of Science by President Clinton.


March 1, 1996

‘I want to move people,’ says filmmaker Mark Keegan, ’80

"I want to entertain, educate, inspire and move. To enhance our lives after we walk out of the theater."


December 1, 1995

Don Pierce, ’39, is one of country music’s founding fathers

Don Pierce has owned several record companies and produced the first recordings of stars such as George Jones and Willie Nelson.


September 1, 1995

Mike Luckovich, ’82, draws attention as Pulitzer-winning cartoonist

Cartoonist Mike Luckovich, who is internationally syndicated, has received virtually every major award in his field.


Actor finds his voice

Now, he is a star on one of the highest rated television shows in the land. But not that long ago, Richard Karn was on the brink of being expelled.


June 1, 1995

Cleaning Everest

Brent Bishop's five-member team orchestrated the removal of more than 5,000 pounds of garbage from Mount Everest.


Stamped in history

Mitchell Romero, 26, appears in a postage stamp commemorating 25 years of Peace Corps volunteerism in Swaziland.


March 1, 1995

Ernest Conrad, 1914-1995

Ernest M. Conrad was a 1940 graduate who pushed the UW campus boundaries while preserving its beauty.


December 1, 1994

Nobel laureate

Martin Rodbell was honored for research on G proteins, a key component of the communication system that regulates cellular activity.


Hollywood expert

Osborne is a longtime columnist for the Hollywood Reporter, host of a movie classic series on the Turner Channel, and author of eight books chronicling the Academy Awards.


September 1, 1994

Bolcom returns

Bolcom, '58, returned to the UW for a two-week residency with his wife, noted mezzo­-soprano Joan Morris.


June 1, 1994

Being black at UW

To preserve the memories of other African-American students, we interviewed black alumni who went here during the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s.


Calling the shots

William Foege, a 1961 graduate of the UW School of Medicine, has been named the 1994 UW Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus.


In charge at BPA

Randall W. Hardy, '72, is working to meet the power needs in the rapidly growing Pacific Northwest.


March 1, 1994

Theater maven

Linda Hartzell is now the artistic director of the Seattle Children's Theatre and an internationally recognized voice in the field.


December 1, 1993

Animals’ best friend

UW alumnus Michael Hutchins administers the captive breeding program for the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums.


September 1, 1993

Bringing words to life

The experience of Seattle's children—and that of children everywhere—is warmer and wiser because of Beverly Cleary's work.