Obituaries
June 1, 1999
Tragedy in Africa
Deena Umbarger, '90, an international relief worker in Africa, was shot and killed March 20 in a remote area near the border between Kenya and Somalia. She was 35.
March 1, 1999
Lauren Donaldson, 1903-1998
Lauren Donaldson, '31, was a pioneer in fish genetics whose work revolutionized the study of salmon and helped build the UW fisheries program into a world-class institution.
December 1, 1998
J. Scott Briar dies
J. Scott Briar led the University of Washington School of Social Work in what colleagues called its "golden period."
June 1, 1998
George Hitchings dies
George Hitchings, '27, '28, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1988 for pharmaceutical research that led to the creation of drugs and eventually made organ transplants possible.
Jack Ehrig dies
Civic leader and former UW Alumni Association President Jack Ehrig, '52, died March 23 while vacationing in Arizona.
March 1, 1998
Carol Eastman dies at 56
Carol Eastman was a respected anthropology professor, graduate school dean and administrator who served the University of Washington for 27 years.
George Tsutakawa, 1910-1998
George Tsutakawa was a longtime art professor at the University of Washington who was one of the Pacific Northwest's most talented and prolific artists.
December 1, 1997
Charles Horsky dies
Charles A. Horsky, '31, was a UW debate team star who went on to become a presidential adviser and was instrumental in the creation of the Kennedy Center and other Washington, D.C., institutions.
September 1, 1997
James Sneddon captured UW history through his lens
James Sneddon, '63, '70, captured the people and events of the University of Washington on film for more than three decades as the University's chief photographer.
George Aagaard, 1913-1997
George N. Aagaard served as the second dean of the University of Washington medical school during its formative years.
June 1, 1997
Gregory Falls, 1922-1997
Gregory A. Falls was a former chair of the UW School of Drama who is credited with creating Seattle's vibrant theater scene.
March 1, 1997
Leslianne Shedd, ’90, a victim of crash of hijacked airliner
Leslianne Shedd fulfilled a lifelong ambition to work in foreign service by joining the U.S. State Department right after graduating.
December 1, 1996
Longtime ‘Voice of the Huskies’ Reeves dies at 89
G. Spencer "Spence" Reeves was the University of Washington public address sports announcer known as the "Voice of the Huskies" for nearly two decades.
Medical School dean, wife and guides killed in Nepal
The Fialkows had been vacationing in Nepal on a trek with six guides to visit the 800-year-old Tse Gomba Buddhist monastery.
September 1, 1996
Donald Bevan, key figure in UW School of Fisheries, dies at 75
Donald Bevan helped lead the University of Washington School of Fisheries to national prominence and worked to save the Northwest salmon from extinction.
June 1, 1996
J. Hans Lehmann, 1912-1996
J. Hans Lehman fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s and went on to serve as a faculty member and regent at the University of Washington.
March 1, 1996
Leon Lishner, who made his mark on opera stage, dies at 82
Leon Lishner was a former University of Washington professor whose bass voice made him famous on opera stages worldwide.
December 1, 1995
Kathy Niccolls, 1948-1995
Kathy Niccolls Peterson served as the adviser to the UW's student body presidents from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
September 1, 1995
Robert Waldo, 1923-1995
Robert Waldo, '46, devoted more than 30 years to helping chart the course for the University of Washington.
June 1, 1995
Arthur Bestor dies
Arthur Bestor was one of the nation's leading authorities on constitutional law and a UW history professor from 1962 to 1976.