Obituaries
March 1, 2003
Astronaut mourned
Astronaut Michael P. Anderson, ’81, who died Feb. 1 when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas, was intent on going into space ever since he was a little boy.
December 1, 2002
Lucile Thompson, 1912-2002
Lucile Thompson was the first president of the Alumnae Board, the most prolific scholarship fund-raising club of the UW Alumni Association.
David Tapper, 1945-2002
David Tapper, surgeon-in-chief at Children’s Hospital and one of Seattle’s most prominent kidney surgeons, died July 23 after a three-year struggle with kidney cancer.
September 1, 2002
Marc Lindenberg, 1945-2002
Marc Lindenberg was dean of the UW’s Daniel Evans School of Public Affairs and an influential scholar and practitioner in humanitarian relief and international development.
June 1, 2002
Hans Neurath, 1909-2002
Hans Neurath was one of the towering figures in the field of biochemistry and the founding chairman of the biochemistry department at the University of Washington.
William Dwyer, 1929-2002
William L. Dwyer, ’52, a preeminent figure in the Northwest legal community during a career that spanned nearly half a century, died after a two-year battle with lung cancer.
March 1, 2002
Bill Bissell, 1931-2001
Bill Bissell directed the University of Washington Husky Marching Band for 24 years and helped create the sporting event staple known as “The Wave.”
December 1, 2001
Remember the Huskies
On a trip that turned into a tragedy, a plane crash took the lives of 16 UW alumni and fans.
September 1, 2001
Dick Erickson, 1935-2001
Dick Erickson, ’58, was a Husky Hall of Fame rower who coached the Husky varsity crew for 20 years and spent nearly four decades serving the UW athletic department.
Emmett Watson, 1918-2001
Emmett Watson, ’42, spent more than 50 years as an outspoken Seattle newspaper columnist chronicling life in his native city.
June 1, 2001
Samuel J. Stroum, 1921-2001
Samuel J. Stroum was a self-made Seattle businessman and philanthropist who provided generous financial support for the University of Washington and served 13 years on the UW Board of Regents.
March 1, 2001
Howie Odell, 1910-2000
Howie Odell who coached the Husky football program from 1948-1952.
December 1, 2000
Hermann Pundt, 1927-2000
Hermann Pundt was a professor of architecture and art history at the University of Washington for 32 years.
September 1, 2000
Paul Heyne dies
Economics Lecturer Paul Theodore Heyne did not let his diagnosis with kidney cancer get in the way of his love for teaching.
Jacob Lawrence, 1917-2000
Jacob Lawrence rose from a rough childhood to become one of America's most passionate chroniclers of the African-American experience.
June 1, 2000
Roy Cummings dies at 59
Roy Cummings, '61, was a trumpet and jazz-studies instructor at the UW School of Music.
March 1, 2000
Stephen Nord dies
Stephen Edward Nord, '52, touched the lives of thousands of students in his long career in the Department of Student Affairs.
December 1, 1999
Botany legend dies
Bastiaan J.D. Meeuse was a UW botany professor whose five decades of research on the exotic but stinky voodoo lily resulted in numerous contributions to science.
September 1, 1999
Waldo Semon dies at 100
He wasn't a government leader, or someone who cured diseases, but Waldo L. Semon, '20, '24, had a profound effect on our lives that carries on to this very day.