People
December 1, 1998
Brain drain
Some top UW professors are leaving, and more will follow if nothing is done about the faculty pay gap.
Call of the wild
He wanted to be a painter. Instead, Art Wolfe broke the boundaries of nature photography, turning it into an art form.
Spanish war hero
Bob Reed, '65, '67, says he is not a hero, but don't tell the Spanish government he said so.
J. Scott Briar dies
J. Scott Briar led the University of Washington School of Social Work in what colleagues called its "golden period."
Top freshmen
The smartest freshman class in the history of the University of Washington walked through classroom doors Sept. 28 as 35,108 students started the 1998-99 school year.
Our ‘Black Sheep’
There aren't many UW alumni who win the Medal of Honor, write a best-selling book and have Robert Conrad portray them in a TV series. In fact, there is only one.
September 1, 1998
Touchable art
Georgia Gerber, '82, who has become one of the most well-known and sought-after bronze sculptors in America.
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.
Dream come true
Michael Anderson had wanted to fly since he was 3 years old, when he got his first toy airplane. In January, he was a mission specialist aboard the world's most sophisticated machine.
Jack Ehrig dies
Civic leader and former UW Alumni Association President Jack Ehrig, '52, died March 23 while vacationing in Arizona.
Best of 1998
The UW is honoring the best teachers, staff members and volunteers in an expanded awards program for 1998.
Off the bench
Minorities and women are often left out of the science talent pool, says the UW's alumna of the year. It's time for a different game plan.
March 1, 1998
Bonded by research
While research expands knowledge, it also forges bonds between professors and students that can't be broken by fires, disabilities or even death.
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.
Rhonda Smith, ’95, lives her dream of playing pro basketball in Seattle
Rhonda Smith, 25, is finishing up her second season playing for the hometown Seattle Reign of the American Basketball League.
December 1, 1997
Seeing red
Fifty years ago, a hearing on “un-American” activities tore the UW campus apart, setting a precedent for faculty firings across academe.
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.
Student who soared
As a teen-ager, Brian Sternberg flew higher than any human being on his own power. Now, for nearly three and a half decades, he has been in a wheelchair and in excruciating pain.
Writers’ bloc
With its top ten ranking and its core of prize-winning faculty, the UW creative writing program is a rising star of literary America.