People

March 1, 1990

Black and white film headshot of Bonnie Dunbar in astronaut uniform

Dunbar at helm

UW alum Bonnie Dunbar, '71, '75, was the astronaut-in-charge Jan. 12 when the crew of the space shuttle Columbia successfully retrieved a satellite.

Headshot of Tracy King, a white-haired man in a grey suit with his arms crossed

The King years

Tracy King retires as alumni director after 10 years of remarkable growth.

A large crowd stands near and on top of the Berlin wall

Revolution on film

“Communism in Crisis: The Second Revolution” is the brainchild of UW International Studies Professor Herbert Ellison.

December 1, 1989

Gorbachev as reformer

A UW expert assesses the historic changes Mikhail Gorbachev has brought to the Soviet Union.

Soviet students arrive

A unique U.S.-U.S.S.R. student ex­change is underway after more than 16 years of planning.

September 1, 1989

Chinese students anxious

Students from China studying at the UW were living in limbo long before the Chinese government's June 4 crackdown in Beijing. Now they live in fear as well.

Husky Stadium seating switch

UW officials have blown the whistle on the traditional scramble for seats in the student sections of Husky Stadium, where “Husky Fever” was reaching the boiling point in the last few years. While some rowdy behavior has always been present, starting in 1986, seat-saving fights, alcohol use, body-passing, and other dangerous behavior began to escalate....

Atronaut tackles tech at UW

George "Pinky" Nelson spent 11 years as a shuttle astronaut before joining the UW as assistant provost and professor.