People

June 1, 1993

Guest at Commencement

Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar, '71, '75, will be the guest speaker at the University of Washington's 118th Commencement ceremonies.

March 1, 1993

Insights on race

"The challenge for America is how to live in peace with its different people. If that's not solved, the country is really in trouble."

A matter of degrees

Overhauling undergraduate education won't be easy, but the UW has already made an important start.

December 1, 1992

‘Father’ of the 747

Joseph Sutter, who received a degree in aeronautical engineering from the UW in 1943, holds the unofficial title of "father" of the Boeing 747.

Professors share Nobel

The discovery of a regulatory mechanism affecting almost all cells led to Nobel honors for two UW professors.

September 1, 1992

Fame came late

Peg Phillips plays the endearing shopkeeper, Ruth Anne, on the hit TV show Northern Exposure.

A bachelor's at 98

The UW awarded Ethel Londelius a bachelor's degree in home economics, 77 years after she first enrolled.

America on the rocks

The president is the country’s premier political leader, but he also is the nation’s top CEO, running a multitrillion-dollar enterprise.

June 1, 1992

9 for 1992

Faculty and students have come up with a list of nine exceptional people who have dedicated themselves to the University's teaching and public service missions.

Foley behind the headlines

Speaker of the House Thomas Foley has led a distinguished career. Here’s a personal look at the UW’s alumnus of the year.

Olympic medalist

The first American woman to win a medal in the Olympics downhill since 1976 is UW student Hilary Lindh.

March 1, 1992

The innocent eye

Collage artist Richard Kehl wants his students to take a fresh look at the world.

Angelo Pellegrini dies

Angelo Pellegrini's books include "The Unprejudiced Palate," "Wine and the Good Life," "The Food-Lover's Garden," and "Lean Years, Happy Years."

Song for the roses

Jack Gladstone, '82 includes "Pasadena Free For All" among 15 songs in his second album entitled "In the Shadow of Mt. Lassen."

December 1, 1991

Movie memories

Fritz Apking retired after 30 years in Hollywood, most of it spent as a stunt double.

A view to a coup

A relaxing UW alumni cruise suddenly became a glimpse into the second Russian revolution.

Marathon man

Jeffrey Dutton, a 3:30 marathon runner and 1991 UW medical school graduate, obtains all his nutrition from fluid that is pumped into his body through a shunt.

September 1, 1991

Ann Rule, ’53

A former policewoman, Ann Rule began writing true-detective crime in 1968, after a divorce left her with four children to support.

Zoller’s gift

It's not Hollywood fiction, but the true story of a UW professor whose brain injury forced him to start life over.

Buried memories

Our remembrances of things past—even of child abuse—may be more fiction than fact, says one UW professor.