alumni
September 1, 1997
Alumni giving reaches record heights
Alumni gifts rose 10 percent in 1996-7 compared to 1995-96.
Patrick Duffy, ’71, spent more time on stage than in class
No entertainer can escape dying on stage every now and then. But Patrick Duffy, '71, is one of the few actors who has come back from the dead.
June 1, 1997
Art and resilience
The 1997 UW Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus and pioneer in photorealism survived a spinal blood clot to paint again.
Victor Mills, ’26, is the man who invented Pampers
Through his ingenuity, Victor Mills, '26, touched the lives—or at least the behinds—of just about every American born in the past generation.
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.
John Morefield, making a difference in children’s education
John Morefield is taking his work to a higher pulpit as an elementary district coordinator for Seattle schools.
December 1, 1996
Now 100, Mary Helen Whitlock attended UW at a turbulent time
When Mary Helen Whitlock was a student at the University of Washington, Woodrow Wilson was president. World War I was about to start.
Stan Suyat, ’66, became a Peace Corps advocate for life
Stan Suyat continues to spread the good word about the Peace Corps as the corps' associate director for management.
September 1, 1996
Yvonne Cagle, ’85, makes the cut for astronaut training
Yvonne Cagle, 37, was among 35 astronaut candidates who began a 1 1/2-year-long training program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
June 1, 1996
The ‘G’ Man
Fate, fortitude and frustration were part of the path to a Nobel Prize for Alumnus of the Year Martin Rodbell.
Ray Clough, ’42, wins renown as earthquake expert
A 1942 graduate of the UW civil engineering program, Ray Clough was presented with a National Medal of Science by President Clinton.
March 1, 1996
‘I want to move people,’ says filmmaker Mark Keegan, ’80
"I want to entertain, educate, inspire and move. To enhance our lives after we walk out of the theater."
December 1, 1995
Don Pierce, ’39, is one of country music’s founding fathers
Don Pierce has owned several record companies and produced the first recordings of stars such as George Jones and Willie Nelson.
September 1, 1995
Actor finds his voice
Now, he is a star on one of the highest rated television shows in the land. But not that long ago, Richard Karn was on the brink of being expelled.
June 1, 1995
Cleaning Everest
Brent Bishop's five-member team orchestrated the removal of more than 5,000 pounds of garbage from Mount Everest.
Stamped in history
Mitchell Romero, 26, appears in a postage stamp commemorating 25 years of Peace Corps volunteerism in Swaziland.
March 1, 1995
Ernest Conrad, 1914-1995
Ernest M. Conrad was a 1940 graduate who pushed the UW campus boundaries while preserving its beauty.
December 1, 1994
Nobel laureate
Martin Rodbell was honored for research on G proteins, a key component of the communication system that regulates cellular activity.
Hollywood expert
Osborne is a longtime columnist for the Hollywood Reporter, host of a movie classic series on the Turner Channel, and author of eight books chronicling the Academy Awards.
September 1, 1994
Bolcom returns
Bolcom, '58, returned to the UW for a two-week residency with his wife, noted mezzo-soprano Joan Morris.