veterans
October 28, 2024
Distinguished veteran
The highly decorated veteran, surgeon and professor considers the DAVA among his greatest achievements.
November 25, 2023
At peace with the past
Decades after serving in the Vietnam War, Dr. Mike Fey made peace with his past by developing a dental curriculum in Hanoi.
October 30, 2023
Community servant
According to Dr. John Hess, this year's Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award (DAVA) recipient, service is a way of life.
August 29, 2023
Everyone belongs here
As the first UW graduate not from the Seattle campus to serve as president of the UWAA Board of Trustees, Joe Davis took a path less traveled.
June 25, 2023
Honoring our veterans
Stories of members of the UW community who have served in the armed forces.
January 24, 2023
Deep mud, both feet
UW student veterans and Vietnam veterans travel to Vietnam to experience the duality of war and find the path to peace.
October 28, 2022
Service on his terms
Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award recipient Michael Kilmer is now a leader in Veterans Affairs 20 years after being forced out of the Coast Guard.
September 11, 2021
Friend to veterans
Dentistry professor Theresa Cheng leads a nonprofit organization that connects veterans with resources and employment opportunities.
June 10, 2021
A dog-gone great idea
Bill Perkins' nonprofit organization employs people in prisons to train service dogs for veterans.
March 30, 2020
Small-business booster
A UW program to help Washington small businesses owned by people of color, women and veterans has expanded to 13 cities across the country.
February 27, 2019
War heroes of Walla Walla
A new World War II Memorial honors approximately 3,800 men and women who answered the call of duty.
October 26, 2018
A life in service
For her legacy of service that continues to this day in a volunteer capacity, the University of Washington presented Patti Taylor the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award.
December 1, 2017
A veteran’s quest
Ray Emory, the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award recipient, has worked for decades to identify the remains of those lost at Pearl Harbor.
December 15, 2016
Man of honor
Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, ’80, receives the 2016 UW Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award.
September 1, 2016
Cultivating peace
Christopher Brown, ’16, a Marine combat veteran, works alongside men and women veterans from all military branches. With them in mind, he co-founded Growing Veterans, a nonprofit farm that grows produce for farmers markets and food banks.
March 1, 2016
Editot's Eye: Grateful
Each name on the UW's World War II memorial tells a story of sacrifice.
December 1, 2015
Distinguished Alumni Veteran
Grethe Cammermeyer, ’76, ’91, challenged the ban on gays in the military and, eventually, she won.
December 1, 2014
Veteran answered the call
For his service, Richard Layton was honored with the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award.
March 1, 2014
‘We will come back for you’
Haunted by the deaths of two soldiers in a bunker he designed, Rich Kirchner returns to Vietnam to find his fallen comrades.
December 1, 2013
Witness to history
For his service during World War II, Charles Matthaei was named the 2013 UW Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award recipient.
March 1, 2013
Power of storytelling
A W.B. Yeats quote greets soldiers as they enter the classroom of Shawn Wong at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on a frosty, fall morning: “Write about yourself when you are most like yourself.”
December 1, 2012
Call to duty
Herb M. Bridge, ’47, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral retired, is the first recipient of the UW’s newly established Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award.
September 1, 2012
A hero's lessons
In combat, you learn quickly: life is too short. As a war reporter, I often turn to our nation’s Medal of Honor recipients, not only for advice on surviving the frontlines but also on leading a meaningful life.
September 1, 2010
Damaging waves
A team of UW and Veterans Affairs researchers has gathered the first direct evidence that blast waves from roadside bombs can cause long-term changes in soldiers’ brains.
December 1, 2009
Editor's Eye: Everyday heroes
Devotion to making this world a better place seems to be in the DNA of alumni, staff and faculty at the UW.
The caretaker
Each Memorial Day, a friend of Bob Leisy from Queen Anne High School parks a can of beer and an affectionate note to the friend lost in war. Perhaps that tradition of messages began with Leisy himself.
September 1, 2009
Honoring heroes
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2009, the University of Washington will dedicate a Medal of Honor memorial, recognizing eight alumni recipients.
December 1, 2008
Edwin O. Guthman, 1919-2008
Before earning the Silver Star, Purple Heart and Pulitzer Prize, Edwin O. Guthman earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington.
June 1, 2007
$100,000 for memorial
Students, alumni and friends of the UW have raised more than $100,000 for a memorial to former UW students who have received the Medal of Honor, ASUW President Cullen White announced April 9.
March 1, 2007
Memorial moves ahead
Last April the Student Senate passed a resolution urging the creation of a Medal of Honor memorial and now ASUW leaders are launching a $100,000 fund drive to make it happen.
June 1, 2005
Loss and recovery
Harborview Medical Center sees approximately 150 amputation cases a year. More than half of these surgeries come from traumatic injuries, as opposed to the disease- and age-related amputations done at most hospitals. As a result, Harborview is nationally recognized as a leader in amputation technology and techniques.
To Baghdad and back
Conducting elections in Iraq was deadly business, says the UW alumnus in charge of Baghdad security, but its outcome is changing the U.S. military, Iraq and the Middle East.
Bronze Star finally comes
When Emanuel “Sonny” Marks saw a recent article announcing that certain combat veterans were still eligible for the Bronze Star, he figured there was no harm in inquiring. And that’s how he came to receive the medal in the mail on Jan. 10, more than 60 years after he earned it.