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Seattle, age 61, April 19. • BARBARA WILLIAMS SACKETT, ’77, Bellevue, age 86, May 15. • JESSIMAI STRANGE, ’77, Lake Forest Park, age 80, May 25. • JOEL ALLEN BARBER JR., ’79, Mount Vernon, age 81, April 8. • GARY LEE BARRETT, ’80, ’82, Shoreline, age 65, June 22. • DIANE MARIE KIRILUK, ’81, Normandy Park, age 52, May 3. • DOUGLAS FRANN BROWN, ’82, Vashon, age 59, May 31. • ROBERT SCOTT FITZSIMMONS, ’82, Seattle, age 50, April 25. • S. HUNTER ENG, ’83, Mercer Island, age 61, April 18. • LESLIE ANN RISSBERGER, ’85, Sammamish, age 50, May 4. • KARL W. SCHNEIDER, ’85, Vancouver, age 47, Feb. 11. • KIMBERLY HIATT, ’86, Seattle, age 50, April 3. • CRAIG ROBERT NELSON, ’86, Index, age 56, March 26. • BRENDA K. PAHMEIER, ’86, Seattle, age 52, April 12. • VALERIE CLAIRE (ORAVETZ) WOLCOTT, ’86, Seattle, age 48, May 1. • MICHAEL R. KESSLER, ’88, Mercer Island, age 45, May 4. • SUSAN KAY (EKEN) BROCKERT, ’90, Bellevue, age 44, May 24. • BONNIE CAMPBELL HILL, ’91, Edmonds, age 56, May 10. • MICHAEL KENT PEARCE, ’94, Seattle, age 47. • ANNE REBECCA FIDLER, ’95, Seattle, age 53, June 9. • JAMES A.H. WALSH, ’96, Rye, N.H., age 44, April 20. • DMITRY V. DANCHEV, ’01, Seattle, age 35. • ANITA NEOMAHAVONG, ’09, Renton, age 25, May 17.
A PASSION FOR PURPLE DIANE GAMBLE 1937-2011 Diane Gamble, ’59, whose passion for business was matched by her devotion to the University of Washington, died June 14. She was 73. Gamble, who earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, was one of the most dedicated philanthropists and volunteers the University of Washington Alumni Association has ever had. Along with her husband, Lex, ’59, Gamble was honored in 2010 with the UWAA Distinguished Service Award. For the past 37 years, the Gambles (right) have opened their home in Chappaqua, N.Y., to host UWAA Salmon Barbecues. Katherine Koberg, ’75, editor in chief of Seattle Metropolitan magazine, was a big fan of the salmon barbecues. “When I was fresh out of UW and living hand to mouth on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the late 1970s, there was no greater treat than to attend the annual alumni salmon bake at the Gambles’ home,” she said. As a businesswoman, Gamble served as president and CEO of Link Resources, Inc., a firm specializing in emerging communications technologies. After that, she was an executive of several research departments in the Walt Disney Company and ABC. — Katie Melton PHOTO COURTESY TEAM PHOTOGENIC
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