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Anthony Cruz, ’06, is the UW Bothell Alumni Council Chair for 2008-09 and is serving as the UW Bothell representative to the UW Alumni Association Board of Trustees. He works for Washington Mutual.
Professor Annette Henry 7 was honored by the American 7 Educational Research Association for her research and advocacy for social justice. The Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award recognizes individuals for distinguished research, professional practice and activities that advance public understanding of gender and/or sexuality in the education community. A professor in UW Tacoma’s Education Program, Henry researches black women teachers’ practice in international contexts as well as race, language, gender and culture in teaching and learning.
Brian Peterson, ’08, 4 who seven years ago was paralyzed from the waist down in an automobile accident but overcame his injuries to return to his college studies, was the 2008 Student Commencement Speaker at UW Bothell. 5
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Susan Tallis, ’08, 5 a non-traditional student who juggled her schooling with home, care-giving and work responsibilities, was this year’s President’s Medalist. She graduated with a 3.96 grade point average. Ebou Cham, ’08, 6 a native of the Gambia, was the Chancellor’s Medalist. He began his nursing career as a forestry extension worker, transporting sick and injured people. He later moved to the U.S. and completed his studies to become a Licensed Practical Nurse and a Registered Nurse.
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Professor Michael Honey 8 has earned the Organization of American Historians’ Liberty Legacy Foundation Award for his book, “Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign.” The award is given annually for the best book on any aspect of United States civil rights struggle. The Organization of American Historians is the nation’s largest society dedicated to the teaching and study of the American past.
Isaac L. Banks, ’61, who served
Michiko Nishisaka Kano, ’40, who
California, and was a champion of
Amy Claire Saguro, a former UW
as an administrator at Odessa Brown
earned her degree from the UW just
human rights. He moved to Seattle
student believed to be the first Japanese
Children’s Clinic and later at Children’s
before her internment in Idaho during
shortly after World War II, earned two
American teacher hired by the Seattle
Hospital and Regional Medical Center,
World War II, died May 1. She worked
UW degrees, and was a college
School District, died April 18. She was 88.
died Feb. 22. He was 76.
for the UW School of Economics and
professor for many years before being
the Seattle School District. She was 91.
elected to Congress. He was 80.
ing member of the Filipino Community
Tom Lantos, ’49,
Harold C. Lee, ’51, who spent 36
the UW School of Law, died April 26.
Center and Beacon United Methodist
’50, who escaped
years as a Boeing engineer and was a
Founder of one of the earliest minority-
Church, died Feb. 22. He was 99.
from a World War II
partner in the China Doll restaurant in
and-female-owned law firms, he served
Frank H. Descargar, ’81, a found-
Toru Sakahara, ’40, one of the first Japanese Americans to earn admission to
Nazi labor camp
Everett and South China Doll restaurant
as president of such community organiza-
Eydie Calderon Detera, ’98, ’04, a
and went on to
in Seattle, died Jan. 2. He was 80.
tions as the Japanese American Citizens
librarian, community activist, writer and
become the only
artist, died March 25. A frequent
Holocaust survivor
John Lee, ’57, ’71, a retired physi-
Council and the Seattle Citizens Housing
contributor to the International Examiner
to win a seat in
cian and UW faculty member who was
Board. For his lifelong service, he was
and Pacific Reader, she fought to advance
Congress, died Feb.
a Chinese community health advocate,
awarded the Order of the Sacred
the American Ethnic Studies Department
11. He spent 27 years in Congress,
died April 1. He was 77.
Treasure, Fourth Class, by the Emperor
at the UW in 1990. She was 37.
representing a district in northern
League, Jackson Street Community
of Japan. He was 91.
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