CLASS CONNECTIONS 1932
Jean Williamson Gillis recently celebrated her 100th birthday!
1966
John van Amerongen’s book, “Catching a Deckload of Dreams: Chuck Bundrant and the Story of Trident Seafoods,” was published in February. The book follows Bundrant’s journey in founding and growing the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. John is a former commercial fisherman and professional shipwright and served as editorin-chief of the Alaska Fisherman’s Journal for 22 years. The book is available at www. tridentseafoods.com.
1969
Alan Christensen ’72, professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska, starting preparation for his fall class by rereading “The Selfish Gene.” The hammock is great practice for retirement some day!
In May, at the International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health, John Weeks was given a lifetime achievement living tribute for his work as an integrative health connector, crusader, and chronicler. It included the presentation of a book with 150 perspectives from colleagues and friends. Matt Griffin celebrated the sale of Pacific Place in July with 100 guests who made the project possible, including former Mayor Norm Rice and Blake Nordstrom. The team from Matt’s company, Pine Street Group, developed and has managed the property since its opening in 1998. The development of Pacific Place and the relocation of Nordstrom’s flagship store to the old Frederick & Nelson building, as well as rebuilding the former Nordstrom store, are credited with revitalizing the retail core of downtown Seattle that had deteriorated. Matt proudly announced a contribution of nearly $14 million to United Way from the sale. Matt just completed a year as chair of the 2014 United Way of King County campaign, which hit a new record raising $125.9 million.
1972
Jeri Robinson Smith writes, “The ‘lost
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LAKESIDE
Fall/Winter 2014
Mick Deal ’68 with his grandson, Cole, born to daughter Lauren Deal Yelish ’99 and her husband, Shane, in July. From left, Bob Watt, deputy mayor under Norm Rice; Blake Nordstrom; Matt Griff in ’69; and Rick Fria, construction manager, gather with other community members to celebrate the sale of Pacif ic Place.
girls’ of St. Nick from our class gathered for a warm afternoon in July. Three more ladies were located this year, one of them having been rumored to be deceased. Cheryl Marshall Svornich did admit to being ‘off the grid’ for a while, but cheerfully exclaimed to being quite alive and thrilled at being found and reacquainted with our class!” “Roots of Tomorrow: Tales of Early Seattle Urbanism,” an e-book by Knute Berger, was published in May. The book is an expanded version of his Crosscut.com series with new stories and additional content. Says Knute: “It looks at early examples of urbanist
ideas in Seattle, including the amazing bike culture and bike train system we had in 1900, the first condominiums, the birth of the P-Patch system, and how urban agriculture helped shape city development, before and after the Pike Place Market. Did you know the city used to raise fruits and vegetables for public benefit with the help of prison labor? Did you know that one of the founders of an alternative arts