➢ IN MEMORIAM: alumni his country with great distinction, being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Bronze Star for bravery while fighting in Korea. A graduate in civil engineering from Virginia Military Institute, Brom’s career started with a variety of governmental jobs such as mosquito control engineer for the Florida state Board of Health. He also served as chairman of the Pensacola Housing Authority. Throughout most of this time, he had run his own wellregarded surveying company on weekends. He was awarded the job of surveying the original 1,000 acres that would become the University of West Florida, which led to his becoming the first physical plant director for UWF. Eventually, the time came for Brom to take Nichol Engineering Associates full time. His ensuing 20-year practice produced a wide range of design projects, including wastewater treatment plants, residential subdivisions, and the infrastructure for an Arnold Palmer golf course. He pursued several hobbies with great intensity: sailing, cannons and military history, and most of all, genealogy. He published two books: “Nichol of Nashville” and, with co-author Lyndon H. Hart, “Ridley of Southampton.” He was a member of Mensa. He is survived by daughter Lee Nichol Salm (Paul); sons Bradford Nichol (Peggy) and Robert Nichol (Ronni); two grandchildren, Nathaniel Nichol and Catherine Salm; special cousin, Margaret Nichol; and multiple nieces, nephews, and other cousins.
ROLF E. FRIELE ’48 • March 3, 2015
Rolf Erik Friele died after complications from an acute illness. He was surrounded by his wife and family. Rolf was born July 14, 1928, in Seattle, son of Haakon Beyer Friele and Aslaug Berle. Rolf married Barbara Lucile Charles (1929-2002) on Feb. 15, 1958, residing in Medina. In 2006 he married Olga Shklanka, residing in Bellevue and Mercer Island. He is survived by his loving wife Olga, daughter Karen (Willie) McClure and son Robert (Eleanor) Friele; grandsons Erik and Roger McClure and Alex and Sean Friele; and brothers Harald “Bud” Friele and Haakon “Ted” Friele.
CLARK C. GOSS JR. ’50 • March 1, 2015
Clark Commodore Goss Jr. was born July 4, 1931, in San Diego to Dr. Clark C. Goss and Charlotte Goss. After Lakeside, he attended Hamilton College for one year prior to joining the Air Force and serving in Korea. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clark worked for Boeing Computer Services and earned a master’s in business. He lived in Beaverton and Lake Oswego, Ore., from 1972 to 2004. He was active in youth soccer in the 1970s, starting the Oregon Youth Soccer Association and serving as president for many years. Clark returned to Seattle in 2004 and died peacefully at his home in March. He was married to Sid Goss (div), and Marnell Adams (div). Clark is survived by children Scott Goss, Tyler Goss, Chip Goss, and Ann Swiftney; stepchildren Loren Adams and Darren Adams; and grandchildren Michael Scott, William Goss, Lily Goss, Stephen Perkins, Lexie Goss, and Emerson Goss.
GEORGE PHILIP KOON ’52 • June 24, 2015
Phil Koon was born in Seattle on Sept. 12, 1934. After Lakeside he attended the University of Washington, where he joined the Delta
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Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1959 he married Barbara Henry. They moved to Iowa where he earned his master’s degree in hospital administration from Iowa State University. Back in Seattle, he became the owner/administrator of the Medical-Dental Hospital. After its sale, he was associate administrator of Lakewood General Hospital in Tacoma, and then moved on to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Returning to Seattle he managed two apartment buildings on Queen Anne Hill. His favorite times were spent on his SeaRay “The Blackwatch” on Puget Sound, and in the San Juan and Canadian Gulf islands with his kids, often accompanied by a flotilla of families and friends. He was blessed with many lifelong friends with whom he hunted, fished, and traveled the world. He is survived by his daughter Ann Walker and her son and daughter; and his son Steve Koon, wife Ksenia, and their two sons. He also is survived by the two children of his firstborn son, Todd, who died June 16, 2015.
MARK T. MITCHELL ’53 • Sept. 23, 2014
Mark T. Mitchell is survived by his wife of 45 years, Joann; their four children, Bobby (Karen), Michael, Quinn, and Debbie Hubbell (William); 13 grandchildren; and his brother David. Mark was born Sept. 29, 1934, to Mike (longtime Seattle City councilman) and Margaret Mitchell. Mark was raised in Ballard and loved his childhood memories of playing sports in a quaint park off 34th Street that would fuel his love for competition his entire life. Mark stayed active in athletics his freshman year at Lakeside School and at Ballard High School, and he continued to play and coach baseball and softball into his later years. He worked initially at his father’s paper, The Ballard Tribune, where he sold ads and wrote a column called “Mark This.” On a trip around the world with his best friend, Bud Innis, he discovered Seattle had a long way to go to become what he called a “big time city.” Returning to Seattle, he married the love of his life, the girl next door, Joann, and started a run of restaurant and nightclub openings that is unparalleled in the Northwest: Shire Tavern, Golden Tides, Sandpiper, Easy Street, Arabian, Jilly’s East, Pier 70, Frenchy’s, Top of The Ocean, Raintree, Quinn’s, Charlie’s at Shilshole, DiMaggio’s, The Raven, Windjammer, Spinnakers, Beach House, Sharkey’s, Buddy’s Homesick Cafe, Black Jack Cafe, Debby’s Drift On Inn, and Club Hollywood. Mark also became an actor, training at Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in California, and had roles in “Harry and the Hendersons,” “Fever Pitch,” “Northern Exposure,” and “Black Widow.” In his free time, Mark played poker at the highest level. His career included 12 World Series of Poker cashes, one World Series of Poker bracelet with five top 10 finishes in World Series of Poker events, including first place in the Limit Ace to Five Draw event.
ROBERT “NYM” PARK III ’64 • June 23, 2015
Nym passed away at University of Washington Medical Center in the company of his brother, Tym, and cousin Anita DeAragon and her husband, Bruce. Seattle-born Nym was the first child of Robert Nym Park Jr. and Helen Purcell Park. From a young age, he was interested in all things electrical and mechanical, especially if they combined both interests on two or four wheels