➢ IN MEMORIAM: alumni Sandra (James) Campbell in Lincoln, Neb. Karen grew up in the Episcopal Church. She later converted to Catholicism and joined Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Sparta, N.J. In 1967, the Campbell family returned to Seattle, where Karen attended Epiphany School and later Lakeside School, graduating with honors in 1982. Karen continued her studies at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga., where she earned her Bachelor of Science in biology in 1986. While attending Spelman, Karen became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. In 1986, Karen entered Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., earning her Doctor of Medicine in 1991. In June 1988, Karen married her college sweetheart Boris Moore, a 1985 Morehouse College graduate, in Seattle. From that union two beautiful children were born, Vanessa Campbell Moore and Malachi James Moore. Karen combined family and career while interning at Providence Hospital in Providence, Mich. She was honored to be included in the Morehouse School of Medicine’s first residency class in 1992. She completed her residence training at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., in 1995. Karen began her professional career in Atlanta at South Fulton Medical Center in 1995 as a hospitalist in internal medicine. Karen also served as a volunteer physician at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Karen worked locum tenens stints in rural communities in Illinois from 1997-2001. Her later medical appointments included clinic work in West Chicago. Most recently, Karen served at Paterson Community Health Center, Paterson, N.J., as the clinic’s internist. Although Karen made her transition August 29, she will live on in the lives of others as her heart, liver, and both kidneys were donated to appropriate recipients. Karen will be missed but not mourned, celebrated rather than grieved, by her loving husband, Boris; daughter Vanessa (Georgetown University senior); son Malachi (Boston College freshman); parents, Willie and Sandra Campbell of Seattle; and extended family members, friends, and associates.
JOhN POwEll ’44 • March 25, 2012 John Powell slipped away Sunday, March 25, in his sleep, with family at his side. He was born July 18, 1925, in Nelson, B. C., to William Weaver and Helen Campbell Powell. He lived and loved with passion, while following his passions of music and humor. His love affair with his lovely wife, June, lasted more than 50 years. His children, granddaughter, and friends were the lights of his life. In John’s journey, he was a Big Band leader, drummer, comic, entertainment agent, and personal manager to musicians, singers, comics, and one very special baseball player. He was an entertainer at heart. Humor defined him. Laughter was ever present. His animals, especially his dogs, brought him joy. John is survived by sons Kevin William and J. Campbell; daughter Polly Ann; granddaughter Mia; doggies JuJu and Clyde. John has now joined June and his beloved daughter Leslie in Heaven. JOhN DAvID SchIck ’44 • September 10, 2012
John David Schick, 85, was born Feb. 10, 1927, and passed away on September 10 after a long illness. He was born in Lewiston, Idaho, the only child of Alexander T. and Isabel L. Schick. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Navy. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Lea.
T.J. vASSAR JR. ’68 • January 25, 2013
Excerpted from The Seattle Times He was the rare leader who was comfortable with people from all
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walks of life, and whose charismatic personality made him one of the most beloved educators at Lakeside School. Thomas Vassar Jr.—everyone knew him as T.J. —died in Seattle January 25 of pancreatic cancer. He was 62. In the 1960s, Mr. Vassar was one of the first three African-American students to attend Lakeside. And after serving two terms on the Seattle School Board, he returned to Lakeside for most of his career, working to make the school more diverse. “There are just people in life you listen to, and he was one of them,” said Bernie Noe, head of Lakeside School. As a Harvard-educated black politician, Mr. Vassar’s pioneering leadership helped make the city’s largely all-white establishment more comfortable with black leaders, said Metropolitan King County Council chairman Larry Gossett. “From a very young age, he became a pioneer and an example for other young black people and what they could do to contribute and make the community better.” Mr. Vassar was born in Seattle in 1950 and grew up in the Central Area. In 1965, he was chosen to attend a free summer program at Lakeside (Lakeside Educational Enrichment Program) and later he was one of three AfricanAmerican students invited to attend full time. Mr. Vassar graduated from Harvard University in 1972, and he moved back to Seattle with his new wife, Lynda, and a growing family. In 1981 he was elected to the Seattle School Board—at 30, the youngest person ever elected to the board—and served two terms. Mr. Vassar returned to Lakeside School to run LEEP. During his years as an administrator there, Lakeside became one of the most diverse elite private schools in the country, Noe said. Mr. Vassar consulted with other private schools throughout the country to help spread Lakeside’s diversity model. One of the highlights of Mr. Vassar’s life was meeting President Obama during a fundraising dinner last year. His daughter Asha Youmans said her father had long believed that a black man would not be elected president in his lifetime. Mr. Obama gave him a signed basketball. “It was really one of his