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10 years later: A decade ago, Sept. 11 changed our lives forever. But Sept. 12 turned out to be even more devastating to the University of Washington family. The 9/11 terrorist attacks took the life of one Husky – Army Sgt. Maj. Larry Strickland, who was killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, where he was working. Strickland enrolled at the UW as a freshman in 1968 but left school in 1971, two quarters shy of graduating, to join the Army. While 9/11 sent us reeling, the tragedy of the following day left us speechless when word came that 16 alumni and Husky football fans died in the crash of a sightseeing plane in Mexico. They were taking part, with 1,200 other Husky fans, in a weeklong Caribbean cruise destined for Miami, site of a much-anticipated game between the Huskies and the Miami Hurricanes.
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September 2011 marks somber anniversaries for UW While time has helped make the excruciating pain of those awful days ease the pain, our memories of those 17 Huskies will be with us forever. Army Sgt. Maj. Larry Strickland
Karen Burks (center)
Scott Columbia (right)
Charles and Shirley Genther
Mary Kearney
Barbara Ann Martin
Dwight and Lois Martin
Larry and Linda Schwab
Lisa Marie Styer (right)
Geoff and Judy Vernon
Larry and Judy Wade
Theodore D. Zylstra
KILLED SEPT. 11 AT THE PENTAGON: Army Sgt. Maj. Larry Strickland KILLED SEPT. 12 IN THE MEXICO PLANE CRASH: Karen Owsley Burks, ’86 Scott Columbia, ’88 Charles, ’52, and Shirley, ’45, Genther Mary Kearney Barbara Ann Martin, ’67 Dwight and Lois Martin Larry and Linda Schwab Lisa Marie Styer, ’87 Geoff, ’65, and Judy, ’62, Vernon Larry, ’63, ’64, and Judy Wade Theodore D. Zylstra, ’57
A total of $3.7 million from state funding and an anonymous gift have been received to support the building of the Intellectual House at the University of Washington. The longhouse-style facility will be built on the UW Seattle campus in parking lot N6 near McMahon Hall. Scheduled to open in 2014, the 19,000-square-foot facility will provide a multi-service learning and gathering space for Native American students, faculty, staff and others from various cultures and communities. The budget for the Intellectual House is $10.6 million. The UW has committed to matching $5 million in gift funds, and the project also received a Coast Salish name gifted by the late Vi Hilbert, an esteemed elder of the Upper Skagit Tribe. Previously, the state provided $300,000 in pre-design funding and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation will donate lumber worth an estimated $91,000. Details can be found at www.washington.edu/diversity/hok. On Sept. 10, the UW will host the fifth annual UW Tribal Summit at Mary Gates Hall Commons. The event is a gathering of leaders from the UW and regional tribal governments who meet in the spirit of the centennial accord to promote partnerships, advance mutual goals, and address issues facing tribal communities.