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UW Alumni Association Chapter Secretary Mini Hu, ’08, Yung-Kuang Kao-Liang, ’82, and UWAA Taiwan Chapter President Kung-Yee Liang, ’82, attend a UW student send-off alumni event to welcome new UW students and parents in Taipei.
9 DOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON Tracey Gerber, ’87, Derek Trulson, ’89, Mark Lawrence, ’94, Nicole Lawrence and Scott Gerber gather at a Dawgs on Wall Street (DOWS) event in New York City.
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ERRY AND LYN GRINSTEIN,
unwavering supporters of the University of Washington for decades, have attended countless graduation ceremonies, but Lyn says she gets a lump in her throat every time. “I think about what a transformational mission this is for so many individuals, but the bigger mission is not for the individual,” she says. “The bigger mission is what it does for the community.” It is the University’s impact on the community that has inspired the Grinsteins to be such passionate advocates. In recognition of their deep and long-standing commitment to the University, the UW Foundation has honored them with the 2015 Gates Volunteer Service Award. Jerry, whose remarkable career has spanned politics, law and business, has proved an invaluable UW leader in many capacities. A co-chair of the University’s first campaign and a former UW Regent, he has served—and continues to serve—on a host of UW boards and committees. He and Lyn both bring their passion and leadership to the UW Medicine Campaign Initiatives Committee. Lyn, a former chair and current director of the UW Foundation Board, also leads campaign fundraising efforts for the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, and she puts her love of the arts to work as a member of the Henry Art Gallery Advisory Council. In her tenure as chair of the UW Foundation Board, Lyn created the Deep Dive program, which gives volunteer leaders the chance to experience the remarkable things that happen across the University every day. “Don’t forget the development of these young minds that’s going on all around—you can’t walk through this campus without feeling it,” says Lyn. “Don’t forget the everyday magic.”
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