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Volume 24 Issue 5 May 2016
Celebrating UNITY, WISDOM, FRIENDSHIP, ACHIEVEMENT Since 1908
Reminder
We found that most everyone likes
receiving the newsletter by email. Next
year beginning with the November issue
you will not get a pink paper copy unless
you specifically request it. Please let the
newsletter editor know if you prefer to
receive a special pink paper copy by first
class mail:
Hady at 206 930 2567 or email
hadydej@comcast.net
Also, please make sure to print your current
email address on your membership renewal
form clearly and check to see if it is correct
in the directory. With email, you can read
what is happening even if you are on
vacation in Paris. The newsletter and
UWFA forms are also available on our new
website.
http://www.washington.edu/uwfa/
Please join us for the University of Washington Faculty Auxiliary
Annual Spring Luncheon
Wednesday, May 25 11:30 to 3:00
Seattle Yacht Club 1807 East Hamlin
Our featured guest speaker
David B. Williams “Reshaping Seattle’s Landscape”
rsvp by May 11, registration form enclosed
Co-chairs Mary Alice Crosson and Carmen Robbin
David B. Williams
Spring Luncheon Speaker
Geologist and writer David B. Williams
recently published a dazzling natural and
urban history of the dramatic
transformation of Seattle’s landscape from
its founding to the present day--and into the
future.
From the filling in of the Duwamish tide flats to the massive regrading project that
pared down Denny Hill, Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography
illuminates how the city's topography and geography have been dramatically altered to
accommodate changing visions and growth. One of David’s previous books, Stories in
Stone: Travels through Urban Geology, was the subject of an earlier talk to a UWFA
audience. More information about Too High and Too Steep can be found on his
website.
http://geologywriter.com/books/too-high-and-too-steep/
A Curious
Historical Anecdote
When their husbands were first hired by
the UW in 1961, Mrs. Thomas F.
Archbold, Mrs. Robert W. Albrecht, and
Mrs. George E. Kenny joined the
Newcomers Group of the Faculty Wives
Club. As was the custom, they remained
in the Newcomers Group for three full
years before actually becoming members
of the Faculty Wives. In their third year,
as it happened, these three women served
together as officers of the Newcomers
Group.
Of course, we know them as Barbara,
Mary, and Mary! The reason we all know
them so well is because Barbara, Mary,
and Mary are currently serving on the
(2015-16) Board and have repeatedly
served, in one capacity or another, on
many boards and committees for, well…
you do the math.
We can not thank Barbara, Mary, and
Mary and people like them enough for
their contribution to the continued success
and longevity of UWFA.
~ discovered by Carol Hol
UWFA Historian
UW Faculty Auxiliary News
Page 2
In Memoriam
Patricia Cunningham Fischbach
Pat was born August 2, 1926 in Janesville,
Wisconsin. She graduated from
University of Wisconsin with a BA in
Home Economics in 1948. She worked in
the test kitchens of the Monarch Range
Company and taught high school in Green
Bay, WI, and New Haven, CT. She met
Dave Fischbach at church youth camp in
1947 and they married in 1952. They
moved to Seattle when Dave was hired by
UW in 1967.
Described as energetic, adventurous,
feisty, and pragmatic, Pat was an active
member of the University of Washington
community, where she volunteered at the
escort desk of the UW hospital for more
than 20 years and served as president of
the Faculty Auxiliary (1975) and on the
board of FIUTS, the Foundation for
International Understanding Through
Students. She hiked with the Tuesday
Trekkers, sang with various choral
groups, and participated in the
international dining group. She was a
longtime member of AAUW, and served
as president of the Stanford Mothers' Club
Pacific NW chapter in the late 1970s.
No public memorial service is planned. In
lieu of flowers, the family prefers
contributions to the Patricia C. Fischbach
Scholarship Fund at the University of
Washington.
President’s Message Dear Fellow UWFA Members,
Thank you to all who came to our Annual Business Meeting on Monday, April 11th.
Special thanks to Mary Albrecht and her volunteers for their delicious cookies. Thanks
also go to to Jenelle Ebisu for making us feel so welcome and at home at the UW
Club.
After we approved the minutes and treasurer’s report, I gave a quick overview of what
we accomplished together in 2015-16. Thanks to our webmaster Peter Schiess and his
tech contacts, we have a new UWFA website that has the same look and feel as the
official UW site. Our main page offers a convenient, painless way to donate directly
online to our scholarship fund. I am pleased to announce that our overall donations are
up, thanks to your generosity, including an increase in donations we received through
our donation gift cards. This will enable us to give three scholarships of $4000 next
year, an increase from three $3500 scholarships this year.
We are also happy to announce the rebirth of our lecture series. The Board approved a
proposal by the Long Range Planning Committee for a lunch-and-a-lecture format
rather than dinner and a lecture. The series starts next year with a lunch lecture in
October, February, and March. We will continue to have lectures as usual at our events
– Scholarship Dinner, Annual Business Meeting, and Spring Luncheon-- for a total of
6 lectures.
We listened to you through a poll conducted earlier this year. Many of you said you
don’t like to drive at night. Well, now that we are offering day time lectures, we hope
you will attend!
Nancy Kenagy, Vice President and Chair of the Nominating Committee, presented our
slate of officers, which was approved. We welcome three new board members: Rose
Marie Dale as Vice President, Donna Hahn as Treasurer, and Peter Schiess in the new
board position of Webmaster. I had the pleasure of announcing that the Board elected
Nancy Kenagy as President for 2016-17. The position of Program Chair is still open
and we hope someone will step forward.
We want to thank outgoing board member Barbara Archbold for her many years as
Treasurer and also Esther Neeser and Joan Burton, our Program Co-chairs.
After our business was completed, we were treated to an entertaining, short history on
the 100 year association between the UWFA and the UW Club by Carol Hol.
Program Co-chair Joan Burton introduced our speakers Antoinette Wills and John
Bolcer, authors of a history of the University of Washington
published by Arcadia Publishing. They told the story of how the UW,
now known worldwide for its research and teaching in fields ranging
from arts and sciences to health sciences and high technology, grew
from its founding in 1861 when Seattle was a tiny town.
Continued on page 3
2016- 2017 Board of Directors
President Nancy Kenagy
Vice President, Publicity Rose Marie Dale
Secretary Mary Kenny
Treasurer Donna Hahn
Webmaster Peter Schiess
Interest Groups Traudi Krausser
Courtesy and House Mary Albrecht
Membership Liane Nolan
Newsletter Hady De Jong
Programs open
Visiting Faculty Housing Service Gail Butterfield
Directory Sue Christian 2016-17 President Nancy Kenagy
UW Faculty Auxiliary News
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Interest Groups News
UWRA Travelogue
May 17, 2016
Kayaking the Wilderness Coast of
Vancouver Island
By Sandy Wood and Friends
Scandinavian Cultural Exchange
The Scandinavian Cultural Exchange interest
group had an outing to Boehm's Candies in
Issaquah on April 13th. The company gave a very
nice tour of the property. The tour included
Julius Boehm's interesting apartment on the
second floor of the authentic Swiss Chalet, the
candy factory (samples included) and the
beautiful High Alpine Chapel.
Members from left to right are: Chris
Christoffersen, Lois Arneson, Jane
Becker, Britt Glomset, Irene Anderssen,
and Janie Hauser.
UW Libraries Special Collections was
the source of most of the illustrations
and pictures in the lecture and book.
The book can be purchased at the UW
Book Store.
See you all at the Spring Luncheon on
May 25th. A registration for m for the
Spring Luncheon is enclosed in this
newsletter.
Dagmar Shannon
UWFA President
Over thirty years ago, Sandy Wood and
several friends spent two or three weeks
each summer exploring the Northwest
coast of Vancouver Island by kayak.
More recently, a few friends reprised an
exploration through Kyuquot Sound and
Busnby Islands in the far northwest
reaches of Vancouver Island. Paddling
for more than two weeks along the shores
and among the islands of this remote
area, they found that little had changes.
They will share photos of their journey as
well as demonstrate their preparation for
the trip, including packing their gear and
provisions into their kayaks.
Seattle Seattle
Seattle Seattle interest group gathers in the downtown bus tunnel before hopping on a
bus for Georgetown and a visit to Fran’s Chocolates, located in an old brick building
that was formerly a brewery. Lunch was at a popular local restaurant, Fonda La
Cantina, which serves authentic Mexican fare.
Interest Group Chair Traudi Krausser talks to leaders after lunch on March 7. Interest
groups are the heart of UWFA and the lunch is a chance to get feed back and inform
leaders of new developments such as the new website.
Continued from page 2, Message
UW Faculty Auxiliary News
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Date Event Place Time Program
Wednesday
May 17 UWRA Travelogue UW Club 5:45 pm Dinner
7:15 pm Program
“Kayaking the Wilderness Coast of Vancouver Island”
by Sandy Wood and friends
Wednesday
May 25 Spring Luncheon Seattle Yacht
Club
11:30 am Social
12:15 pm Lunch
“Reshaping the Seattle Landscape”,
by David B. Williams, author of Too High and Too
Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography
Monday
October 10 Fall Reception
University
Unitarian
Church
1:30 to 3:30 Greet old friends and meet new ones.
Tuesday
October 25
Past Presidents Annual
Friendship Luncheon
Seattle Yacht
Club
11:45 am
to 3:00 pm An exclusive event! Find out how you can join.
Monday
December 5 Holiday Tea
Hill-Crest
President’s
Residence
1:30 to 3:30 The event is back at the usual location and we are curi-
ous to see the remodel. Meet students from FIUTS
UWFA email: uwfacaux@uw.edu http://www.washington.edu/uwfa/
Mrs. George Kenney reading the minutes at the Annual Business Meeting.
Carol Hol with Antoinette Wills, co-author of a history of the University of
Washington and speaker at the Annual Business Meeting.