THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALUMNI MAGAZINE
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Online Services Librarian Kay Denfeld died June 24 in a kayaking accident. In her 27-year UW Libraries career, she held positions in the health sciences library, forest services information, libraries administration, Odegaard Undergraduate Library and the sciences libraries. At the time of her death, she was sciences libraries' computer resources coordinator. History Professor Emeritus Gordon Griffiths died Jan. 13. He specialized in Renaissance and Reformation era history. A champion of progressive politics, he was active in the Democratic Party and supported the campaign for universal health care, movements for women's rights, civil rights and peace. He was 87. Husky rowing legend Gerald Joseph Keely Sr., '40, died July 9. A three-time Husky crew letterman and member of the UW crew that won the 1940 national championship, Keely would have been a member of the 1940 U.S. Olympic crew had those games not been cancelled by the start of World War II. Keely, a member of the Husky Hall of Fame, served on the Board of Rowing Stewards from 1958-1996 and served as chairman of that board from 1962-1989. He and the late Dick Erickson, '58, developed the Husky crew into a perennial power. He was 86. Ibsen A. Nelsen, an architect responsible for designing and preserving some of Seattle's most important landmarks, died July 19. His achievements include the Museum of Flight, the Inn at the Market and the Merrill Court Townhouses on Capitol Hill. Nelsen spent 10 years on the faculty of the UW College of Architecture and retired to Vashon Island in the mid-1980s. He was 81. Gervais Reed, professor emeritus of art history, died Sept. 24 after serving the University since 1950. The Kansas native joined the UW faculty in 1950 to work with film and other special programs for the Instructional Materials Center. Later he was curator and associate director of the Henry Art Gallery, where he fostered interest in film, crafts and the work of Northwest artists. He developed an international crafts exhibition, "Adventures in Art," for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. He retired in 1992. He was 75. Robert Rushmer, founder and former chairman of the UW's Dept. of Bioengineering, died July 13. As a medical researcher, his exploration of heart function was considered ground-breaking. He received many honors, including membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine. He was 86. Paul E. Strandjord, professor and founding chair of the UW Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, died June 29. Arriving in 1969, he held this position for 25 years before retiring in 1994. He was active in the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, which now offers Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Awards, which provide opportunities for young men and women to present their research work at the academy's national meeting. He was 70. Geography Professor Emeritus Morgan David Thomas died Aug. 8 after serving the University since 1959. A native of South Wales, he joined the UW in 1959 and taught until his retirement in 1996. He was an expert in the fields of economic geography and regional science. He also served as associate dean of the graduate school, was chair of the geography department from 1983-90 and was on the adjunct faculty of the UW School of Nursing. He was 76. Betsy L. Williams, a pioneer in psychoneuroimmunology, died July 1. She taught and did research at the UW, earning a doctorate in microbiology and a master's in psychology. Williams was also an accomplished musician and a skilled sportswoman.
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