Helen and John Szablya, center, with their family. The Szablyas after 1956 escape. SEATTLE, Wash. – Helen M. Szablya and her family in the 1950s made two dangerous but unsuccessful attempts to escape communist Hungary. Faced with the threat of prison, the Szablyas armed themselves with false identification and made a third […]
WSU alumni Larry Condon, former general manager and co-founder of Barr-Tech. Photo courtesy of the WSU College of Engineering and Architecture. Related Barr-Tech at http://www.barr-tech.net 08-27-10 Spokane Journal of Business – Barr-Tech eyes plant’s next phase Work on power-producing digester to begin soon Sirti – Barr-Tech receives $2 million and the Sirti: Foundation receives […]
Baumgartner Once visitors pull their eyes away from the engaging 5-year-old faces and the colorful learning materials that crowd Dee Baumgartner’s classroom, the next thing they’re likely to notice is the teacher’s energy. Mrs. B’s cheerful stamina is amazing, especially considering she’s been teaching kindergarten since 1968. Everything she says to the students has […]
SEATTLE – Rows and rows of small brown boxes sit on the shelves in a warehouse near Boeing Field in Seattle. Inside the boxes are lip balm, salt and popcorn. The unique thing is, virtually all the products taste like bacon. The small warehouse is home to J&D’s Foods, which boasts the philosophy: “Everything should taste like bacon.” […]
PULLMAN – Keith Lincoln, former WSU Alumni Association (WSUAA) executive director, will receive the WSUAA Alumni Achievement Award on Nov. 14. This award is the highest honor bestowed upon alumni by the WSUAA and will recognize Lincoln for his contributions to WSU and WSUAA. Lincoln, also known as “barn builder extraordinaire,” came to […]
Photos by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services More than 270 WSU graduates and spouses from 1959 and 1949 are in Pullman for the annual Golden and Diamond Graduates Reunion through Friday. This event marks the 60th anniversary of WSU’s first Golden Graduates reunion: in spring 1949, the WSU Alumni Association (WSUAA) invited back the […]
PULLMAN—The couple whose company is the longtime sponsor of the state’s Teacher of the Year Award have themselves been honored by the WSU College of Education. Charles and Virginia Beresford of Manson, Wash., received the 2008 Advocate for Education Award. It was presented by Dean Judy Nichols Mitchell at the college’s Scholarship and Excellence celebration […]
Those who graduated from WSU 50 and 60 years ago gathered for lunch and a bit of history in Beasley coliseum Thursday, part of the annual reunion of Golden and Diamond graduates. Senor communication majors Jessica Fitts and Alex Bennett charmed the 1958 and 1948 graduates with their take on the golden times of […]
Washington State University graduates from the class of 1947 and 1957 are reuniting at the Golden and Diamond Grad Reunion. Photo: Dorothy Drain (right), a 1957 graduate, registers for the reunion in the Lewis Alumni Centre. Proudly sporting a “rooter hat” from her sophomore year, she said she is looking forward to seeing old friends. […]
PULLMAN – Dale Stedman, a 1949 graduate of Washington State University, was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award April 12 at the Spokane Rotary Club meeting. Barry Jones, WSU Alumni Association past president, presented the award. Stedman began his career at the Inland Empire Automobile Association of America in 1951 and was named its president and […]