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Bill Philip interview
No full textIn this interview, Bill Philip begins by sharing his personal background as a Tacoma native. He explains how the experience growing up in Tacoma and watching it suffer from urban decay compelled him to rally for investment in the city. He talks about how he leveraged his relationships with individuals such as George Weyerhaeuser—with whom he attended Lowell Elementary School—and former Seattle mayor Paul Schell to renew real estate in the city. He recalls his involvement in the powerful Executive Council for A Greater Tacoma with Gary Reed, Frank Shrontz, Erivan Haub, Goerge Russell, and others. He relates how, with the pressure and interest in branch campuses from Washington State University, the Executive Council raised funds and persuaded former University of Washington president Bill Gerberding to place a "branch campus" in downtown Tacoma. Later in the interview, he recalls former chancellor Vicky Carwein recruiting him to chair the UW Tacoma Advisory Board. Other individuals mentioned include former UW president Richard McCormick, governor Booth Gardner, Tacoma businessman Herb Simon, and others.William "Bill" Philip (b. 1926) is a civic leader and philanthropist in Tacoma, Washington. He was the chairman and CEO of the former Puget Sound Bank and one of the founders and CEO of Columbia Bank. He is a founding supporter of UW Tacoma: In the 1980s, he advocated for a UW "branch campus" in Tacoma and persuaded decision makers to locate it downtown. After the campus opened, he continued to raise funds and voice support for public, corporate, and philanthropic investment in UW Tacoma. He was a member of the Executive Council for A Greater Tacoma, along with George Weyerhaeuser, George Russell, and others. He served for two terms as the chair of the UW Tacoma Advisory Board. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from University of Washington in 2017.The oral history interview with Bill Philip was part of the “Founding Stories” phase of the UW Tacoma Oral History Project.To request a high resolution or uncompressed reproduction, or to obtain permission to use any portion of this item, contact University of Washington Tacoma Library. Email: [email protected]. Please reference the Digital ID Number
Belinda Louie interview
No full textBelinda Louie shares her trajectory that led her to become a one of the three founding faculty of the Education program (now School of Education) at UW Tacoma. She recalls being a young scholar freshly out of her PhD program at University of Washington College of Education, participating in the extensive interview process on all three campuses, and her impressions of the campuses that led her to favor Tacoma over Bothell. She expresses her strong desire to support urban campuses and to serve the underserved, referencing her experiences growing up in Hong Kong and teaching in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She recounts stories about her popular literature classes in Liberal Studies (now Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences), safety concerns and challenges in the classroom, and a key recruitment plan she designed and implemented. At the end of the interview, Louie reflects on her appreciation for the UW Tacoma campus, her sense of mission in her work, and her insights into the state of primary education in the U.S.Belinda Y. Louie (b. 1957) is a founding faculty member of the University of Washington Tacoma School of Education. She began teaching at UW Tacoma in 1992 to build the brand new master's in education program. Born in Macau and raised in Hong Kong, Louie earned three bachelor's degrees, a Master of Arts in Teaching (ESL), and a PhD from University of Washington in Seattle. Her scholarship specializes in children’s and young adult literature and English Language Learning. The Professor Belina Y. Louie Children’s and Young Adult Literature Library Endowed Collection at UW Tacoma Library, created in 2006, was a gift from her husband, Douglas Louie. They both have been active supporters in the Tacoma community and served as board members for organizations such as the Asia Pacific Cultural Center. They both received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation in 2017.The oral history interview with Belinda Louie was part of the “Founding Stories” phase of the UW Tacoma Oral History Project.To request a high resolution or uncompressed reproduction, or to obtain permission to use any portion of this item, contact University of Washington Tacoma Library. Email: [email protected]. Please reference the Digital ID Number
Leaves of Remembrance : Ruanda Country Morrison
No full textTitle plaque of Leaf of Remembrance; Sign reads “Ruanda Country Morrison 1960-2017