Fall 2017, "The Growth Issue" by Lakeside School

LAKESIDE FALL | WINTER 2017

THE

GROWTH

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รถAlums envision a better Seattle รถHere comes The Downtown School

2017-2018

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Natasha Smith Jones ’89

Chair Bertrand Valdman

Vice Chair Theiline “Ty” W. Cramer ’78

Immediate Past Chair Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J.

Secretary

Mark Klebanoff ’80

Treasurer

MADE YOU LOOK

Robert M. Helsell ’55

Honorary trustee HEATHER HERSEY. Original photo of Bernie Noe by Tom Reese

PIECING TOGETHER THE MYSTERY: At the Upper School library, a “Puzzle Place” on each floor gives

hard-working students a chance to take a break from books and laptops and engage the brain in a different way. This spring, the librarians decided to add a fun twist, and sent off for a puzzle that, once-assembled, would reveal an image of Lakeside’s head of school. With steady student collaboration, by day’s end, a smiling Bernie Noe emerged.

TRUSTEES Dr. Sarah Barton Carmen Best Michael Larson Mona Locke Kathleen M. Murray Sean O’Donnell ’90 Artemios S. Panos ’85

YOUR COMMENTS

Peter Polson ’91

Please know that I’m proud to be part of the “Lakeside YA Four” (“The Lakeside YA Four: Hot Genre, Hot Authors,” Spring/Summer 2017). I’m especially glad that author Mary Ann Gwinn chose to include from our conversations the references to Robert H. Spock. Mr. Spock was my teacher for 7th-grade lit (“Shane,” “Julius Caesar,” “Great Expectations”) and for 9th-grade lit (“Henry IV, Part I” and “John Brown’s Body”), all of which I remember vividly, and for 8th- and 9th-grade math, most of which I’ve forgotten, sadly. In many ways, but especially in support of struggling readers, Mr. Spock was an extraordinary

ally. His team of tutors — working out of pin-neat garret offices atop Moore Hall — taught remedial reading with compassion and discipline. Of all aspects of Lakeside, the remedial reading program was the most important to me. Even after all these years, I continue to grow more aware and grateful for this. — Conrad Wesselhoeft ’71

I was fortunate enough to have Mr. Spock for 7th-grade literature and 8th-grade algebra. I was also tutored by Mrs. Tucker for two years. Robert Spock made a huge positive impact on my life at a rough time, and I was really glad to see him referenced in the article.

— Eric Clise ’72

#LifeAfterLakeside This summer, nine alumni (’91 to ’16) took turns taking over Lakeside’s popular Instagram feed, www.instagram.com/ lakeside.lions. They shared moments during a week of their #LifeAfterLakeside, from staging professional photo shoots to battling a brain tumor. Plus, babies and dogs. Interested in sharing your #LifeAfterLakeside? Email mike.lengel@lakesideschool.org. FIND US ON:

Kendra Jones Kelly ’91 having brain cancer radiation treatment.

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Carey Crutcher Smith ’77 Edward Taylor David M. Victor Juiling Edmonds

Parents and Guardians Association president Claudia Hung ’89

Alumni Association president COMMITTEE CHAIRS Assets Management Mark Klebanoff ’80 Development & Communications Carey Crutcher Smith ’77 Investment Michael Larson Medical Advisory Board Dr. Sarah Barton Mission & Governance Sean O’Donnell ’90 Schools Edward Taylor

TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER STORY The Growth Issue ■ ■

The Downtown School 11 What Makes a Livable City ♦ 3 alums’ light rail journey ♦ Knute Berger ’72 essay 25 ♦ 7 alums sketch past, future

OOMING, CHANGING Seattle has replaced the weather as the reliable conversation starter around town. The pace of growth is blamed for everything from traffic gridlock to “the war against cars,” and from homeless encampments to stratospheric housing prices. It dominates debates between candidates for mayor and the civic discourse over the meaning of the Amazon HQ2 announcement. Here at Lakeside, the discussion is also personal. Despite Lakeside’s home-buying subsidy program and a small supply of Lakeside-owned bargain rental homes available to faculty and staff, the region’s housing crunch can make recruiting teachers from elsewhere harder. Commutes for students and faculty and staff have gotten much tougher. A light rail station at North 145th Street by I-5 should be a game-changer for Lakeside. But that’s not coming until 2024. Congestion was among the reasons Lakeside pursued the idea of establishing an affiliated, but separate, new small high school. A top priority in picking a site to lease was that it

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TALK TO US:

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be centrally located and easily accessible by public mass transit. The Downtown School: A Lakeside School, as it’s been named, is accepting applications now for fall 2018. Page 11. As alumna Carla Saulter ’90 points out, despite her and others’ concerns over the pace of change and who might be left behind in this rapid expansion, we should also nod to the pluses of growth, which include more cosmopolitan cultural amenities and improved transit options that can come with growing density. But, as she and other alumni express in this issue, creative ideas are essential for the city, and Lakeside, to thrive into the future. You can read and see some of our alumni’s contributions. Pages 16 to 31. We bet the rest of you in the Lakeside community have timely ideas, too. We ’d love to hear them and invite you to share either via social media or at magazine@lakesideschool.org. ■ CAREY QUAN GELERNTER

Editor, Lakeside magazine carey.gelernter@lakesideschool.org

A gargoyle on the University Manor Apartments contrasts with a crane at work on the future light rail station in the University District.

HOW DO WE GROW?

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Your Comments 2 Head of school’s letter 4 New trustees 5 Lecture series 6 Lakeside admissions 7 Campus news briefs 7 Commencement 8 College choices 9 Sports 10

7 ALUMNI NEWS

New board members 32 Classes without Quizzes Reunion 2017 34 New York reception 36 Class Connections 37 In Memoriam 44 From the Archives 48 Calendar 51

STAFF EDITOR

Carey Quan Gelernter WRITERS

Knute Berger ’72, Amanda Darling, Leslie Schuyler, Carey Quan Gelernter, Mike Lengel ALUMNI RELATIONS NEWS

Kelly Poort

ART DIRECTOR

Carol Nakagawa

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Tom Reese, Mike Lengel, Clayton Christy, Paul Dudley, Lindsay Orlowski GRAPHICS

Lindsay Orlowski COPY EDITOR

Mark Watanabe

46 ON THE COVER:

A new residential building on The Ave in the University District, a sign that both the street (officially, University Street Northeast) and neighborhood are transforming.

PHOTO BY TOM REESE

Contents

HEAD NOTE

by BERNIE NOE

Balancing in an age of boom

TOM REESE

N FALL 2019, Lakeside School will turn 100 years old! When Frank Moran opened the school in September 1919, Seattle was a different community in a different world. The small timber city, in its seventh decade, was largely isolated from the rest of the country, and the world, all 75 nations, was just recovering from the First World War. Hitler was a 30-year-old rabble-rouser in Munich, the stock market was about to soar in the United States, and the worldwide flu epidemic was well on its way to infecting a third of the world’s population.

And nearly 100 years later, Seattle finds itself at the epicenter of dynamic changes in the global economy. The world, all 195 nations, is linked via computers and the internet, and the stock market is again surging. Each of us, regardless of our age, has experienced the effects of this century of change, and more is coming, much of it centered in Seattle. Lakeside has grown from a school of 15 boys in its first years to a coed school of 858 students in 2017, and along with that growth, we have found many opportunities for positive change. As you would expect, we have a substantially different curriculum in all subjects and how we teach each subject is also different, with students constructing their learning, as coached by their teachers. Technology, used in every classroom by every student and faculty member, is essential to the learning process. And the student body is more diverse in every regard, reflecting a much more diverse Seattle and nation. So change is a tradition at Lakeside! The school has always embraced the future with an open mind and will, of course, continue to do so. But despite all the change, the essence of the school remains the same. In 1919 Moran stressed consideration for others as one of the central tenets of the school, and 100 years later, consideration for others is still a guiding principle. He also stressed personal integrity, guided by “expectations” rather than rules, and 100 years later, a Statement of Community Expectations still guides our student discipline system. Finally, Moran stressed academic excellence, and 100 years later, Lakeside is one of the most academically challenging schools in the nation. The students also continue to have a lot of fun, in addition to working hard, and we continue our practice of listening to student voices in making important decisions regarding the various programs of the school. The pace of ongoing change presents us with constant challenges. For example, we find ourselves questioning whether our use of handheld devices, despite the convenience and usefulness for both students and adults, is undermining our sense of school community; whether the ever-rising pressure to be admitted to selective colleges is warping the decision-making of our students; and whether the day-to-day culture of Lakeside reflects our very diverse student body. We also question whether we have been effective in guiding the students to find a healthy balance between their school commitments and their need to live thoughtful, reflective lives. I love living in a city that is open to the new and embraces change, and working in a school that does the same. The many changes in the world will continue to challenge us and we will continue to meet those challenges, while maintaining our essence as a school. In doing so, I am confident we are — as Lakeside has done for generations — preparing our students to live lives of integrity and reflection in a world where change is constant. I wish you all a great autumn. If you are in Seattle, stop by and say hello! ■ Cordially,

BERNIE NOE, Head of School

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Five join Lakeside Board of Trustees

AKESIDE’S NEW TRUSTEES include four faces familiar to Lakeside and one member from outside the Lakeside community, Kathleen M. Murray, the president of Whitman College. There are no leadership changes this year, with Natasha Smith Jones ’89 remaining board chair through this year. Find the full list of board members on Page 2. Here’s more about the five new trustees: Kathleen M. Murray became president of Whitman College in July 2015. She is the first woman to head the nationally recognized, highly selective liberal arts college. Murray is overseeing the development of a five-year strategic plan and the building of a new residence hall, among other major projects for the college. From 2008 to 2015, she served as provost and dean at Macalester College, leading the academic program, planning a new $70 million fine arts center, and playing a key role in the development of a campus strategic plan. Earlier, Murray was provost at Birmingham-Southern College and spent 19 years at Lawrence University, ultimately as dean of the faculty. She earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Illinois Wesleyan University, a master of music in piano performance from Bowling Green State University, and a doctorate in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern University. She frequently performs; writes on music and music education; and is a clinician and adjudicator nationally and internationally. She records on the CRI label. Sean Patrick O’Donnell ’90 is a King County Superior Court judge. Since being elected in 2013, O’Donnell has served rotations on the family law, civil, and criminal dockets, and now is assistant chief criminal judge in Seattle. A graduate of Georgetown University and Seattle University School of Law, he previously was a senior deputy prosecuting attorney for King County. He was a member of the Green River Task Force and a special assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington in the unit for terrorism and violent crimes. In April, he began his term as president of the Superior Court Judges Association. O’Donnell serves on the School Commission for St. Joseph School, the Rainier Scholars’ Resource Council, and the Green River Community College Criminal Justice Advisory Board. He and his wife, Shelley, a pediatric occupational therapist, have two children, Logan ’25, and Maria, 8.

Artemios “Tim” Panos ’85 is a principal of Panos Properties LLC, a closely held investment company with interests in commercial real estate, public securities, and private equity. From 1996 to 2002, he was an investment banker in New York at Lehman Brothers, where he was vice president in the Global Leveraged Finance Group. Panos holds a master’s in business administration from Columbia Business School and a bachelor’s in economics and philosophy from Trinity College. He also completed the General Course at the London School of Economics. Panos served on the Lakeside Alumni Board from 2010 to 2016; he chaired the mission and governance committee and served as president. He was co-chair of alumni Annual Fund giving from 2011 to 2013 and served on the committee that raised funds for what became The Paul G. Allen Athletics Center. He and his wife, Rebecca, have three children: Stavros ’22, Lula ’24, and Chloe ’24. Juiling Edmonds Parents and Guardians Association President Born and raised in Taiwan, Edmonds holds a master’s degree in early childhood education from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. She worked in Seattle at a franchise company that specializes in CAI (computer-assisted instructions) for young children before moving with her husband, Derek ’86, to New York, where she worked as a managing director of a Taiwan-based publishing company, developing English as a second language curriculum for elementary school children in Taiwan and China. Among her projects, she introduced “Sesame Street” from PBS and acquired the license to use Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes characters to develop multimedia programs that were used to teach young children English as a second language. She and Derek returned to his hometown to start their family, a son, Class of ’19, and daughter, Class of ’22. Claudia Hung ’89 Alumni Association President Hung holds an S.B. in electrical engineering from MIT and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She has more than 16 years of experience in business-process optimization and marketing in the financial, health-care, high-tech, and nonprofit sectors. She recently left Intellectual Ventures, where she facilitated the development and operation of a multibillion-dollar international licensing program to focus on improving enrollment forecasting and budget planning for schools. Her prior experience includes Boston Acoustics, Deloitte Consulting, The Andre Agassi Foundation, Amazon.com, and Washington Mutual. Hung and her husband have two children, ages 7 and 9. ■

Head Note, Trustees

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Lakeside Lecture Series

HE 2017-2018 Lakeside Lecture Series will feature a scholar-author of world religions, a mountain guide-physician, a feminist economist, and an ex-dean who’s an authority on helicopter parenting. All lectures take place on Wednesdays and are free and open to members of the Lakeside community. DAN AYRAULT MEMORIAL LECTURE Jan. 31, 2018

Dr. Emily Johnston ’81

BMGI SPEAKER SERIES ON ECONOMICS Feb. 28, 2018

Heather Boushey

Heather Boushey is the executive director and chief economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, a think tank founded to “accelerate cuttingedge analysis into whether and how structural changes in the U.S. economy, particularly related 6

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Dr. Emily Johnston ’81

at Stanford University and made The New York Times best-seller list. The book (which includes quotations from Lakeside college counselor Catharine Jacobsen) established her as go-to source on the trend of helicopter parenting, particularly of college students, and her TED Talk was one of the top TED Talks of 2016. The sequel, “How to Be an Adult,” is due out in 2018. Her memoir on race, “Real American,” will be released in October. Lythcott-Haims is a graduate of Stanford University, Harvard Law School, and California College of the Arts. ■

to economic inequality, affect economic growth.” Politico twice named her one of the top 50 “thinkers, doers, and visionaries transforming American politics.” Previous positions include chief economist on Hillary Clinton’s transition team and economist with the Center for American Progress and the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. Boushey is a frequent contributor to popular media outlets, associate editor of the peer-reviewed journal Feminist Economics, and author of “Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict.” MARK J. BEBIE ’70 MEMORIAL LECTURE March 21, 2018

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Julie Lythcott-Haims’s first book, “How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success,” drew from her decadelong experience as a popular dean of freshmen

KRISTINAVETTER

Dr. Emily Johnston ’81’s career has taken her to some of the world’s most remote spots to practice emergency medicine and engage in mountaineering, mountain guiding, whitewater river guiding, skydiving, adventure racing, and more. She will share what motivated her to start medical school at age 39; how she can “choose to be enchanted by the environment rather than terrified” in the face of danger, both in nature and in the emergency room; and her harrowing experience when, guiding climbers on Mount Everest, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal and she had to help lead them to safety. Johnston will be honored this winter with Lakeside’s 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award.

The Belanich Family Speaker on Ethics and Politics, speaking Oct. 4, was Reza Aslan, a writer and scholar on world religions whose topic was “confronting Islamophobia in America.” Find a recap of his talk at www. lakesideschool.org/ magazine.

Who gets into Lakeside 2017-2018 N

EW STUDENTS enrolling this year at Lakeside jumped over tough hurdles to gain admission, as once again the number of applications to the school rose and the admission rate fell: The admission rate for this school year was 16 percent, slightly lower than the 18 percent of the previous four years. For connected students,

chances of admission were higher, at 27 percent, versus 14 percent for those not connected. Connected means a student’s parents or grandparents are alumni, trustees, or faculty or staff; or they had or have siblings at Lakeside. Last year’s connected rate was higher, at 42 percent. This year’s rate was lower to keep the percentage of connected students in the overall student population close to the target of 40 to 45 percent.

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“An important balance for us is the ratio of connected students to students with no previous affiliation,” said Booth Kyle, associate head of school/director of admissions and financial aid. “We strive to take care of our internal community while keeping the doors open to those who are brand-new. In 2017-2018, 46 percent of students have a family connection to the school.”

Applications were up by 3.2 percent this year. Last year they were up by 4.6 percent over the previous year, when they were up by 3 percent from the preceding year. Total applicants: 1,066 students this year, 1,033 last year. New students came from 83 sending schools, the same as last year, with 49 percent from public schools and 39 percent from inde-

CAMPUS NEWS

for drama will be created within the existing building’s footprint.

Student center in Refectory

Noe heads NAIS board

The Refectory has been outfitted as a student center, with comfy chairs, couches, and a video screen. The former bookstore is now a faculty-staff lounge. The goal is to foster community and connection (find photos on the Lakeside website).

Head of School Bernie Noe has been elected the new chair of the board of the National Association of Independent Schools. His term will start in March.

Next inclusion phase A group from Lakeside is working this fall on drafting an initiative with five goals related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The initiative is informed by a 2017 National Association of Independent Schools survey of 1,500 Lakesiders, including recent alumni. The final plan will be presented to the Lakeside community this winter. More: www.lakesideschool.org/magazine.

MS performing arts update Renovations of Middle School performing art spaces, originally slated for summer 2017, will shift to 2018. Soil testing showed it wouldn’t be possible to build an addition, so redesigned music classrooms and spaces

pendent schools. That compared with last year’s 44 percent from public schools and the previous year’s 50 percent. Financial aid was awarded

to 36 percent of new students, with an average tuition award of $24,380, which means the families pay an average of $8,900. Full tuition for the 2017-2018 year is $33,280. ■

Lakeside Lion icon debuts Lakeside Athletics debuted its first official athletics graphic that represents the Lakeside lion. A selection of coaches, current students, and alumni chose the winning design.

Culhane creative fellowship English teacher Brian Culhane has been awarded a fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a prestigious artist community. He was selected as one of about 25 fellows for the working retreat.

Bleakney, Baldwin chairs Culhane has also been awarded the Bleakney Chair in English and Colleen Kyle the Baldwin Chair in History. The chair positions

BARRY WONG

“Chill, an installation of cool and calm in a time of rage,” by Jodi Rockwell.

recognize outstanding English and history teachers, respectively, and come with $2,000 for each of the three years of a person’s term.

Foran: top emerging artist Ceramics Monthly named Upper School arts teacher Jacob Foran as one of its 2017 top emerging artists working in the field of ceramics.

Rockwell exhibit Upper School arts teacher Jodi Rockwell showed work at “Out of Sight,” a survey of Pacific Northwest contemporary art that ran concurrent and adjacent to the Seattle Art Fair in August. ■ Inside Lakeside

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GOING ITS OWN WAY The idiosyncratic Class of 2017

Commencement exercises June 8 celebrated the Class of 2017.

T COMMENCEMENT exercises June 8, Upper School Director Alixe Callen chose the word “idiosyncratic” for the traditional one word to characterize the essence of the class. “Derived from Greek roots,” she said, idiosyncratic “essentially means ‘of its own mixture.’ ” After all, she noted, the seniors chose “sardines” as their theme for the traditional spring dressup day and “earth tones” as their theme for the winter ball. In addition to citing many varied academic, artistic, and athletic accomplishments, she lauded the seniors’ commitment to each other (“for instance, an entire advisory chose to delay their (prom) dinner until after sundown in support of those observing Ramadan”). On the podium to represent the 140 graduating seniors were Yasmin 8

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Luthra, outgoing president of Upper School Student Government; and Michael Lane Chandler and Isabella Marie Frohlich, the duo chosen by their classmates to speak (with fidget spinners in hand). Head of School Bernie Noe noted that his message to students at the beginning of the year to slow their lives down did not get a lot of traction. Lakeside students are goal-oriented, he acknowledged, and they told him they have too much they want to do in life. He said he therefore was retooling his message to urge them to make time for relationships as well as professional success, for reflection, and for contributing toward a purpose greater than themselves. “We do have time for what we truly value,” he said. Find links to speeches and more photos on the website. ■

MIKE LENGEL

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To give a short summary, our class is comprised of CEOs, a Presidential Scholar, crazy musicians, singers and rappers, sports stars on national teams, filmmakers, actors, authors and playwrights, chess players, activists, and the list goes on.”

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Michael Lane Chandler ’17

Beginning this summer – even today, Class of 2017 – set aside time each day for quiet reflection. I promise that out of this brief period of reflection will come connection with your values and guidance for how you want to live your busy, goal-oriented lives.” Head of School Bernie Noe

CLASS OF 2017 BY THE

NUMBERS

1 Broke the Guinness Record for typing the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fastest text message

Volunteered as peer tutors

National Merit Scholars

Attended the National Association of Independent Schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Student Diversity Leadership Conference

Percentage of the class who participated in an Upper School Global Service Learning trip

Percentage of the class who will participate in intercollegiate athletics next year

Number of years one class member qualified for the Math Olympiad (one of only 500 students nationally to do so)

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Graduates in the Class of 2017 are heading to colleges across the country.

COLLEGE CHOICES Amherst College

Georgia Institute of Technology 2

Arizona State University

Gonzaga University

Barnard College

Harvard University

Bates College

Harvey Mudd College

Boston College

Bowdoin College

Brandeis University

Howard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Brown University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Middlebury College

New York University

Northeastern University

Carleton College Case Western Reserve University

Northwestern University

Occidental College

Chapman University

Pitzer College

Claremont McKenna College

Pomona College

Colby College

Princeton University

Colgate University

College of the Holy Cross

Santa Clara University School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Colorado College

Scripps College

Colorado State University

Seattle University

Columbia University

Smith College

Cornell University

Stanford University

Dartmouth College

Swarthmore College

Duke University

Tufts University

Fordham University

Tulane University

Georgetown University

University of British Columbia

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Chicago University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Glasgow University of Maryland, College Park

University of Michigan

University of Notre Dame

University of Oxford

University of Pennsylvania

University of San Diego

University of Southern California 7 University of Texas, Austin

University of Washington University of Washington, Bothell

Vassar College

Wake Forest University

Wellesley College

Wesleyan University

Whitman College

Yale University

Inside Lakeside

SPORTS ROUNDUP

by MIKE LENGEL

SPILLER SCORES METRO MVP; TENNIS AND BASEBALL SHINE IN SPRING

PHOTOS BY CLAYTON CHRISTY

Kallin Spiller ’17 attempts a layup in traff ic against West Seattle High School. During her senior season, Spiller became Lakeside girls basketball’s f irst-ever 1,000 point/1,000 rebound player.

With his teammates looking on, Zane B. ’18 lines a base hit up the middle in a Metro League playoff game against O’Dea High School.

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ANDY SCHNEIDER’S return to the helm of Lakeside girls basketball as head coach saw the team return to the Sea-King District 2 tournament. Kallin Spiller ’17 closed her Lakeside girls basketball career by becoming the program’s first 1,000 point/1,000 rebound player, all-time leading rebounder (1,156), and Metro League Most Valuable Player. Spiller is now at Seattle University, where she will play basketball and volleyball. Boys tennis won the Metro League championship and finished second in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) 3A state tournament. Tate F. ’20 took fifth in state singles, and the doubles team of Eli Fonseca ’17 and Jason E. ’19

took fourth. Viv Daniel ’17 capped her season and Lakeside tennis career with an individual state championship, helping the girls team take third in the state. Daniel is attending Bowdoin College this fall, where she will play tennis. The baseball team jumped out to a fast 8-0 start, led by Metro League first-teamers Corbin C. ’19 and Zane B. ’18, and pitchers Charlie W. ’18 and Evan M. ’20. By the end of the year, the Lions had secured a second place Metro League finish (the best in program history), beating rivals Seattle Preparatory School and O’Dea High School by a combined score of 23-1, before falling to Eastside Catholic School in the Metro Championship final. The team would go on to take fifth in the WIAA 3A state tournament. Girls lacrosse, led by freshmen All-Independent League firstteamers Anna K. ’20 and Lauren C. ’20, made an appearance in the Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association tournament. The girls crew varsity quad boat, consisting of Hannah Wang ’17, Helen H. ’18, Polly Harrington ’17, and Sophie Anderson ’17, took fifth in the U.S. Rowing Northwest Varsity Regional. Find the full results and highlights from the 2016-2017 winter and spring seasons at www. lakesideschool.org/athletics. ■ Mike Lengel is the digital media specialist at Lakeside School. Reach him at 206-440-2955

FOLLOW LAKESIDE ATHLETICS on Facebook, or on Twitter at @LakesideLions.

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The new high school’s central location, along with a rigorous academic program and $17,500 tuition, is expected to attract families from around the metro area.

Lakeside-affiliated micro-school invites applicants for fall 2018 by AMANDA DARLING

HE DOWNTOWN SCHOOL: A Lakeside School began accepting applications in September for its inaugural 2018-2019 school year and is attracting interest from families around the region. The Lakeside-affiliated micro-school, a small coeducational high school two blocks from Seattle Center, will accept up to 80 students for its first year — 40 each in grades 9 and 10. The school expects to add students each year until it reaches its capacity of 160 students in grades 9 to 12. The application deadline is Jan. 11, 2018. Like Lakeside, The Downtown School will emphasize rigorous academics in an inclusive community of inspiring faculty and motivated students. It will have its own distinctive educational model and cost. Key features of The Downtown School include an emphasis on

interdisciplinary learning (including intensives, in which students will study one topic for three weeks); experiential learning (students will use the city as a lab and have internships); and online learning (juniors and seniors will take some electives online). Information sessions for The Downtown School were held in October. Head of School Sue Belcher is talking with families at independent school fairs throughout the fall. Hard-hat tours of the school will be offered in November and December. (Renovations of the site, a former parochial school, are underway; completion is expected in January 2018.) Belcher says that in her visits at middle schools and school fairs, administrators, teachers, and parents have expressed keen interest. “Everyone I talked to was excited about having more options for their students and families – particularly a centrally located school,” she says. What kinds of students does she think are the best fit for The Downtown School? “Being a member of a founding class of a school is really special,” Belcher says. “We’ll be looking for students who are intellectually curious, academically capable, and that have an adventurous spirit. Just like entrepreneurs, they’ll need to be comfortable with not knowing what everything will look like all the time.” ➢ Sports, Growth

H OW TO APPLY • For more info, tours, and to apply online: www.downtownschoolseattle.org/ admissions. • Reach the admissions office at: admissions@downtownschoolseattle.org or 206-440-2718. • Application deadline is Jan. 11, 2018.

A C A DEM I C PRO GR A M H I G H L I G HTS • Each academic year will start and end with a three-week interdisciplinary course, called an “intensive,” with two semesters in between. • A grade-level theme is integrated into each intensive and course. • During semesters, students will take courses in five content areas: English, history and social sciences, math and computational thinking, science, and Spanish. They will have three classes a day. • Students will use the city as a lab for learning, working with individuals, organizations, and businesses throughout the Seattle area. • Juniors and seniors will have internships in an area of their interest. • All students will take two Global Online Academy (GOA) electives. • Learn more at: www.downtownschoolseattle.org.

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FAQs

Architect’s rendering shows the Commons, which can transition from an all-school meeting space to smaller groupings where teachers and students can collaborate.

Following are answers to frequently asked questions and a side-by-side comparison of major features of The Downtown School and Lakeside School.

PUBLIC47 ARCHITECTS

Given Lakeside School’s success, why embark on this different model?

The idea for a new school emerged from Lakeside School’s mission to serve as many highly qualified students in the metro area as it can. Lakeside School does not have the space to admit all the talented students who could thrive there. The admissions rate has been below 20 percent for several years and this year’s was 16 percent. This region’s projected growth promises to continue to fuel demand for academically challenging high schools. In 2014, Lakeside’s Board of Trustees asked Lakeside’s Head of School Bernie Noe to explore possible avenues for expansion. Noe proposed a micro-school that would be separate from Lakeside, with the same emphasis on academic excellence but with a different program that could be offered at a lower cost. Cost was a factor because the expense of running traditional independent schools has put them out of reach for many, even with financial aid.

What defines a micro-school?

A micro-school is a new model of schooling that is sparking interest around the world. While micro-schools vary in their approaches, they are generally smaller, lower-cost, and more flexible than traditional schools.

Are micro-schools expected to replace schools like Lakeside?

In the spring 2017 issue of Independent School magazine, educational thought-leader Michael Horn, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen

Head of School Sue Belcher explores the space before the start of renovations. Hard-hat tours are scheduled for November and December.

Institute, which focuses on “disruptive innovation,” discussed changes and challenges to the independent-school model. Describing the micro-school as a “stripped-down, no-frills model” of education, Horn noted that while the model could be seen as a threat to existing independent schools, it also provides an opportunity for innovation to any school that launches one. At the same time, he suggested that sustaining innovation, or innovation within the more traditional school concept, is critical to organizational growth. While The Downtown School fits the definition of disruptive innovation, Lakeside School — with its constant drive to improve the quality of students’ education — is a model of sustaining innovation. The Lakeside Board of Trustees believes there will be a continuing demand for schools like Lakeside, and expects Lakeside will continue to thrive because of its ability to innovate and evolve.

When and how will The Downtown School reach full enrollment?

Belcher hopes the school will reach full enrollment in the 20202021 school year – the school’s third year. The Downtown School will open with 9th and 10th graders, with the school adding one grade each year. Students who start as 10th graders in 2018 will be

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the first group to graduate, the Class of 2021.

What will be the relationship between Lakeside School and The Downtown School?

While affiliated with Lakeside School, The Downtown School will function separately and will be financially selfsustaining. As a program of Lakeside School, Lakeside’s Board of Trustees will have fiduciary responsibility for The Downtown School, and Lakeside Head of School Bernie Noe will head its advisory board. During the first few years of operation, The Downtown School will have contractual arrangements for support from Lakeside’s business, communications, development, and human resources offices.

Will Lakeside School and The Downtown School be in competition for students?

Both schools will draw academically talented students. Some will continue to be attracted to Lakeside School’s wide range of electives, athletics, and broad co-curricular programs. Other students may be drawn by the greater flexibility, urban location, lower tuition, and smaller community of The Downtown School. ➢ Growth

AT A GLANCE: Some key differences between the two schools LAKESIDE UPPER SCHOOL

THE DOWNTOWN SCHOOL

Number of students

586 (2017-2018)

160 (fully enrolled)

Average class size

Number of teachers

68 (Most teachers do not have administrative duties)

8 (Teachers also serve as administrators)

School day and schedule

8:10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 4-8 class periods a day.

9 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. 3 class periods a day.

Classes offered

131

Signature programs

• Global Service Learning • Outdoor Program • Performing and visual arts • Wide range of electives

• Grade-level themes • Intensives • Using the city as a lab • Internships

Athletics and clubs

23 varsity teams, plus sub-varsity teams. 30+ clubs are based on student interest.

No athletics. Clubs will be offered based on student interest.

Tuition

$33,280 (for 2017-2018)

$17,500 (for 2018-2019)

Financial aid

31% of students receive aid. $6.5 M+ in aid will be distributed in 2017-2018.

Some aid is available. Raising an endowment to support financial aid.

Location

North Seattle, near the boundary with Shoreline.

Uptown, near Seattle Center.

Campus

Traditional campus with 11 buildings. Lakeside’s Middle School is a few blocks away.

Renovated 1920s-era former school, leased for 11 years. The building includes seven classrooms and a large multipurpose area with flexible spaces.

Head of School

Bernie Noe

Sue Belcher

Transportation

Free parking for students and contracted buses available for a separate cost.

Accessible by public transit; no dedicated bus. Students can pay for parking in nearby parking facilities.

(fully staffed)

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Can students seeking to enter high school grades apply to both schools?

Yes. They would need to complete two separate applications within the online application system.

Will it hurt a student’s chances at one school, if they are applying to the other?

No. The admissions committees at Lakeside and at The Downtown School are separate, will not confer, and will not know if a student is applying to both schools.

What kind of teachers is the school recruiting?

Belcher is looking to hire collaborative, innovative educators who place a high value on best practices in pedagogy and scholarship. She’ll also look for teachers with an interest in administrative duties: The Downtown School has a distributed leadership model, in which teachers take on all-school roles—for example, working

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on admissions or developing community partnerships. Teachers’ salaries will reflect the increased responsibilities by starting at $100,000—above the industry standard and an enticement in an increasingly expensive city. Teaching positions were posted in October, and nationwide searches are underway.

Will The Downtown School offer college counseling?

Yes. The Downtown School will have a part-time college counselor working with 40 seniors.

How will colleges perceive The Downtown School versus Lakeside?

Lakeside’s Board of Trustees believes that the schools will be perceived as different and both strong. The most important aspect for students applying to colleges will be how they have made the most of what each school has to offer. ■ Amanda Darling is the communications director of Lakeside School. Reach her at amanda.darling@lakesideschool.org or 206-440-2787.

COVER STORY

WHAT MAKES A LIVABLE CITY?

THAT’S A HOTLY DEBATED QUESTION in a Seattle populated by construction cranes at every turn. For this issue, we sought out Lakeside alumni grappling with it as part of their work or community roles. You’ll hear from an alumnus whose family is being priced out of Seattle; seven alumni who sketch their visions of Seattle past and future; and three who debate growth as they ride the light rail together. From their

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varying perspectives, they bring a host of creative ideas.

Ü Growth

Carla Saulter ’90, Matt Griffin ’69, and Nick Welch ’06 talk over Seattle’s future, sharing their perspectives as, respectively, an activist, downtown developer, and urban planner.

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MAT T GRIFFIN ’ 6 9 Developer, Pine Street Group, which says its mission is “creating a vibrant, urban core in downtown Seattle.”

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Grew up in: South Seattle, near Genesee Park.

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3 alumni consider: How should Seattle grow?

HE IDEA: Ask three alumni who’ve thought a lot about the city’s growth to ride the light rail together while having a conversation about the changes happening in Seattle. Matt Griffin ’69, a developer, Carla Saulter ’90, a transit activist, and Nick Welch ’06, a city planner, were game. In late August, they spent a morning traveling much of the length of Seattle, some 20 miles, via the Sound Transit Link light rail, from the University of Washington station to Angle Lake. Along the way, we asked them to share memories of the neighborhoods near the 16 rail stops, discuss what they see as going wrong or right today, and talk about their hopes for what comes next. They touched on tough topics, from gentrification to affordable housing and from working-class jobs to the future of cars. Here are some highlights of their conversation.

Ü University of Washington station The group meets at 7 a.m. at the entrance to the light rail station by Husky Stadium. Descending underground to board the train toward downtown, the three consider the growing transformation of the University District above them. Griffin is the only one of the three alive when the land just north Continued on Page 18

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Where he lives: Downtown near Westlake, for the past 14 years. He and his wife, Evelyne Rozner, ditched their cars and “barely” use ride-share services. “We most always take the bus. And we walk.” Background: A civil engineering major at Princeton, he worked construction jobs summers and, by the time he graduated, carried a journeyman carpenters union card. First professional job was for an affiliate of Howard S. Wright Construction in Sitka, Alaska, adding pollution equipment to pulp mills. After getting an MBA and a degree in construction management at Stanford, on Wright’s suggestion he tried development, working at what is now Wright Runstad & Co. He left to spend 1986 biking with Evelyne through 33 countries, “thinking about cities and my future.” Deciding speculative office development was too risky, he spent four years, including as CEO, as part of an ultimately unsuccessful management turnaround effort at Egghead, the computer software retail chain. He and

Evelyne hopped on bikes again, traversing South America. Coming home in 1994, he found “downtown Seattle was broken,” with many retailers boarded up. He led an effort, widely credited with sparking downtown’s revitalization, to redevelop three key downtown blocks. The projects included building Pacific Place, renovating the former Frederick & Nelson department store for Nordstrom, and redeveloping the old Nordstrom store. He’s now project-managing the proposed major addition to the Washington State Convention Center. More: http://pinest.com/

C A R L A S A U LT ER ’90 Writer, transit advocate; blogs at buschick.com Grew up in: West Seattle, Edmonds. Where she lives: Near Garfield High in the Central Area, near where her grandparents first moved in the 1930s (now Ezell’s Famous Chicken). Her family is car-free. Husband buses to Microsoft; she walks her kids, in second and fourth grades, more than a halfmile to Leschi Elementary, and their activities, including sports and dance lessons, are neighborhood-based by design. Background: After getting an English degree from Rice University, she taught high school in Houston, decided it wasn’t for her, and fell into technical writing. Missing family and Seattle, she returned here in 1998, and spent eight years at Microsoft. Her blog about the community of bus riders led to working as director of communications and outreach

at Transportation Choices Coalition. She quit after the family brought a foster son to live with them for a time. Besides writing for publications such as Grist (“Why public transportation is good for kids”) and Real Change, she volunteers for transit and foster-care causes and at her kids’ school. She’s thinking about what other kind of meaningful work she might want to do next. Origins of Bus Chick: She was inspired to give up her car by a fellow Microsoftie she first met on their bus ride to Redmond. Now her husband, that Microsoftie gave her the Bus Chick nickname. “I’d grown up on the bus” from age 8, taking two buses to get from home in West Seattle to Epiphany School in Madrona. Those long rides aren’t something she wants for her kids, though. For one thing, “getting across town now — you don’t know how long it would take.” But besides that, “I want their lives and many or most of their friendships to be very grounded in the neighborhood. I always attended schools far from where I lived and, though I truly appreciated the experiences, I also missed feeling and being connected.” The family does rent a car on average once every two months, usually a whole day to do multiple things they might need a car for, such as visiting someone hard to travel to by transit or when they need to buy something big.

N I CK WEL CH ’0 6 Senior urban planner, City of Seattle’s Off ice of Planning and Community Development

Grew up in: Leschi and Blue Ridge. Where he lives: In a 12-unit condo building in the northern end of the University District. “We wanted to live in a building with other people,” he says. “We like the community in this building.” He also likes that it’s in a walkable neighborhood that offers easy commutes. Sometimes Welch runs to work; sometimes he takes a bus to catch the light rail at the University of Washington station. His wife is 10 minutes from the elementary school where she teaches — and they’ll be even closer to the U District and Roosevelt light-rail stations opening in four years. Background: After getting degrees in international relations and Spanish at Tufts University, Welch’s interest in learning more about inequality and climate change (“the big challenges for the planet in the 21st century”) led him to get a master’s in urban and environmental policy and planning; Tufts’ program emphasized concerns with both. As part of his master’s thesis, he used Seattle as a case study in identifying neighborhoods most susceptible to gentrification. After he joined the city planning department in 2013, his colleagues embraced this work as they updated the city’s comprehensive plan. He refined and expanded his “equity analysis” tool to examine how growth can affect access to opportunity and displacement risk for vulnerable communities — such as renters, low-income people, communities of color. His website: http://nicolaswelch.com/

The alumni riding Sound Transit’s Link light rail observe passengers board at the SeaTac/Airport station. Neighborhoods are visible once the rail emerges aboveground through Rainier Valley south to Angle Lake.

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Unbelievable growth: “Clearly it surprised almost all of us how Seattle has changed. When Amazon decided to come downtown — that was a game changer. Their biggest resource is talent, and (Jeff) Bezos saw (the urban core) is where the talent wants to go. That they’ve grown this much is unbelievable.” Homelessness: He calls it unacceptable “in a city with this much wealth” and while citing cutbacks in mentalhealth funding, the opioid epidemic, and housing affordability as contributing to the problem, he calls on the business community to contribute more resources to address it.

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of the station was a dump. The city recently changed zoning in the U District, paving the way for it to become a high-rise neighborhood. Dozens more upzones are planned to allow developers to build higher in certain neighborhoods, particularly those near frequent mass transit, if they either keep a portion of the units as rent-restricted for low-income people or pay into an affordable housing fund. “Clearly more housing near transit stations has got to be the way we grow,” says Griffin, who adds that he’s a fan of the city’s housing affordability plan because it’s important for neighborhoods to have some mix of incomes. But he’s skeptical whether it will lead to construction of a lot more housing. Saulter voices qualms. Given that all but small percentages of the new housing still will go to the highest bidder, she says, “What does that do to help people trying to afford living here now — for students, for all kinds of working people, teachers, firefighters?” “It’s only a small step,” Welch says. “I’d like to scale it up further.” Nobody, meanwhile, would rather see a city with a shrinking economy. “My husband’s from Detroit,” Saulter says. But “you don’t want to be either San Francisco or Cleveland. Neither is desirable. We need different models. There’s got to be a better way.” She says one question comes up a lot: “Is there an inherent right for someone who grew up here to have a place here?” She asks, “What do we as a city feel about that? Is it just survival of the richest?” Welch asks, who’s a newcomer, anyway? “People who grew up here have parents or grandparents who were newcomers. Unless we’re talking about the original inhabitants of this place … and how would they feel about what’s happened to their land?” Saulter agrees. But still, she says, “Is there a place for the working people who grew up and were raised here and built up this community?” 18

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Pedestrians cross busy Montlake Boulevard Northeast to the University of Washington light rail station. Worsening traffic congestion has become a flash point as bikers, mass transit riders, and individual car drivers compete for street space.

HOUSING NEAR MOUNT BAKER STATION

KING PLAZA IN RAINIER VALLEY

Schools: He sees the public schools as Seattle’s biggest problem, “our Achilles heel.” Newcomers, prizing quality education, “aren’t going to tolerate poor schools for their kids. I think we don’t know what to do about it.”

What makes a great city: His bike trips around the world gave him strong opinions: “Walkable, interesting sidewalks,” the right mix of residential, office, shopping. His list of great cities includes Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Lisbon, Bogota, Santiago, Istanbul, Prague, and Budapest. “Have you ever been in a city that you thought was a great city that wasn’t a great city to walk?”

If not, “Do we just say ‘thanks a lot’ to them?” Welch says there’s the much broader issue of what’s happening to the working and middle class across the country. “There are other issues involved,” he says, “such as stagnant wage growth, widening income inequality. That’s not just a Seattle phenomenon or Washington state phenomenon. Seattle will not reverse that on its own.” Saulter mentions a friend in her 50s who “hates everything that’s happening, all the displacement. I say, ‘We have to put people somewhere; otherwise the option is to say no one else can come here.’ She says, ‘That’s what we should say!’ “And I said, ‘What if they were refugees, would you feel the same?’ These are interesting moral questions. Is there such a thing as too many people in Seattle?”

Ü Beacon Hill A construction crane is at work where a U District transit station is being built on Brooklyn Avenue Northeast. A George Tsutakawa fountain is nearby at UW Tower Building.

At the Beacon Hill stop, Griffin predicts that, given the light rail station here and its proximity to downtown, major change is inevitable. So far, though, while multistory apartment buildings have sprouted along its arterials, Beacon Hill remains mostly low-key. Welch says one reason is that most of the area is zoned single-family. “You’re going to fix that, though, right?” Griffin says to Welch with a smile. Most of Seattle’s land is zoned single-family, which restricts the number of people who can be housed on it. By “fix it,” Griffin refers to an early draft recommendation by a mayoral committee to eliminate single-family neighborhood zoning. It was dead on arrival after it was leaked to the press and a public uproar ensued.

Ü Mount Baker NEAR BEACON HILL STATION

CORNER OF MYRTLE & MLK

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Origins of her convictions: “Growing up here in such a beautiful place and understanding how precious that is. I’m watching climate change in this town. You never see slugs anymore. Ferns are dying.”

The right to mobility: “What we’re saying with a system built on cars … is that you must be certain ages, income, able-bodied to have basic mobility. That’s insane. We build communities where there are not even sidewalks. To be able to get somewhere is a human right.”

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turns to gentrification. They debate what should happen with what looks like a scrap yard on Rainier Avenue South. Griffin says land near good mass transit is better used for housing. A scrap yard doesn’t need great access to transit. Saulter worries about losing more working-class jobs: “We used to have working-class jobs. What kind of city will we be?” Griffin suggests the operation likely employs relatively few people, and, in any case, it’s likely to move sooner or later because it no longer makes sense to be located here. Businesses and homes mean things to people, Saulter says. “So many people feel erased.” In her own Central Area neighborhood, not too far from here, she says, plaques acknowledge the history of the AfricanAmerican community there, “but people aren’t getting to stay.” “We need to grow in a sensible way; we need homes for a range of incomes,” Saulter says. But we can’t ignore that these changes are erasing “lives and history and people,” she says, and echoes Welch’s mention of Seattle’s original inhabitants: “The Duwamish, it’s like they never existed.”

The ad is for a new residence under construction in South Lake Union. A building frenzy can’t keep up with the demand for in-city apartments, driven by the influx of newcomers with well-paying jobs.

Ü Othello After Mount Baker, the train descends to street level, heading south along Martin Luther King Jr. Way. It passes Columbia City and approaches the Othello station, where light rail has spurred some large apartment complexes, with more underway. The welter of small, mostly ethnic restaurants, groceries, and shops also is growing, but with underand undeveloped land remaining and the light rail roaring through, the neighborhood still has an unfinished, raw feel. Saulter says the implementation of light rail here was “unfortunate” as there are no easy and safe places to cross the lanes of traf20

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I-5, APPROACHING SEA

Car culture: “Over time, living without a car, once you step outside off the ride — you can see just how much car culture impacts us on every level … the public space we devote to it … the health effects. … I have a friend whose 3-year-old grandson was in catastrophic crash. He’ll never walk again. Crashes are the No. 1 killer of American children. … There are times I think I could do this with a car in five minutes instead of 40 (by bus). But on balance, my life has been transformed in a positive way. I want that for our communities.”

fic and rail. Welch notes collisions of cars, rail, and pedestrians occur “relatively often.” (The Seattle Times reported on Aug. 29 that 58 collisions have occurred since service began in 2009.) Questions of safety and equity were raised at the time the station was built, Welch says. Most segments of the light rail system, which would go through more prosperous parts of the city, would be elevated or underground.

Ü Rainier Beach The three pass the Rainier Beach station, just south of South Henderson Street. Griffin: “This is one of the rougher areas. What happens here?” Saulter: “I just saw a sign saying, ‘Housing in the $300,000s — live at the light rail.”

Ü Tukwila A First Hill Streetcar heads west on Jackson Street in Little Saigon, a neighborhood the alumni agree is in the crosshairs for gentrification, given its proximity to downtown.

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Saulter brings up a missed opportunity: The light rail stops at the Tukwila station and doesn’t go to the mall at Southcenter, which would have been a big plus for young people. The group discusses cars, going carless, and ride-sharing. What do they see happening in five to 10 years? Griffin predicts much less driving. Welch says ride-sharing services can help with “the last mile” that transit doesn’t reach but they don’t work well for those with no money or smartphone. Saulter objects to what she believes is ride-sharing companies’ undercutting of costs to hurt public transit, which is taxpayer subsidized. Even though on short rides it would be cheaper for her carless family of four to ride-share than pay for four bus fares, they take buses or walk.

Ü Angle Lake

DEFUNCT RESTAURANT ALONG RAINIER

They pass the airport station, which Griffin recalls was farmland when he was growing up, and arrive at the southernmost light rail station, Angle Lake. They comment that this station, just south of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is an example of how light rail can bring ➢ Growth

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attention to under-the-radar areas. Saulter has discovered that Angle Lake — and its beach and water-spray attraction — is an easy walk from the station and a great place to meet a South King County friend. Griffin says he was familiar with the area only because he was involved with building a YMCA on South 188th Street in SeaTac. (He doesn’t mention it, but he’s been a major benefactor of the Y since the 1980s and this Y was actually named after him – the Matt Griffin YMCA.) After Angle Lake, the three head north again for a 40-minute ride back to the Westlake station.

Û SeaTac/Airport They consider the question of whether they feel the loss of the sleepier Seattle neighborhoods of their youth. Griffin says he just doesn’t feel a loss. He never was one for the single-family home. He delights in downtown, car-free living and is happy never to mow a lawn or weed a garden. Saulter says she finds it unsettling to frequently find herself in a once-familiar Seattle area where all she recognizes are street signs. Welch says that, while it may sound simplistic, accepting changes in Seattle’s physical landscape is the only way it can be an inclusive place where working people can flourish today and in the future. They bring up another contribution to Seattle’s growth problem: People now demand bigger houses. New home sizes increased by 62 percent from 1973 to 2016, and living space per person has nearly doubled. Griffin points out that couples live in bigger places than large families once did. “What is a reasonable amount of space to take up? How much is enough?” Saulter asks. She mentions an article she wrote for Grist, the environmental website, about living in a small space with kids, when she and her family were in a 900-square-foot condo with limited storage: “I looked it up: In 1950, the average family home was 900 square feet.” Griffin recounts how he and his wife on a lark lived for a month in New York City in 2005. Everything from pub to gym was adjacent to their tiny apartment. “We discovered you can live in less space if the city is your living room.” That experience led directly to his company creating Via6, a 654-unit luxury apartment project at Sixth and Lenora in Seattle (average unit: 715 square feet, in a complex that includes bike storage, restaurant, pub, small market, and entertainment rooms). “Too often people think, ‘If I want to use it I need to own it,’” Griffin says. “Some of those things you really only need access to 10 times a year. A car starts to fall into that category.” 22

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Photo illustration shows more buildings finished and under construction in South Lake Union, an area dominated by Amazon, which occupies 33 buildings with 8.1 million square feet in Seattle.

The headquarters of the Allen Institute for Brain Science commands the corner of Mercer Street and Westlake Avenue North in the booming South Lake Union neighborhood.

Û Othello

Griffin brings up Emmett Watson (1917-2001) and the longtime newspaper columnist’s tongue-in-cheek, anti-growth Lesser Seattle campaign (named to counter the pro-growth booster group “Greater Seattle”). Saulter recalls it from the 1980s, when locals railed every time they saw a California license plate as evidence Californians were fleeing their hot real-estate market and driving up Seattle housing prices. “The point is,” Griffin says, “this debate has been going on a long time. It’s all relative. “When I graduated college in 1973, it was just after the billboard had been there —“will the last person leaving Seattle please turn out the lights?” I couldn’t get a job; I had to go to Alaska.” Acknowledging the point, Saulter says

their discussion assumes the pace of development continues as it has, but they can’t be sure it will.

Û Columbia City They pass the Columbia City station, a few blocks from the heart of the nowtrendy neighborhood. Griffin grew up not too far away, well before gentrification, near Hawthorne Elementary School in the Genesee neighborhood of Rainier Valley. At Rainier and Genesee, where he caught the No. 7 bus to go downtown, “It was pretty rough in those days.” Griffin sees positive changes in store. Some businesses will be replaced, given this area’s good access to mass transit to downtown, he says, and he thinks that’s necessary. He cites Darigold, which has a processing plant along Rainier Avenue just north of Genesee. “It’s moving to more

industrial, less expensive land in Georgetown,” he says. “I think that’s good for Rainier Valley.” Welch agrees that demand for housing will rise here as light rail expands, adding that the city will need to make investments to ensure affordable housing choices for people already living there. Saulter says the question is always how much subsidized versus market-rate housing. New people coming into the neighborhoods, she points out, will drive the mix of businesses, as well as housing. For example, she says, the corner of Cherry Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in the Central Area, long anchored by The Facts newspaper for the African-American community, is now PLAY Doggie Daycare. “What this (new) demographic wants and needs and what they can afford are not the same,” Saulter says. “Whether it’s hot yoga or whatever else, it’s a whole different lifestyle. “So much is out of our control — market forces. I don’t see how we stop this train.” Welch: “Doggie Daycare is there because its customers could afford to live in that neighborhood when they were priced out of, say, Wallingford or Roosevelt. " He points to “a history of policies and institutional racism” at work. “Practices like redlining discouraged investment in places like the Central Area, and restrictive covenants excluded people of color from living in many neighborhoods, all of which intensified racial segregation,” he says. “Now there’s a spillover affecting these neighborhoods that were historically more affordable because people can’t find housing in other neighborhoods.” Griffin asks Welch for an update on the Seattle City Council’s upzone earlier this year of the Chinatown/International District, another example of a close-in neighborhood under pressure. Welch says it ultimately passed because the city promised to work to protect against displacement of those already living and working there. But given the ID’s location near downtown and the vulnerability of the “unique cultural and economic ecosystem built around it for the last 60 years,” Welch says, “that broader concern is still there. As it should be.”

Û Mount Baker They turn to the subject of parking. Griffin says he was part of a group pushing to get rid of parking requirements downtown. Adding parking drives up the cost of building by a lot. Saulter says her dad gets mad when new apartments are allowed to be built without onsite parking spaces, but people who move in still bring their cars, making things “chaotic.” Welch says he understands that, for neighborhoods bearing the brunt, “it’s challenging and ➢ Growth

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Going bold: “If things are changing and happening as fast as they are, we have to be bold in how we deal with them. Be open minded to rethinking things and being creative in facing the challenges of the 21st century. We’re a global city now. We’re not going to retreat from that.”

Boom and bust: “I’m still kind of young (29). Some might say naïve. … Seattle has gone through: timber, gold, aerospace, dot-com, and now Amazon. Technology is fundamentally changing our world. Maybe this is Seattle’s latest boom — or the new normal.”

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painful, but we don’t own the space on the street in front of our house. We grow accustomed to thinking we have a right to it, but we don’t. We all own it in common.” The reality of the city’s climate change goals and housing needs, he says, means “we can’t keep building 50- or 100-year infrastructure oriented around cars.”

Û SODO As the SODO station nears, Griffin brings up the sports arena some developers hoped to build in the area to house a possible NBA basketball or NHL hockey franchise. It looks like the city will decide instead to renovate KeyArena at Seattle Center. “So, what happens here?” says Griffin. “There is a large tract of land assembled. It’s got reasonably good mass transit.” Does he want to develop it into housing, maybe? “Hah. I want to retire!” This triggers Griffin to bring up another large, prime piece of land he believes is “underutilized”: the city-owned golf course at Interbay. Compare the limited number of golfers who use it with the number, he says, who could benefit from housing there, whether market rate or part subsidized. “That’s an awful lot of land,” Griffin says, “and it’s close to Expedia.”

Û University Street As they get into downtown, Saulter says she wants to take advantage of her rare opportunity to question a developer. She asks Griffin, who has been so instrumental in downtown development, whether in today’s go-go climate developers actually risk losing money, even if they must contribute to the affordable housing supply. Yes, they can lose money, Griffin says. Added requirements can lower the value of land, and when that happens, some sellers won’t sell; they’ll hold on, or calculate they can make more money, say, by keeping some24

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Nick Welch ’06 commutes to work via light rail. He and his alumni companions agree that the city must grow by providing denser housing, but they don’t see easy ways to create enough affordable housing to meet demand.

thing as a parking lot. Welch adds that at some point affordability requirements do suppress housing development, but there’s disagreement over when that starts to happen, and there are many variables, such as what rents can bear in a particular area. Delays add to the time there is less housing available, Griffin says. Take the case of the proposed Washington State Convention Center’s $1.6 billion addition, which the Daily Journal of Commerce calls “the largest downtown project we’ve seen in a generation.” Proponents say it will attract more conventions, creating more business for Seattle hotels, restaurants, retail, and entertainment and boosting development along the corridor connecting downtown with Capitol Hill. It will cover several city blocks, and among the public benefits it offers is contributing 400 new housing units. A community coalition is pushing for more amenities. But construction is set to begin next year and all the conditions could spell a delay of one to two years in getting the hous-

ing built, says Griffin, who is managing the project. That’s one to two years, he says, during which there is that much less housing available in Seattle, and prices continue to rise.

Û Westlake The light rail pulls into the Westlake station, where Griffin will get off with his bike and head the few blocks to his Pine Street Group office. Welch will make his way to the city planning department, and Saulter will take a bus to the Central Area. So the discussion must end on that note — one that, like so many of the topics they’ve covered today, is full of the complications and tradeoffs that abound as the city faces the future. Two weeks later, Amazon announced it will build a second headquarters in a different city than Seattle, throwing another wildcard into Seattle’s growth. That surely could have inspired our alumni on another two hours of discussion. Perhaps for another day. ■ Carey Quan Gelernter is editor of Lakeside magazine. Reach her at carey.gelernter@lakesideschool.org or 206-440-2706.

Knute Berger ’72’s family, circa 1970-1971, on the steps of their Mount Baker home, across from Franklin High School on 32nd Avenue South. His grandmother lived nearby, in the house his grandfather built. Front row, from left: Father Knute E. Berger; sister Barb's partner, Jerry George; sister Barbara Helen Berger. Back row, from left: Knute "Skip" Berger '72, mother Margi Berger, sister Kari Berger.

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Knute Berger ’72’s roots in Seattle run deep. But his children have been priced out of the market, and even his own hold on the city may be tenuous. by KNUTE BERGER ’72

HAT SHOULD BE a celebration, a rite of passage of generations, turns to gloom, tinged with comedy. This year my millennial son Gus has been looking to buy a home for his family — his working wife and twin babies. He’s a fourthgeneration Seattleite, his kids the fifth — all born under the umbrella of the Space Needle. He rents an apartment in bustling Columbia City and would love to stay there, as it offers everything that a diverse modern Seattle can. But buying there isn’t an option. In his living room he has a big digital screen — he has worked in the gaming industry — and we watch a kind of real estate game in the virtual world of Redfin,

the Seattle-based online residential real estate firm. Tags pop up displaying the location of homes for sale that meet his search criteria, including price, number of bedrooms, length of commute. It’s a very cool way to shop for houses, but sobering. He’d like to find a $300,000 starter home. Right away Seattle and the Eastside are virtually off the table; there’s almost nothing that meets his single-family home criteria in that price range. The median home price in the city is now over $740,000 and rising. A year ago, it was a mere $666,000, a chilling number for the superstitious and for any family earning the median annual household income, which has topped $80,000.

Trying to find something livable and affordable with a one-way commute of an hour-and-a-half or less is a serious challenge. South King County, Kitsap County, farflung places like Lake Stevens in Snohomish County or Tacoma, Redfin data suggest, seem to be the best options, though the commutes to Seattle would be rough. One afternoon a $300,000 property in northwest Seattle pops up. It seems too good to be true. What is it? It turns out it’s a tree house above the beach. The best thing it does for us is bring laughter. Even Seattle’s tree houses are unaffordable! If I were to write a contemporary history of Seattle, I would divide it into two periods: ➢ Growth

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BA and AA — Before Amazon and After. There’s little doubt that Amazon.com has brought disruptive change to retail markets, and to our city. Which is not to blame or credit everything to one company. But Seattle has become a company town again with Amazon our 21st century Boeing. Amazon’s success is driving growth and housing-price inflation, while its employees command high wages. Downtown and South Lake Union are burgeoning. As a community we consider ourselves lucky to have such prosperity from Amazon and the tech sector. Who wants to be Detroit, after all? But the costs borne by us non-Amazonians are enormous and part of broader change that is significantly reshaping the city into something bigger and less egalitarian. San Francisco and Silicon Valley, once beacons of success, stand now as warnings of the downsides of prosperity. Cranes have proliferated in Seattle’s downtown, but most of the housing is being built for people with means. Investment money pours in from around the world. The market is speaking, but not solving our problem of creating enough housing regular folks can afford. People argue that IF I WERE TO WRITE we need to unleash construction of housing A CONTEMPORARY even more. Some have advocated eliminating HISTORY OF SEATTLE, restrictive regulation and even zoning, but the I WOULD DIVIDE IT unprecedented boom offers little hope in the INTO TWO PERIODS: short- or mid-term. The BA AND AA — BEFORE market is saying to cops, artists, teachers, cooks, AMAZON AND AFTER. nurses, writers, and median wage earners with families who need more than microhousing: You can’t afford Seattle anymore. I feel that personally. As a writer and editor who has specialized in risky media startups and now works part time for a nonprofit news website (Cascade Public Media’s Crosscut), I can say that Seattle used to be an easier place to take risks on new ventures because the city itself offered a kind of affordable safety net. Rents were reasonable, housing easier to find. I bought my first bungalow in Ballard in the late ’70s for $55,000. My parents almost had a stroke. They had sold our big old five-bedroom Mount Baker home in the early ’70s at a Boeing recession price of about $35,000. Redfin estimates that if my childhood home were for sale today it would be worth nearly $1 million, and I think that’s very conservative. My folks retired to a home on Bainbridge that’s probably worth only a fraction of what an equivalent Seattle home would have commanded. I lived an unusually rooted childhood. I grew

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We asked seven alumni to share a casual sketch or image of an object that evokes the Seattle of their youth, another of their creative idea for a future livable Seattle, and the answer to one tough question.

“Chinatown sculpture with me and my brother in 1981. The significance of this to me is the new life this sculpture has in Chinatown in a newly named community park. I remember climbing this sculpture and there are others in town that are also in Seattle children's memories. Chinatown/International District will go through major development in the next 10 to 20 years with the recently approved upzone.”

on a napkin “My parents used to take us on short hikes near the city, and my favorite was one that went to a lake, where we would sit and drink hot chocolate. This memory will make my Lakeside friends laugh, because I am probably the least outdoorsy of all of us.”

Iben Falconer ’02, director of strategic initiatives, Colum-

“Affordability in our city must be our future and this development near an apartment building where I used to live is an interesting experiment. On a lot next to this two-story, eight-unit apartment will be a 128 (!) unit development of microhousing. It will be interesting to see how these changes, influences, and hopefully benefits the neighborhood.”

Marlene Chen ’91 is an architect and principal at Olson Kundig, a Seattle-based design practice founded on “the ideas that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture, and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives.” While her love of architecture may have started with fortbuilding in her youth, her first exposure to plans, elevations, and sections was at Lakeside taking drafting in McAllister Hall. As a parent of a toddler, she’s “learning how to see the world, including the built environment and elements of a healthy community, from a completely new perspective.”

Among architectural trends or styles proliferating as Seattle grows, which do you suspect will dismay people in 50 years and which may stand the test of time?

bia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation. Previously, she was an associate and business development director of BIG, a Danish-American architecture firm, and worked at Steven Holl Architects, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Urban Land Institute. She studied architecture history at Brown University and has a master’s degree from Yale School of Architecture (“I wrote my thesis on the relationship between national identity and promotion in contemporary Danish architecture”). She has lectured widely on both BIG and business development strategy and was the co-chair of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Urban Land Institute in New York City from 2014 to 2015.

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What do you see as the most pressing challenge in American cities today?

The lack of affordable housing. Traditionally, experts say you should not spend more than one-third of your income on housing, but many city residents are far exceeding that. If cities like Seattle, New York, and San Francisco are going to continue to thrive as centers of innovation and social/economic mobility, we must create affordable housing for the middle class. Otherwise, they will get pushed further and further from the city geographically, and our cities will simply be playgrounds for the 1 percent. Ü “Seattle needs better mass transit! The city has grown in population so much over the last 15 years, and the traffic is awful.”

Every style of architecture has poor and excellent examples. From modernist to craftsman to brutalist to neoclassical — what stands the test of time is a good sense of scale, proportion, and sensitivity to how a building interacts with its site, how it treats its occupants, and how it can evolve in new incarnations (think: an old warehouse can be offices, a studio, or housing).

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up in the Rainier Valley across from Franklin High and a few blocks from Sick’s Stadium, in the same neighborhood my father grew up in. He knew the landscape well and could tell us stories about the places he played, like the marshes near Genesee, or his hijinks at Franklin, or how his sister dated baseball star Fred Hutchinson, who then played for the Seattle Rainiers. We lived in a neighborhood where lore from personal experience was passed down. My Scottish grandmother lived just down the boulevard in a house my Norwegian grandfather built. I lived in our Mount Baker house until I went to college. After a couple of years in the Bay Area, I returned to Seattle because this was where I wanted to raise a family. I bought a bungalow in Kirkland in the early ’80s — from a Lakeside teacher, by the way — for the princely sum of $72,000, cheap enough to afford on an editor’s modest single income, roomy enough for a family of four. I wish my own kids could replicate that intimate upbringing. Both of my children have tried. Gus moved back to Seattle from Albuquerque to raise a family here, and renting in Columbia City has put everyone I WISH MY OWN KIDS close. My daughter, Sophia, lived in Judkins COULD REPLICATE Park with her two kids, but work and lower THAT INTIMATE costs took her to Las Vegas. Now she’s back UPBRINGING. BOTH to the area in Olympia, OF MY CHILDREN where rents and home prices are rising but still HAVE TRIED. well below Seattle’s. I’d love if we could all live within reach, but the time for us all living in the city has probably passed, short of a lottery win. Living in Seattle might be passing for me, too. I sold the Kirkland house right before the recession and now my wife, Carol, and I rent an older apartment in Madison Park. It’s a lovely life — the neighborhood is nice, near the lake, within walking and biking distance to my wife’s work and shopping. Taking transit is easy. It’s politically diverse, if not racially so. The precinct that gave Donald Trump his largest Seattle vote percentage is just a couple of blocks away. But living in market-rate rental housing in your 60s feels tenuous. We love it here, but we’re a rent hike or a redevelopment decision away from becoming economic refugees. I’ve lived most of my life in Seattle or its near suburbs. My kids have been steeped, as I was, in a soggy sense of Northwest belonging. I’ve built a career on it. I write about historic preservation, local politics, and regional heritage. Maintaining connection to place has always been important to me. I want that

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ÜSketch on a napkin Jake McKinstry ’97 is a principal at Spectrum Development Solutions, a Seattle-based real-estate development company focusing on “mixed-use, transitoriented, and environmentally sustainable development that enhances the community fabric.” Notable projects include a $500 million joint venture with an investment firm to build workforce housing (housing aimed at those who make “The Sonics were $40,000 to $80,000 per year, or 60 to 100 everything to me. percent of the city’s median income) in My aunt worked popular areas where rents are rising, such for them so I had the opportunity to as First Hill and Pioneer Square. Specgo to many games trum also developed Anthem on 12th, and see the playworkforce housing that was the first priers. I was able to vate development in the Seattle Housing get Xavier “X-Man” Authority’s revamp of Yesler Terrace into McDaniel’s autograph and put up a mixed-income community. McKinstry, this poster.” who has a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia University, serves on the Seattle Planning Commission and the Urban Land Institute’s Transit Oriented Development Council. In 2015, he was selected by the Puget Sound Business Journal for a “40 under 40 Award” honoring young business leaders.

“We need to strike the right balance between growth and preserving what we love about Seattle.”

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What’s missing in the public discussion about how fast the city is growing?

An integrated vision is missing. Public discourse on issues like affordable housing, schools, and transportation is often siloed. The result is that policies to solve problems are created independent of one another, when we should be thinking holistically about our network of schools, housing choices, and transportation systems. A good example in my line of work is the desire for family-sized housing in downtown Seattle. The reality is we can’t provide it if we don’t have good school options, safe neighborhoods, and reliable transportation. It all works together. It’s critical to have a long-term planning vision with a 200-plus-year lens to ensure integrated outcomes, especially during a time of unprecedented growth.

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What’s one thing people can do in their neighborhood to make it more livable?

“Walk in it! This simple practice … enables daily new discovery, sharing, refreshment, and connecting over mutual interests. It enriches the neighborhood, even for those who never venture out, and is something you and your neighbors will cherish!”

JOSEF SCAYLEA, 1967

“This photo of Mount Rainier over Lake Washington was a personal gift to our family from Josef Scaylea, Seattle Times photographer, in 1967. This was the defining view of my childhood, and looks as if taken from our front door. ‘The Mountain’ was the iconic representation of the Earth’s power for me, and ‘The Lake’ was my childhood playground, soothing escape, and living embodiment of all that water is and does.”

Phil Evans ’68, community engagement designer, The CityWrights Collaborative: “I retired after 26 years of developing award-winning grounds at San Francisco State University. I began as the grounds manager and spent the last five years as director of site planning. Everything outside the buildings was in my design and operations management portfolio … spreading outward from the paint-coating color on the buildings! I focused on improving user experience — from maintaining safety and cleanliness to implementing innovations in green infrastructure for what was essentially a small city, 130 acres of urban forest, garden, and streetscapes.

“The background is that I lived in the network of informal paths through public and private property that connected our Washington Park neighborhood to the lake. When we lived in Washington, D.C., a similar network of pathways interconnected the grid of streets to join the parks and other properties that were our play areas. Here in the hilly “I continue this work as a volunteer now, working in community engagement design Bay Area many cities, including Belmont, where I live, projects to improve our local cities. Through my virtual network www.citywrights. net, have a pedestrian network of hillside stairways and sewer I partner with individuals and groups, and maintain a mentoring practice for university easement paths with overhanging trees, and interesting twists and turns.” design students.”

Brodie Bain ’78 is principal and planning director at

Brodie Bain ’78’s sketch combines her visions of the Seattle of her past and a future livable Seattle.

Perkins+Will, specializing in urban and campus planning. She has worked with more than 30 higher education institutions along with multiple nonprofits, government agencies, and corporations. Her past clients include Stanford, Duke, Ohio State, University of California, the American University of Beirut, each of Washington’s state universities, and many community colleges and private institutions of the Northwest. Bain has a Master of Architecture with Designer Behavior from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been admitted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, and has earned credentials from the American Institute of Certified Planners and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). She has spoken throughout the country on topics such as sustainable planning, design for wheelchair users, and campus design. Ü Growth 29

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for myself and for those who come next. I want people who move to Seattle to be able to put down roots that will last for generations. I want my grandkids to be able to afford to live here. In my own circle of baby boomer friends, many are retiring to places like Bellingham or Port Townsend — communities with Puget Sound charm and a lower cost of living. Seattleites are becoming the “Californians” of the region: moneyed outsiders looking for good Northwesty places to live at a bargain price, and driving up costs for those who preceded them. Others have been leaving, too, however, though for a variety of reasons. The African-American community has migrated south and out of the Central Area, many pushed out for economic reasons. The International District, Yesler Terrace, Little Saigon are likely to go the way of Ballard, upzoned ethnic enclaves ripe for gentrification. I don’t argue that all the ways Seattle is changing are bad, far from it. Seattle is less segregated and more diverse than it used to be — it’s come a long way from the red-lined, racially covenanted 1960s — with more to do. The city retains its connection to nature, great parks, and cultural institutions. Vital neighborhoods like Pioneer WE HAVE BEEN AND Square and Pike Place Market have been saved CONTINUE TO BE A and reinvigorated. We have been and continue CITY THAT WANTS to be a city that wants to do better by its people. TO DO BETTER BY ITS But we’re groping for the PEOPLE. formula. In this year’s mayor’s race, candidate polling showed the two most crucial issues for voters were affordability and homelessness. They are connected. Most of the homeless are local and in many cases folks have been pushed into oblivion by the current affordability crisis and the high cost of getting on one’s feet and starting fresh. But even those of us who are not on the streets are feeling the pressure. Yes, we have more options and retreating farther afield isn’t the end of the world. But for some of us, Seattle is home. And has been for a long time. We used to boast the largest middle class of any major city. When my daughter was little, she once asked me if we were rich. No, I said. Are we poor? No, I answered. “Oh, then we’re the ‘just right’ people,” she declared, and like Goldilocks, she seemed reassured and happy. Now the habitat for the “just right” people is shrinking. Many in the middle class are feeling what others on the margins have felt for so long — that our expectations of attachment to place are endangered. For many of us that means we might well have to migrate to find a more accommodating habitat, unless we can find a solution. ■

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Knute Berger ’72 is a staff writer for Crosscut and editor at large for Seattle magazine. He is the author of three books on Seattle.

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ÜSketch on a napkin Lori Mason Curran ’81 is director of real estate investment strategy at Vulcan Inc., a Paul G. Allen company. She’s responsible for formulating the investment strategy behind Vulcan’s entire realestate portfolio, valued at more than $2 billion. Previously, she worked as a commercial real-estate appraiser and served as a trustee at the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at Washington State University’s College of Business and Economics. “As a Seattle native working in commercial real estate, I’ve witnessed and participated firsthand in the exponential growth that our city has experienced over the past 25 years,” she writes. “I have a unique perspective on the changing physical landscape of cities, having written my graduate thesis on Haussmann’s modernization of Paris in the late 1800s, as depicted by artists like Degas and Manet and writers like Baudelaire and Zola.” She points out that cities have been evolving for centuries, adding that “what Seattle is experiencing isn’t entirely new, just different; and people always struggle with change.”

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What’s your best educated guess about what living in Seattle will be like in 10 years?

“The downtown core will be largely closed to privately driven vehicles. People will get around by walking, bicycling, taking public transit, using shared vehicles and autonomous cars. As a result, the street scene will be much more lively and the vibe will be more cosmopolitan. More and more people will live in the center city and baby boomers will retire there so the average age of city dwellers will increase.”

Sarah Titcomb ’06 is a planner with Snohomish County working directly with the public on planning issues. This often includes helping developers, farmers, and others understand complex regulations and navigate the necessary steps to get building and landuse permits approved. Titcomb, who has a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Washington, previously worked for the Regional Open Space Strategy, which aims to conserve and enhance open spaces — such as parks, agricultural lands, and forests — throughout Puget Sound. She also spent five years as a scientist/ planner working at an environmental consulting firm and subcontracted with the World Bank.

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What’s one simple thing people can do to enhance quality of life in their neighborhood?

Fight for the creation and preservation of green infrastructure, such as parks, street planters, backyard gardens, green roofs, P-Patches, and other open spaces. These can work to create cooler microclimates; reduce heating and cooling costs for buildings; provide habitat for animals; help cities mitigate against, and adapt to, climate change; provide individuals with opportunities for recreation and mental restoration; uptake and filter out contaminants in soil, water, and air; and much, much more.

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HISTORYLINK, COURTESY OF JERRY BALDWIN

“I vividly remember my first trip to the Pike Place Market. I was 8 years old and my mother drove straight there, no traffic, and parked on the street a block away, for free. The market was not a tourist destination at the time, but rather a place where locals shopped. It seemed so quiet compared to today. We bought whole coffee beans from big bins at Seattle’s one-and-only Starbucks (shown above), and I also got a macramé collar for my cat, Gandalf.”

“The image is not from my youth but is reminiscent of this time. I grew up near the suburbs of Seattle, and as such, my very privileged experience was one of single-family homes and large bodies of water. While the lakes, rivers, and Puget Sound aren't necessarily going anywhere, the housing stock and the population of the city are changing. The breakneck speed of Seattle's growth is fraught with challenges but also opportunities if we can better harness it to fund affordable housing, open spaces, and public transportation.”

“Since I literally am incapable of sketching I asked my son Colin to help with this one. My vision for a better future for Seattle is more eyes on the street. We need more public spaces (even small ones) where neighbors can and will congregate. In France, I loved seeing the middle-aged and elderly men playing boules in the park throughout the day and grandparents with their charges at the model boat ponds. Outdoor cafes were teeming with people at all hours and in all weather. We don’t have that same kind of culture in Seattle — it makes me wonder, where is everybody? Where are the old folks?”

“I am not much of a sketcher (clearly), but I believe one of the most important components for a better future for Seattle is more accessible and available public transportation options. The traffic in the city cannot only make grown people cry, it is detrimental to our health, the vitality of business, and the environment. Further, if we think about roads as public rights of way, we begin to realize all of the public land we devote to private uses.” Growth

ALUMNI Lakeside/St. Nicholas Alumni Board

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Alumni Board welcomes 7 new members

HE LAKESIDE/St. Nicholas Alumni Board is pleased to welcome seven new members this year. Get to know these new representatives from the alumni community: EMMA BRILLHART ’10 Work: Software developer at For-

midable.

Education: Scripps College. Fun: Cooking, reading, traveling,

and hand lettering.

A little more: She’s working on Formidable’s con-

tract with Starbucks, helping build a new menu and ordering experience on the web.

LISA NARODICK COLTON ’93 Family: Married with a son, 13,

and daughter, 10.

Work: Chief learning officer at

See3 Communications, working on digital strategy and leadership for nonprofits and social causes. Education: Stanford University. Fun: Being outdoors (gardening, hiking, exploring), cooking, and seeing live music. A little more: After college, she lived and studied in Jerusalem and around the Middle East, and then spent time in Vermont and Virginia before moving back to Seattle three years ago. DAHLIA LIAO MAK ’92 Family: Married with a daughter,

11, and son, 8.

Work: Vice president, products,

with Rona Consulting Group. Education: University of Washington, University of Southern California (MHA). Fun: Spending time with family and friends, baking, and traveling. A little more: She’s spent 15-plus years in health care administration, including in Memphis, Los Angeles, and Seattle. She’s passionate about working with health care teams to apply lean methods to improve quality and patient safety. ELLIOTT OKANTEY ’05 Family: Sister Jemimah Okantey is Lakeside

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and karaoke.

Education: Whitman College, current student at University of Washington School of Law. Fun: Spending time with friends and family, attending lectures, following local sports and politics,

A little more: Previously worked in utilities and

environmental education.

BRIAN PARK ’88 Family: Married with three chil-

dren, 7, 10, and 12. Work: Partner and executive committee member at Stoel Rives LLP. Education: Stanford, George Washington Law. Fun: Coaching youth lacrosse and mixed martial arts; fire + cooking; endurance sauna; and the Seahawks. A little more: He’s in private practice handling intellectual property and corporate espionage litigation. To decompress, he enjoys spending time with family and supporting competitive youth sports. LIZA SHOENFELD ’05 Work: Strategy consultant at

Camber Collective. Education: Bowdoin College, University of Washington. Fun: Rowing, ceramics, weekend island trips, and pun-themed dinner parties. A little more: She worked in academic neuroscience research before switching to consulting, and during that time was featured on an episode of NPR’s Radiolab. NICHOLAS STEVENS ’06 Family: Married. Sisters are

Leonora Stevens ’03 and Amanda Stevens ’10. Work: Data science program manager at Zillow. Education: University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University. Fun: Travel, hiking, aquarium, and eating. A little more: He and his wife met at Penn, moved to San Francisco for grad school and startup jobs, took time off to travel, and recently moved back to Seattle. ■

What is the Lakeside/St. Nicholas Alumni Board and what does it do?

HE ALUMNI

BOARD works to “assist Lakeside School in creating and maintaining a vibrant and engaged greater Lakeside alumni community.” It meets on campus monthly from September to June, and each meeting includes a guest speaker panel of students, teachers, or administrators. Each member serves a three-year term and participates on one of three committees. The activities committee plans events and activities (Classes Without Quizzes, Beers with Bernie, community service events, and more). The mission and governance committee chooses the Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and recruits new board members. The connections committee works to build connections within our alumni and school communities. Alumni board members also have the opportunity to attend classes at the Upper and Middle schools each year. If you’d like to learn more about serving on the board, email the alumni relations office at alumni@lakesideschool. org to be connected to a current board member. ■

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LAKESIDE/ ST. NICHOLAS ALUMNI BOARD OFFICERS Claudia Hung ’89

President

Crystal Ondo ’99

Immediate Past President Elizabeth Richardson Vigdor ’85

Mission and Governance Chair Brandon Vaughan ’06

Activities Chair

Sadie Mackay ’09

Connections Chair MEMBERS Maki Arakawa ’93 Bruce Bailey ’59

(Lifetime Honorary Member)

Alison Alkire Behnke ’00 Emma Brillhart ’10 Sophie Calderón ’00 Michelle Chang Chen ’90 Lisa Narodick Colton ’93 Maurice Drayton ’89 Ginger Ferguson ’82 Laurie Frink ’81 Trevor Klein ’03 Brooke Loughrin ’10 Dahlia Liao Mak ’92 Tyler Moriguchi ’91 Michelle Moore Morrison ’02 Elliott Okantey ’05 Brian Park ’88 Gen Rubin ’88 Liza Shoenfeld ’05 Ben Stephens ’77 Nicholas Stevens ’06

CLASSES WITHOUT QUIZZES

The rise and fall of the Mongol empire by KELLY POORT

O GENGHIS KHAN and the Mongols deserve their reputation as bloodthirsty barbarians, or should we view their legacy more favorably? That was the question raised to 40 alumni and friends at Hale’s Brewery in April by Lakeside history teacher Kathryn Brooks ’00 as she shared a lesson from her Big History class. Classes Without Quizzes, organized by the Alumni Board, offer alumni a sense of what Lakeside classes are like today and a chance to join an interactive discussion around a variety of topics. Over pints of Hale’s ales, participants discussed and debated why the Mongols rose to power so quickly. And while the group didn’t come to a consensus, all agreed that the opportunity to revisit the types of discussions they’d had at Lakeside was a great way to spend an evening. Find info on future Classes Without Quizzes on the alumni home page and Facebook group. ■ Kelly Poort is Lakeside’s alumni relations director. Reach her at Kelly.poort@ lakesideschool.org.

Lakeside history teacher Kathryn Brooks ’00, left, shares a lesson from her Big History class with alumni at Hale’s Brewery.

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REUNION 2017

by KELLY POORT

From left, Mark Middaugh ’02, Brandon Middaugh, Ben Resnick ’02, Elizabeth Goodrich ’02, and Kurt Sheline.

Classmates from 1992 celebrating their 25th reunion.

Celebrating 2s and 7s

N JUNE, nearly 400 alumni from class years ending in 2 and 7, current and former

faculty and staff, and friends filled The Paul G. Allen Athletics Center for Reunion 2017. The crowd paused during dinner to celebrate the Class of 2012 for its fifth reunion, Lakeside and St. Nicholas Classes of 1967 for their milestone 50th reunion, and the Class of 1952 for its 65th. (Find more reunion dinner photos, including updated class photos, at www.lakesideschool.org/alumni.) Class gatherings continued through the weekend (see class notes for photos). ■

From left, former faculty member Dean Ballard, Sander Lavine ’07, and Sean Holt ’07.

Head of School Bernie Noe, left, with John Wedgwood ’82 and Libby G. MacPhee ’82.

Members of the St. Nicholas and Lakeside Classes of 1967 gather before leading the Class of 2017 into its commencement ceremony.

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Classmates from 1997, from left, Jazmyn Scott, Taraji Belgacem, and L’Erin Asantewaa.

Members of the Class of 2007 toast their 10th reunion.

2012 classmates, from left: Morgan Richmond, Brian Masterson, Geoffrey Martin-Noble, Andrew Whipple, Hannah Rose, and Maia Nowack.

Members of the Class of 2012, from left, Natalie Spach, Sarah Drucker, Makayla DeJong, Emily Cox, Danielle Estell, and Hannah Baek.

St. Nicholas classmates from 1962 at their 55th reunion, from left, Christy Logan Bierlink, Sally Hiscock Clarke, Ginger Pettit Robbins, Vicki Beck Bergevin, Lee Anne Bowie, and Jan Wilcox O’Brien.

Classmates from 1987, from left, Janene Collins, Chapin Henry, Emily Baillargeon Russin, Margaret Fuchs Mitchell, and Mary Sarigumba.

From left, David Lamson ’97, former staff member Judy Bauer, former faculty member Dale Bauer, Li Moore ’97, and Jay Dotson ’87.

Class of 1982 group hug.

From left, Bruce Bailey ’59, Paul Dunn ’92, Elizabeth Bayley ’92, and Garrett Lynch ’92.

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And on the court and field …

N SATURDAY MORNING of reunion weekend, alumni players hit Parson’s Field and the field house for three games: men’s lacrosse (with current Lakeside players), basketball, and soccer.

NEW YORK RECEPTION 2017

by KELLY POORT

N APRIL, alumni and friends congregated at the Harvard Club of New York for the annual gathering of alumni in and around New York City. At the event, hosted by Kathryn Patton Beal ’90 and Bruce Beal, Head of School Bernie Noe recounted stories from his time observing classes at Lakeside. Upper School English teacher Tom Doelger, just back from the Quest senior English elective class trip, shared reflections from his 32 years of teaching at Lakeside. He described the Quest trip as “an allegory, meaningful and apt, for the school itself.” The room quieted and former students were transported back to his classroom in Bliss Hall. ■ From left, Elias Rothblatt ’08, Upper School English teacher Tom Doelger, and Mac Schneider ’07.

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Sunday, Aug. 13, brought together members of the St. Nicholas Class of ‘72 at Sue Tomlinson Gorman’s home. Attendees included Judy Jones Raykovich, Nancy Carlisle Henry, Nancy Robinson Soule, Carla Wessel Rockwell, Patricia Barr, Ann Mortimer Hankerson, Anna Mary Auslander (Lee Ann Morris), Jeri Robinson Smith, and Chandra Van der Most (Coco Pettit). Jeri Robinson Smith noted, “Girl school memories continue to fuel great conversation and laughter.”

1977

Poet and performance artist Storme Webber celebrated her first solo museum exhibition “Casino: A Palimpsest” at The Frye Art Museum from Aug. 5 to Oct. 29. The exhibit used family photographs, archival records, and poetry to tell the story of the Casino, one of the oldest gay bars in Seattle, and included workshops and performances during its run. The Seattle Times review praised Webber’s “powerful exhibition.”

Members of the St. Nicholas Class of 1967 gathered at a private car museum during reunion weekend. Back row, from left: Jan Fisher, Betsy Nathane, Lindsey Hume Trenholme, Lucy Flanagan, and Beanie Ferguson O’Neill; middle row, from left: Linda Pollart-Person, Liz Sheard Fagan, Lucy Issacson-Logen, Monsie Sandorf, and Vicki Samuelson Andersen; and front row, from left: Vicki Nelson, Debbie Kohli, Beth White, and Carolyn Christoffersen Collins.

1986

See 2001 notes for news of Keri Schloredt. Todd Mansfield writes, “My family and I have been traveling the world for one year, stopping in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, India, Thailand, Bali, France, Italy, Austria, and England. There have been immense amounts of travel magic, but we are ready to come

St. Nicholas classmates from 1972, clockwise from bottom, Carla Wessel Rockwell, Patricia Barr, Ann Mortimer Hankerson, Nancy Carlisle Henry, Judy Jones Raykovich, Jeri Robinson Smith, Sue Tomlinson Gorman, Chandra Van der Most, and Nancy Robinson Soule. home. You can learn more about our travels at travelingsons.com. If you have the desire to do this with your kids, please reach out; we will give you as much advice as we can. It’s not as hard as you think if you have a job with which you can travel.”

1988 Todd Mansfield ’86 and his family in Bali. They have spent a year traveling the world.

Martha Brockenbrough shares, “I have two books coming out in September: ‘Alexander Hamilton: Revolutionary,’ the first young adult biography of Alexander Hamilton (published by ➢

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1991

Storme Webber ’77’s exhibit at The Frye Art Museum incorporated family photographs such as these of her grandmother. Feiwel & Friends), and a picture book called ‘Love, Santa.’ This one is based on letters my daughter and I exchanged that went viral and have been reprinted all around the world. That book is published by Scholastic. I’m also teaching in the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.” Ernie Chen writes, “I’m back living in San Francisco, having lived in Italy and China for three years each. I got married to my husband, Eric, and am teaching high school mathematics at The Lick-Wilmerding School here in San Francisco. I’m living my mid- to late-40s to the best of my abilities!” Higher levels of service to others also can lead to better outcomes for people recovering from addiction, according to research by Maria Pagano, Ph.D., an associate professor in psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. Pagano has shown that the risks of relapse and incarceration are cut in half among youths who help others during their addiction treatment. She said such service can dispel alcohol or drug cravings, and help youths both fit in socially and be more aware of how their actions impact others. The work has led to a pilot program where juveniles with substance-related offenses spend part of their sentence helping out at 12step meetings. Pagano said this approach holds promise for keeping juveniles with substance-related offenses sober and crime-free.

1989

Amy Weimer founded and now directs the UCLA Gender Health Program, which serves as a medical home for patients of

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all ages who are transgender and genderdiverse. She writes, “This is by far the most energizing experience I have had in my career. I am grateful every day for the opportunity to do this work.” You can learn more at www.uclahealth.org/med-pedscare/gender-health-program. In her leisure time, Amy enjoys ocean swimming in Santa Monica, and hanging out with her husband and two children. Katherine Alberg Anderson and Ned Baldwin were featured in a June Seattle Times story, “Lifelong friends get together to host a one-of-a-kind meal.” Katherine, co-owner of Seattle restaurant The London Plane, hosted Ned, chef and owner of Houseman in New York, to prepare a meal in her restaurant in May as part of The London Plane’s dinner series called One Night Stand with visiting chefs. Courtenay Harris Bond was one of eight U.S. recipients of the 2017-2018 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism from the Carter Center. Courtenay, a freelance journalist in Pennsylvania, will explore whether a mental health model of using medication-assisted treatment and counseling can help the drug-ravaged neighborhood known as the Badlands of Philadelphia.

1990

Rachel Sottile Logvin, vice president of the Pretrial Justice Institute, writes, “Something pretty remarkable happened in Washington. A task force was launched to examine elements to improve pretrial justice in the state. Spearheaded by Judge Sean P. O’Donnell, 75 stakeholders from

Katherine Raff Cole’s newest book, “Rosé All Day: The Essential Guide to Your New Favorite Wine,” has been published by Abrams. Katherine is also the executive producer and host of “The Four Top,” a national food-and-beverage podcast from Oregon Public Broadcasting. It’s available on NPR One, iTunes podcasts, or your favorite digital audio app.

1992

Chen-Sen “Samson” Wu writes, “My family and I currently reside in Singapore on global assignment with my company, for which I work as in-house counsel of international operations. We have enjoyed living in Asia and traveling all over the other side of the planet the past couple years. Outside work, I am privileged to volunteer with Justice Ventures International, a U.S.-based nonprofit that fights human trafficking. Lakeside provided me key exposure to public service, for which I am grateful.”

1993

On July 22, 2017, Camila Altschul Larson and Todd Larson ’95 welcomed their first child, Adriana Rose Larson. After Camila was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, the

Adriana Rose Larson, daughter of Camila Altschul Larson ’93 and Todd Larson ‘95.

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1990 classmates Rachel Sottile Logvin, left, and Sean O’Donnell at the launch of a task force to improve pretrial justice in Washington. couple were told that Camila would not be able to carry a pregnancy safely to term. Thankfully, Camila’s close friend Melissa, whom she met in graduate school at Seattle Pacific University, graciously offered to act as their gestational surrogate. This is a gift that goes beyond friendship, and now the two families are closer than ever.

1995

See 1993 notes for news of Todd Larson. Rachel Sullivan Robinson has recently published a book, “Intimate Interventions in Global Health: Family Planning and HIV Prevention in SubSaharan Africa” (Cambridge University Press, 2017). The book describes how family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa helped to prepare countries to address the HIV epidemic, with a focus on Malawi, Nigeria, and Senegal. Rachel is an associate professor in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., where she lives with her husband, Jeremy, and their daughters Olivia, 4, and Annabel, 2.

1992 classmates, from left, Hillary Nagy, Matt Alsdorf, and Rosa Chang, had a minireunion in New York in early June.

Burke Stansbury began working as development director at Social Justice Fund NW (SJF) in December 2016 after nearly five years on the board. The Seattle-based SJF has been making grants to progressive, grassroots organizations in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming for nearly 40 years. Currently the work is done through a unique model called Giving Projects in which cross-class, multiracial groups people convene over six months in a process of learning, community building, fundraising, and grantmaking for social change. Other Lakeside alumni who have participated in Giving Projects include Rebecca Chan ’05 (also a SJF board member), Emily Chu ’05, Jaclyn Mena ’08, Aimee Kanemori ’01, Lucy Potter ’08, and Anneka Olson ’06.

1997

Jalylah Burrell received her Ph.D. in American Studies and African American Studies from Yale University on May 22.

2000

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Willow Gabrielle, daughter of Ciara Brady Stewart ’00 and her husband, Ryan.

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Darren Delaye ’00 and Jaime Huling Delaye ’00 with their son, Calder West Huling. continues to find new exciting projects at Google, where he is now leading the user experience design team for Daydream, the company’s new virtual reality operating system. Jaime writes, “Shoutout to David Engelberg and his wife, Remi Spector, who are expecting their own little one this fall and were clutch in helping us out during the post-partum craziness. Quip, the startup Dave was working for, was recently acquired by Salesforce, so we are glad that means they’re staying in SF for the time being.” Ciara Brady Stewart and her husband, Ryan, welcomed a baby girl, Willow Gabrielle, on March 8. Willow joins big sister Juniper, 7, and big brother Hawthorne, 4, who thoroughly adore her. Jocelyn Lippert Alt and Drew Alt welcomed their son, Cameron Maurice Alt, on June 19. His middle name, Maurice, is in honor of Drew’s grandfather, Maurice Fulton. Cameron was born at Swedish Issaquah Hospital. Jocelyn runs the doula program at all four Swedish campuses, and enjoyed being a “customer” of both the doulas and midwives there. Jocelyn and Drew took Cameron on his first hike around Tradition Lake at Tiger Mountain and look forward to introducing him to lots more of the wonderful Pacific Northwest outdoors.

2001

Tommy Wallach’s new book “Strange

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Fire,” the first in what will eventually be a trilogy called “The Anchor & Sophia,” was published by Simon & Schuster on Oct. 3. It takes place in a post-disaster America, following two brothers who end up on opposite sides of a holy war between a society that has eschewed the technologies of the past and another that seeks to rebuild them. Lakeside grads Cassie Abel and Keri Schloredt ’86 met at a Colorado College event where they were inducted into the Colorado College Athletic Hall of Fame. Keri and other members of the 1989 soccer team were honored and Cassie was honored for her lacrosse career. Keri’s team went to the NCAA finals, and Cassie’s team went to the semifinals. Cassie was the national MVP attack player her senior year. They were accompanied by Marie Stanislaw, Cassie’s mom and former Lakeside Middle School teacher.

2002

See 2005 notes for news of Nolan Myer. Iben Falconer writes, “I moved to NYC in 2009 after graduate school and have worked in the architecture industry ever since. For the last seven years, I have done business

Cameron Maurice Alt is the son of Jocelyn Lippert Alt ’00 and Drew Alt. development and strategy work for two architecture firms: Steven Holl Architects for one year and BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) for the past six. While I was at BIG, the company grew from 13 to 200 people, which was an incredible experience. Last year, I left BIG to try something new and joined Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation as the director of strategic initiatives. My husband, Neil, and I got married in July 2015 in Seattle at the Olympic Sculpture Park. A number of Lakeside friends were able to join us, including Madeleine Alkire Bell, Jon Bodansky, Kramer Gillin, Gwyn Pohl Drake, and Kennedy Leavens. A good time was had by all!”

2004

In April, John Paul “JP” Kuder ’17 met up with his sister Mary Kuder for a week of home building with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans. John Paul graduated from Lakeside in June and began studies at Gonzaga University this fall. In May, Mary

Members of the Class of 2002 at the July 2015 wedding of Iben Falconer and her husband, Neil, from left: Madeleine Alkire Bell, Jon Bodansky, Kramer Gillin, Iben, Gwyn Pohl Drake, and Kennedy Leavens. graduated from medical school and started her residency in Glendale, California.

2005

Rebecca Chan and Justin Hayashi were married in Seattle on July 29. Evan Purcell was the best man and a bridesmaid, and Emily Chu was a bridesmaid. Other Lakesiders in attendance were Asako Hayashi ’03, Daniel Aisaka, Shelby Cooley, Greg Eiselt, John Fogarty, Sandy Hull, Claire Kelly, Jenny Northrup, Liza Shoenfeld, and Mike Stennis. Jennifer Chin and Owen Bennion were married July 1 on Lakeside’s campus – a nod to where they first met and became friends. Jen writes, “While we now live across the country in Boston, it was a real treat to show our family and friends this piece of our history! The Lakesiders in attendance included our ’05 classmates Jane Ridgeway, Marcel Knudsen, Susanne Everill, Wylie Ballinger, Hannah Sherwood, Simon Pang, Patrick Leahy, and Leah (WenerFligner) Lily. Our siblings, Connor Bennion ’11 and Stacey Chin ’09, served as best

Jalylah Burrell ’97 received her Ph.D. in American Studies and African American Studies from Yale University in May.

Lakesiders at the July wedding of Jennifer Chin ’05 and Owen Bennion ’05 at Lakeside, from left, Connor Bennion ’11, Jane Ridgeway ’05, Marcel Knudsen ’05, Susanne Everill ’05, Wylie Ballinger ’05, Owen, Jennifer, Hannah Sherwood ’05, Simon Pang ’05, Patrick Leahy ’05, and Stacey Chin ’09. man and maid of honor.” In January, Katie Furia and Nolan Myer ’02 were married at The Rainier Club in Seattle. Their ceremony was officiated by Lakeside teacher Doug Porter ’80, and the celebration reunited alumni from the classes of ’05, ’04, ’03, ’02, ’01, ’00, ’80, and ’73. The wedding party included Lakesiders Devon Otero, Leigh Myer, Kaci Benedetti ’02, David Greenfield ’02, Doug Sata, and Dan Giuliani ’02.

2007

Class reunion planner Christine Gilbert shares reflections on the 10th reunion, “We enjoyed a spirited dinner at Lakeside on Friday night, and we were rather pleased with ourselves to be the class with the highest attendance for the evening! We had a lovely time and were reluctant to leave Lakeside; in fact, we closed the place down! Most of the group headed over to the Comet Tavern in Capitol Hill where we had a reserved room and continued our conversations and catch-

From left, Marie Stanislaw, Cassie Abel ’01, and Keri Schloredt ’86 at a Colorado College Athletic Hall of Fame event.

up. Taking advantage of the spectacular weather on Saturday, we picnicked in true Lakeside May Day fashion at Gas Works Park with blankets, chairs, and lawn games, accompanied by a high school throwback soundtrack. We concluded the weekend with a class party at the Queen Anne Beerhall, where almost 50 classmates gathered to celebrate! Thank you to all the ’07 crew who traveled here for the weekend, and for those of you who couldn’t make it, you were sorely missed! It was a whirlwind of laughter, hugs, and catching up: lots of “back in the day” stories, reminding each other of teachers and class trips, embarrassing moments, triumphs in and out of the classroom, and the fun of growing up together. Can’t wait to do it again at year 15!”

2012

Reunion Planner Natalie Spach writes, “The Class of 2012 had three different gatherings for our fifth reunion. After the Friday dinner at Lakeside, we met up at the Garage (for old times’ sake). On Saturday afternoon, classmates spent the afternoon at Golden Gardens beach and, later that evening, met up at Rhein Haus bar. Conversation topics included career plans, travel, and how Seattle is becoming the new tech bubble.”

2013

This spring, André Mattus was chosen as one of The Husky 100 for his advocacy of diversity and inclusion in athletics via an organization called Athlete Ally. Selected from juniors, seniors, and graduate students from all three ➢

Members of the Class of 2002, from left, Corie Geballe, Marie Schwartz, Karen Lehmann Alexander, and Molly Montes at the 2002 reunion class picnic at Gas Works Park. Alumni news

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Guests at the July wedding of Rebecca Chan ’05 and Justin Hayashi ’05, back row, from left: Steve Portal, Liza Shoenfeld ’05, Greg Eiselt ’05, Sandy Hull ’05, Claire Kelly ’05, Robin Liu, Evan Purcell ’05, Anjali Dixit, and Emily Chu ’05. Front row, from left: Shelby Cooley ’05, Mike Stennis ’05, Justin, Rebecca, Jenny Northrup ’05, Daniel Aisaka ’05, and Christine Wong. University of Washington campuses, these 100 students are recognized for their pursuit of excellence in and out of the classroom. As a coxswain for the UW men’s rowing team, he was also named a 2017 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Team Winner, which recognizes outstanding minority sports scholars. André graduated from the UW with a Bachelor of Science in microbiology and a minor in gender, women, and sexuality studies. He is a research technician in the Fredricks Lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, studying the effect of the vaginal microbiome on various conditions such as bacterial vaginosis, premature birth, and HIV infection. Last year, Kaylee Best, a senior on the

Siblings John Paul (JP) Kuder ’17, left, and Mary Kuder ’04, right, with the Habitat for Humanity New Orleans site manager. In April, the siblings spent a week building homes in New Orleans.

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Seattle University Women’s basketball team, started in all 33 games and became the 16th player in program history to score more than 1,000 career points. She also set SU’s career three-point record with 195 and was named All-Western Athletic Conference Second Team. In April, Alec Glassford received the Frederick Emmons Terman Award from the Stanford engineering department. The award is presented to the top five percent of students of each year’s graduating seniors in the engineering department. Each recipient may invite the secondary school teacher who most influenced the student’s scholastic career, and Alec invited Lakeside drama teacher Alban Dennis, who was

Lakesiders at the January wedding of Katie Furia ’05 and Nolan Myer ’02, starting from the back row, from left: David Greenfield ’02, Dylan Walton-Yedlin ’02, Chase Eddy ’04, Daniel Otero ’04, Donald Van Dyke ’02, Ben Flajole ’03, Nathan Talbot ’02, Nolan Sandygren ’02, Dan Giuliani ’02, Peter Furia ’00, Vicki Weeks ’73, Dan Benedetti ’01, Doug Sata ’02, Trevor Watkins ’02, Mary Moore ’02, Kennedy Leavens ’02, Katie Wood ’02, Leigh Myer ’05, Alex Wenger ’02, Devon Sawin ’05, Jessica Dash ’02, Kaci Benedetti ’02, Margaret Hardy ’02, Nolan, and Katie.

also able to visit other Lakesiders while at Stanford for the ceremony.

2014

In January, Seyi Adekoya signed a homegrown player contract with the Seattle Sounders. Such contracts allow MLS teams to sign players from their own development academies directly to their first-team rosters. He made his MLS debut with the Sounders in May.

2015

Jaclyn Verzuh was named Ultiworld’s 2017 Women’s College Player of the Year. The Ultiworld write-up declared, “Jaclyn Verzuh, Player of the Year. Jaclyn Verzuh, the best player in the college women’s division. The best player in college ultimate, period. The

Alumni who served as LEEP 2017 staff/counselors pose at the August LEEP regatta. The group includes, standing from left, Joey Liekweg ’10, Meg Ruppel ’16, Ili Snyder ’14, Jared Youmans ’16, Callan Oki ’16, Latasia Lanier ’90, Jenny Northrup ’05; front row from left, Nacole Abram ’16 and Nick Kaye ’17.

Lakeside drama teacher Alban Dennis, right, with Alec Glassford ’13 as he receives the Frederick Emmons Terman Award at Stanford.

Greatest of All Time. We keep conjuring up ever more impressive superlatives that she turns into understatements in the next point.”

2017

In July, Bill Holt ’79 shared a photo of the Class of 2017 bricks in The Paul. G. Allen Athletics Center with the message, “2017 Welcome to the alumni wall!” Welcome to the Lakeside/ St. Nicholas Alumni Association, Class of 2017, and hope you will come back to campus to check out your bricks soon! See 2004 notes for news of John Paul Kuder. In what has become a recent tradition, Lakeside alumni families of MIT students host a gathering for incoming MIT Lakesiders. In June, members of the Lakeside Classes of 2015 and 2016 at MIT met with 2017 MIT-bound Lakeside grads to answer questions and share tips. Parents and guardians gathered in a different room to talk.

FORMER FACULTY/STAFF See 2001 notes for news of Marie Stanislaw. Former Lakeside Middle School teacher Ramón Esquivel is a member of Seattle Rep’s Writer’s Group. In June, his play “¡O Cascadia!” was

read at the 2017 Writer’s Group Showcase. Former Upper School computer science teacher Lauren Bricker is working in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Lauren writes, “I will be doing two things in my new role. One is K-12 outreach, helping the university support K-12 students and teachers in learning computer science. This will include helping to run programming contests, camps, outreach events, and supporting high school teachers. The second is teaching a class or two per quarter. At Lakeside, it was incredibly rewarding to see the interest in the computer science, 3-D printing, and ultimate Frisbee programs grow remarkably during my tenure.” Bob Mazelow writes, “Retirement is wonderful as time is a luxury and your time is your own. Kathleen and I this year went to Fiji, visiting Janet West Lotawa ’96. She is doing incredible work with village women woman and was a gracious host. We then went to Paris for the election and had a wonderful time visiting with another former student, John Price ’84. Along the way to France we spent a week in Iceland. It’s an amazing place with dramatic landscapes. And speaking

Lakesiders at MIT, from left, Allen Yang ’17, Kristy Carpenter ’16, Mark Mockett ’15, Anna Kooperberg ’17, Sophie Anderson ’17, Max Murin ’15, Ryan Senanayake ’15, and Marla Odell ’16.

Former Lakeside teachers Bob Mazelow and Kathleen Sears touring Iceland. of scenery, the best was camping in the Southwest for a few months before our trip to Paris. Just some memorable times and enriched connecting with former Lakeside students.” ■

Members of the Class of 2007 at Gas Works Park on reunion weekend, from left, Elizabeth Guyman, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Lindsay Hull, Elizabeth Harlow, Emmy Herland, Christine Gilbert, Devin Petersen (crouching), Erica Badgeley, and Wyatt Somogyi.

Lakeside alumni from the Class of 2013 celebrate at Whitman College Graduation 2017. From left, Peter French, Jo Canino, Andreas Molbak, Ana Rodriguez, Annabella Sherman, Riley Mehring, Aly Counsell. Not pictured: Claire Revere. Alumni news

IN MEMORIAM

ST. NICHOLAS ALUMNAE JEAN FISHER MCTAVISH ’39 • April 24, 2017

If you have a remembrance to share about a St. Nicholas alumna or Lakeside alumna/ alumnus for the next magazine, please email the alumni relations office at alumni@ lakesideschool. org or call 206368-3606. The following are reprints of paid notices or remembrances submitted by family members. All remembrances are subject to editing for length and clarity. The deadline to submit one for the spring issue is Feb. 5.

Jean McTavish died of complications from a stroke. Jean was born in Seattle in 1922, the second daughter of Orin Wallace Fisher and Vivien (Swalwell) Fisher. She graduated from the University of Washington (1943), where she was an active member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Growing up she enjoyed skiing, horseback riding, and Girl Scout activities. She continued her association with the Girl Scouts for many years, including as board member and president of the Totem Girl Scout Council, and twice received the council’s “Thanks Badge” for her service. She met her future husband, Peter McTavish, as he was about to start service with the Royal Canadian Navy as a newly commissioned lieutenant. After the war, they moved to Seattle and then Mercer Island, where they raised their four children, Marilyn, Doug, Bob, and Bruce. Jean became an active supporter of Children’s Hospital, the Arboretum, the Girl Scouts, the Child Hearing League, the Sunset Club, and a lifelong supporter of the Seattle Symphony. Their favorite spot was Greenway Sound. After Peter retired from the insurance business, they cruised much of the world. She is preceded in death by Peter and her sister, Sue Hubbach. She is survived by her four children, seven grandchildren, and 13 greatgrandchildren.

JANE MEADOWCROFT ROBISON ’45 • July 19, 2017

Jane Meadowcroft Robison, 90, passed away at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla.

LUCY CANTRIL ’57 • May 10, 2017

Lucy Bell Cantril was born Dec. 28, 1939 to Mary Grace and Dr. Simeon Theodore Cantril. Lucy married at 19 and was an overeducated housewife and mother of three for 17 years before receiving her master’s degree in counseling from Seattle University in 1979 and completing a three-year postgraduate program with the Seattle Psychoanalytic Institute. She practiced child and adult psychotherapy for 30 years. She played piano duets with her father, taught elementary school, and became a professional potter, accomplished knitter, quilter, golfer, gardener, and artist — all with gusto and style. She attended Mills College and graduated from University of Washington in three years. Lucy lived in Beaux Arts Village, Madison Park, and, finally, as an independent resident at Skyline, where she lived with her beloved dogs, Mini and Henry. Lucy was preceded in death by her sister Susan Forres and brother Simeon Thain Cantril. In 1995, her love of motherhood and nurturing found new purpose when she finally became a grandmother. She is survived by children Laura White, Chris White (Bridget Charters), and Sara Daniels (Russ Pengelly) and grandchildren Julia Daniels, Theo and

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Lola Kohler-White, and Spencer White, who says she was the best thing that ever happened.

JUDY ENGE MANSOUR ’59 • Feb. 8, 2017

Judith Marian “Judy” Mansour battled Parkinson’s disease for nearly two decades and died peacefully, with her three children at her side. Judy was born May 2, 1941, to Arthur Enge, an accountant, and Patricia Castle Enge. Her father had come to the U.S. on a boat from Norway at a young age, and perhaps this gave her an adventurous spirit. She met Nabih Mansour, a Linfield College student from southern Lebanon, during her first, and what would be her only, year at University of Washington. In 1960, they eloped and began married life while Nabih was stationed in the army in Georgia. Following employment opportunities, they later moved to Seattle, Los Angeles, and then San Diego. Judy is survived by her three children, Tony, Mona, and Andrea, to whom she was devoted. Judy worked for several years as a teacher’s aide in San Diego, often with children with special needs. She had a warm spirit, a love for Neil Diamond, and a wonder for life. An only child growing up, she opened her home to her husband’s huge extended family, many of whom left Lebanon during its 15-year civil war. Her son, Tony, married Kathleen O’Dell, and they gave Judy four beautiful grandchildren: Nicole, Eric, Abby, and Camille. In addition to family, she left behind dear friends, including family members of the residents of her nursing home.

JANE CARLSON WILLIAMS ’60 • April 10, 2017

Jane Carlson Williams, a longtime Seattle community leader, died at her home in Ballard after a long illness. She was 75. The cause was multiple myeloma, complicated by Parkinson’s disease. An outgoing, optimistic woman of great personal charm, Jane spent 30 years working and consulting in the Northwest nonprofit community. Her career success was matched by her role as the heart and soul of her beloved family and many cherished friends. For 10 years beginning in 1986, she was vice president for development and donor relations of the Seattle Foundation. After a term as chair of Lakeside School’s Board of Trustees, she was hired by the school in 1996 as director of school relations, in charge of communications and fundraising. She was a founding board member of Seattle Girls’ School and headed a capital campaign for the Hearing, Speech and Deafness Center. Her interest in HSDC stemmed from a profound hearing loss as a young adult that left her 90 percent deaf. She helped found the Washington Women’s Foundation and was board president of the Northwest Development Officers Association. She was chair of the advisory board of the Edward E. Carlson Leadership

and Public Service Center at the UW. Other board affiliations included the Pacific Science Center, Leadership Tomorrow, and United Way of King County. Born March 20, 1942, she was the second child of Edward E. and Nell Carlson. She graduated from the UW, where she majored in finance and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. After graduation in 1964, she married classmate David Williams. She spent six years living on five U.S. Navy air bases as her husband trained as a carrier jet pilot and then deployed on combat missions in Southeast Asia. Returning to civilian life in 1970, the couple raised a family in Laurelhurst and then moved to a waterfront home in Ballard. In recent years, they divided their time between Seattle and Sunriver, Ore. Survivors, in addition to her husband, include two sons and daughters-in-law, Andrew and Linda Williams and Jordan and Lindy Williams; grandchildren Soren, Elsa, India, and Theo Williams; and a brother, Eugene Carlson.

SALLY ISAACSON KING ’61 • Feb. 11, 2017

Sally Anna Isaacson King passed away at home in Lake Oswego, Ore., at the far too young age of 73 after bravely battling pancreatic cancer. She left our world peacefully with her granddaughter, Grace, at her side. Sally was born in Kingman, Ariz., on Nov. 18, 1943 to Robert Isaacson and Grace Jorgensen Isaacson and grew up in The Highlands. At St. Nicholas, as one of the class of the “Golden Girls,” she developed friendships that lasted her lifetime. She attended Bradford College and earned her degree at the University of Washington. In 1966, she married Nicholas S.P. King and they raised two children, first in Davis, Calif., and later in Nambe, New Mexico. When her children began their careers in Portland, Ore., she and Nick moved to be with them and their increasing number of grandchildren. You would find her at their sporting events and recitals, so proud she would be in tears. They called her “Sassy,” quite a fitting nickname.

Sally supported animal rights and human rights, was passionate about preserving our wildlife and planet, was a talented gardener, and had a great appreciation of the arts. She had great sincerity, warmth, honesty, creativity, and a sense of humor and brought joy and sunshine to those fortunate to know her. She was preceded in death by her brother, Bobby, and her loving husband, Nick, who passed away in 2016 with a caring Sally by his side at every step during his own battle with cancer. Left to remember and love her are her siblings, Peter Isaacson and Lucy Isaacson Logen; daughter Alison and son Peter; and grandchildren Nick, Jack, Carson, Grace, Charlie, and Lucy.

LYNN PAULSELL DALBEY ’63 • Feb. 22, 2017

Lynn Marie Paulsell Dalbey was born May 30, 1945, in Colfax, Wash., but was raised in Seattle. Her parents, Frederick O. and Jeanne Empy Paulsell, and her brother, Frederick O. Paulsell II, preceded her in death. Lynn was a debutante in Seattle in 1963. She attended Washington State University until her marriage to Cadet Gene Dalbey in 1965 at Fort Campbell, Ky. As an Army wife, she traveled with Gene extensively until they settled in Yuma, Ariz. Lynn earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in interior design in Tennessee while raising their three children. She held positions at the Mesa Tribune and in the City of Yuma’s department of development. Lynn volunteered with United Way, Crisis Pregnancy, Republican Women, and various charities and ministries through St. Francis of Assisi in Yuma. She taught and sponsored incoming Catholics through the Right of Christian Initiation for Adults. Lynn was diagnosed with terminal cancer in January 2017. Lynn is survived by her husband, Gene, and her children Lt. Colonel John (Stephanie), Alison Dubois, and Suzanne Martinez (Pedro). She was blessed with 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

LAKESIDE ALUMNI   JOHN G. KIMBALL ’41 • Jan. 6, 2017 STANLEY MINOR ’41 • July 20, 2017

Stan Minor, age 91, died peacefully in Carmel, Calif., after a long illness. The son of Gladys and Stanley Minor, he was born in Seattle and attended Lakeside School and Hotchkiss School. During World War II, Stan was assigned to the Navy V-12 program at the University of Washington. In 1948, he graduated from Yale University with a degree in English. He remained, well into his 80s, able to recite by heart the opening lines of “The Canterbury Tales” in the original Middle English. After Yale, he served in the Marines, reaching the rank of captain. Returning to Seattle in 1951, Stan worked at Frederick & Nelson and KING TV before entering the investment world, first with Pacific Northwest Co. and then with Kidder Peabody. Stan married Elizabeth “Betsy” Carey Seaver in 1950 and they had three children, Chrissie, Tim, and Marianne. He served on the boards of the Seattle Children’s Home and the Seattle Opera. In 1976, Stan and Betsy moved to Bainbridge Island. After Betsy died, Stan moved to California in 2011. Stan is survived by his sister Marylou Kravik, children Chrissie Markovitz (David), Tim Minor (Cindy), and Marianne Minor, and grandchildren Ben (Emily) and Adam Markovitz, Tucker

and Lily Minor, and Addie and Cole Bortz.

JAMES CRAIG JOHNSON ’46 • May 20, 2017

James “Craig” Johnson passed away suddenly at the age of 88. He was born in Seattle on July 9, 1928, to John and Charlotte Johnson. He attended the University of Washington and studied painting for several years in Paris. He lived in New York state for 30 years before settling back in Seattle. He is survived by his sister Joanne Rathbun, brother-in-law Rex Rathbun, and two nieces, June Farries and Julie Wood.

ADAM WEST ’46 • June 9, 2017

Adam West, the actor best known for his performance as television’s “Batman” in the 1960s, died in Los Angeles after a short battle with leukemia. He was 88. West, a rising star prior to landing the starring role of “Batman,” saw his life defined forevermore by those three campy years on television. Rather than fight the typecasting that often marked the latter 45 years of his career, however, West ultimately came to embrace it. In doing so, he became a beloved pop culture icon and helped usher in an age in which once-fringe “geek” pastimes have become mainstream. Born William West Anderson on ➢ In Memoriam

➢ IN MEMORIAM:

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Adam West ’46 playing Batman, the TV role that made him famous, with his sidekick Robin.

Sept. 19, 1928, to farmer parents in Walla Walla, West knew from an early age that he wanted to perform. At 15, he moved to Seattle with his mother, returning to Walla Walla to earn a bachelor’s degree in literature from Whitman College. Drafted into the U.S. Army, he worked as an announcer for American Forces Network television, his first real taste at showcasing the power of his baritone. Afterward, he changed his name to Adam West, began to pursue acting, and soon secured a steady series of roles. On Jan. 12, 1966, his life would take a left turn with the debut of the “Batman” television series. Campy, full of puns and humor, and featuring big Technicolor ASSOCIATED PRESS action, the show was a tremendous hit and was among the most widely watched programs of the era. For a time, as he struggled to be taken seriously after the kitschy show had run its course, he regretted ever taking the role. Over time, however, West came to embrace the quirky role that made him famous, making countless appearances in which he seemed to be cheerfully poking fun at himself. Then later he enjoyed being able to step away from the spotlight. Rather than retire from public life somewhere he’d be recognized and adored, he moved to Idaho to live out his golden years. West leaves behind his wife, Marcelle Tagand Lear, and six children. — From an excerpt by Eric San Juan in Legacy.com

EUGENE K. DIGHT JR. ’48 • May 25, 2017

Eugene Kennedy Dight Jr., known by friends and family as “Buster,” died surrounded by family at his home on Bainbridge Island. He and his wife, Beverly, recently celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. In 1958 Buster and Beverly moved to Bainbridge Island, where they raised five children, goats, chickens, and a large organic vegetable garden. He worked for more than 35 years at the Boeing Company,

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first as draftsman and then as liaison engineer on projects including the Lunar Rover and Saturn V rocket. He later ran the Boeing Learning Center, where he developed a program using computerlinked satellite technology to provide public and technical education to clients in Alaska, Iran, and Japan. His educational innovations drew the attention of the University of Washington, where he was offered a teaching position. Buster served eight years on the Bainbridge Island School Board, as board member and president, and eight years on the King County School Directors’ Committee, also as president. He founded the Boeing internship program and worked closely with the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory in Oregon. Following his retirement, Buster and Beverly spent summers on a sailboat in Canada and winters in Mexico. Both became deeply involved in helping the people of the Mexican fishing village they lived in and were principal founders of Amigos Teacapan, which provided equipment for local schools and clinics and sponsored dentists and optometrists. Buster most enjoyed selecting a student each year to receive a full scholarship to college and saw many rise from poverty to become professionals. In addition to his wife, Beverly, he is survived by five children: Ruth Dight, Pamela Blakeman, Eugene Dight III, Sharon Magnuson, and Karl Dight; their five spouses; and 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, with more on the way.

ERICH GIESE ’52 • July 6, 2017 Erich Walter Giese was born in Seattle Aug. 13, 1935, to Paul and Anne Giese. He died from complications following surgery in Richland, Wash. Erich and his four siblings grew up on Queen Anne Hill and, later, The Highlands. At Lakeside, which he entered in grade 7, he developed a keen interest in mathematics. He entered the University of Washington at age 16, earned a degree in mathematics, and continued his studies in graduate school. He was an avid hiker and climbed many of the Northwest peaks, summiting Mount Rainier twice, the first time at age 17 with his brother, Paul. Erich was a brilliant bridge player and became the youngest Life Master duplicate player in the state of Washington. He loved playing at the Washington Athletic Club, where he relished representing it in the College Bowl. When he moved to the Tri-Cities, he joined the American Contract Bridge League, Unit 442, and continued playing in Seattle and in tournaments throughout the West. Erich married educator Susan J. Heckard in 1970. They spent 47 years together and found in each other a new focus in life. They enjoyed hiking, cross-country skiing, and especially trips to Seattle for events and to visit family and friends. As a mathematician and computer scientist, Erich spent most of his working years at Boeing Computer Services, in Seattle and, later, in Richland, where he and Sue moved in 1975. In later years, he trained with H&R Block and volunteered for 10 years doing tax returns for seniors. After retiring in 1994, Erich and Sue enjoyed traveling. Erich loved classical music and rarely missed a Husky football game in Seattle. In addition to his parents, Erich was preceded in death by his sister, Rita Giese Harrah ’51, and brother, Paul Ernst Giese ’55. He is survived by Sue; sisters Marilyn Giese Sherman ’49 (Jim) and Gretchen Anne Ramsdell (Steve); brother-in-law David Harrah ’44; godson and nephew, Paul J. Rey (Kathy), as well as other relatives

in Washington and Switzerland. Erich was an unusual man and was brave, intelligent and kind. He loved mountains, music, math, animals, and his family. As a first-generation American, Erich loved his country and always sang along when the National Anthem was played. He was a loyal friend, and those that touched his life meant everything to him.

CHARLES W. BUEHLER ’54 • March 24, 2017

Charles Buehler died in Rochester, N.Y. He graduated from Yale in 1958 and Rochester Institute of Technology in 1976. Charlie and his first wife, Edwina Werzyn, taught for 15 years in New England private schools before moving to Pittsford, N.Y., near Rochester, where Charlie was employed principally in radio communications (paging system at Pearl Harbor, anti-submarine sonobuoys, P3 aircraft). Charlie and Edwina divorced in 2007. His second wife, Andrea, died in 2014, and Andrea’s daughter, Fagin, cared for Charlie during his last three years. Charlie was attended at Rochester Hospital by Fagin, Edwina, their daughter Elizabeth, and son-in-law Marc Grimmer of nearby Henrietta, N.Y. His son, Dr. Jeff Buehler, and Jeff’s wife, Dr. Lori Gluck, and their two daughters, Riley and Roxanne, from Portland, Ore., joined the family to spread Charlie’s ashes on Lake Ontario. Charlie was an avid sailor, outdoorsman, and tinkerer. He had patents pending for electrical controls. While at Lakeside, Charlie successfully raced his lightning class sailboat on Lake Washington. In 2000, he joined Yale classmates Roger Healey and Colin Radford, and voyageur friends of Roger’s, to retrace by canoe and kayak part of the Lewis & Clark expedition for three days from Great Falls to Judith’s Landing. He had a Don Rickles sense of humor with a scientific twist. It seems more than coincidence that they passed on nearly the same date. — Shared by Colin Radford ’54

B. WALLACE RUCKER JR. ’54 • March 25, 2017

Wally Rucker graduated from the University of Washington in 1958 and the UW School of Business. He served six years in the U.S. Army and then succeeded in a 43-year career as a financial adviser and stockbroker with Dean Witter & Co. and A.G. Edwards. Wally and Linnea Johnson Rucker married in 1970 and have one son, Steven, and a granddaughter, Julia. He is survived by his family. Wally and Linnea enjoyed extensive travels (especially cruises), and winter months in Hawaii. For many years they lived near the Seattle Tennis Club. — Shared by Colin Radford ’54

GEORGE COOPER ’58 • Oct. 26, 2016

George Ralph Cooper, born Jan. 6, 1940, the beloved son of Dr. Ralph and Helen Cooper of Portland, passed after a long battle with lung disease. George served three years with Army Intelligence during the Vietnam War. Following in family footsteps, he pursued a beloved career with Union Pacific railroad as an engineer, retiring in 1994. Through dancing, he met the love of his life, Leota, in 1982 and she was by his side until he passed. George was described as brilliant, unique, eccentric, and loving by all who were blessed to know him. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Ron. He is

survived by his wife, Leota; daughters, Tina and Nichole; stepchildren, Loree and Lane; his brother, Paul, and sister, Chris; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; six dogs; four cats; a koi pond; and his raspberry patch.

BRANTLEY HOLT III ’61 • April 30, 2017

Brantley “Buzz” Holt III, 74, of Benicia, Calif., passed away following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Boston, raised in Seattle, and called Benicia home for more than 30 years. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard and two master’s degrees, one in history from the University of California at Berkeley and one in geology from UC Davis. He worked as an educator for more than 40 years, most of those at Diablo Valley College. He enjoyed traveling, especially to Paris, and will be remembered for his long and crazy road trips. He is survived by Bonnie, his wife of 38 years; children Stacey (Jim) Whitney, Brantley Charles “Charlie” (Nancy) Holt, Jill (Mark) Tyhurst, and Susan Sterikoff (Dr. David Smith); his brother Dr. Wolcott (Elizabeth) Holt; sister Hilary (Ruth McDonald) Holt; stepbrothers the Rev. Corbet (Myra) Clark, Bruce Clark, Tripp Clark, and Tom (Kate Rogers) Clark; stepsister Lucy Snow (Shira Tannor); and 12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

STEVEN HEARD ’67 • March 5, 2017

Steven Heard, 67, of Clearwater, is survived by wife, Kathleen; two daughters; and six grandchildren.

NANCY HERRIGEL BABIENKO ’86 • July 27, 2017

Surrounded by her family and close friends, Nancy Herrigel Babienko died peacefully at Swedish Hospital of metastatic breast cancer. Nancy was born Nov. 11, 1968, in Seattle to Howard and Judy Herrigel, joining 2-year-old brother David. She graduated from Hamilton College in 1990, was awarded a Masters of Arts in German language and literature from New York University in 1994, and earned her Ph.D. from New York University in 1999. She first worked as director of language programs and taught German literature at NYU’s Deutsches Haus. She taught briefly at the University of Washington, and since 2003, at Woodinville High School, primarily English/language arts but also German and ELL. She received her national board certification in 2009. Affectionately called “Dr. Babs” by her students, Nancy brought passion and a dedication to thought, literature, and writing to her classroom. Nancy married Jeff Babienko in 2002 and they have two children, Teo, 9, and Annika, 5. Nancy was an assertive, active, and passionate woman who, in addition to her academic endeavors, was an experienced sailor, ice hockey player, cyclist, runner, and downhill skier. Nancy is survived by her husband, children, mother, and brother.

JAMES FALL ’94 • July 15, 2017

James Gordon Fall, husband, father, son, and brother, passed away suddenly at the age of 41. A Seattle native and a graduate of the University of Washington, Jim will be forever remembered by his wife, Jaymee Torres, and their precious daughter, Sophie; his parents, Gordon and Carole Fall; sister Andrea Fall Zachary (sister Laurie Fall Morris is deceased); nieces; nephews; extended family; and dear friends. ■ In Memoriam

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Lakeside Country Day School: A blueprint for future growth by LESLIE SCHUYLER

LAKESIDE ARCHIVES, 1922

Students gathered at the f irst Lakeside campus by Lake Washington in the Denny Blaine neighborhood. At right is the canoe house that served as a gymnasium. The campus, which opened in 1919, included a 3,600-square-foot home at 330 39th Ave. East (at the time North); upstairs bedrooms were used for classrooms and dorm rooms and the downstairs became assembly halls. At top left is a neighbor’s house boat.

ODAY WE THINK of Lakeside

home on 39th Avenue East purchased

elsewhere. It bought a plot of land on

School as always having

by founder Frank Moran, son of Robert

36th Avenue North, the current site of

been where it is: situated on

Moran, shipbuilder and former Seattle

The Bush School, from the Pacific Coast

the northern dividing line of Seattle,

mayor. Moran was already operating

Company. Lakeside was now a lower and

occupying two surprisingly bucolic

an upper school on Bainbridge Island,

upper school, and enrollment began to

campuses, separated by the friendly

Moran School, so initially, Lakeside was

steadily increase, reaching close to 70

neighborhood block where many faculty

conceived as a feeder school for its

students by the fall of 1926.

and staff (former and current) live. But

parent across the lake.

even if we don’t know the history of

After four years, Moran stepped away

With the campus once again crowded, the board in 1929 hired an education

Lakeside, its name suggests that it wasn’t

from Lakeside (his Moran School stayed

consultant, Henry Carr Pearson, to

always where it is today. Opened in 1919

open until 1932). A group of parents,

evaluate and make suggestions about

as Lakeside Day School on the shores

led by Reginald Parsons, leased the

Lakeside’s future. Pearson was a

of Lake Washington in the Denny-Blaine

Lakeside property from him and took

proponent of the country day school

neighborhood in east central Seattle, the

the helm. At the end of that first school

movement, which had taken shape at

school started small. Fifteen students,

year, in the spring of 1924, the Lakeside

the end of the 19th century and gained

ages 6 to 13, began attending classes

board offered to buy the property. Moran

steam among independent schools in

lakeside, in “The Kittinger House,” a large

rejected the offer so the board looked

the 1920s. Country day schools provided

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the benefits of a boarding school without the necessity of boarding: small classes; easy access to instructors; long school days; and large, open-air campuses designed to promote physical and mental health away from the complexity of city life. Here is a section from Pearson’s report in which he lays out his vision for Lakeside: It would be a school calculated to give the best in American education to a group of about 200 selected American boys. Its methods of instruction and its curriculum would be sound but progressive … It would be a school characterized by excellent teaching and sound moral influences, rather than by elaborate and extravagant buildings and physical environment. The so-called “country day school” type would best meet the needs of a large and growing

LAKESIDE ARCHIVES, 1930

An aerial view of the campus under construction, about 5 miles north of what was then the Seattle city limits. The Refectory, Moore Hall (the dormitory), and Bliss Hall were f inished by the time school opened Sept. 17, 1930.

city like Seattle, because it would enable its boys to have their school and athletic activities outside the thickly populated city and yet return to their homes each night and week ends ... Impressed by Pearson’s report, the board began looking for a plot of land, away from the city, that would allow for growth. In April 1930, trustees found their new site: 16 rural acres in north King County, about 5 miles north of what was the Seattle city limits. A horseriding school nearby was one of the few neighbors; the scene, as described by one early teacher, was “a bit bleak … almost as far as the eye could see, was the loggedoff land, with only a house or two visible.”

LAKESIDE ARCHIVES, 1930

Architectural drawing of Lakeside School for Boys, as it was called until the new campus opened on Sept. 17, 1930.

The trustees bought the land for $14,500 (the names of the sellers have

new headmaster, as well. Charles Bliss,

only one year, the concepts Pearson laid

been lost to us), and engaged noted

exhausted from his years at the helm,

out in his report had changed Lakeside’s

architect Carl Gould to design a new

gladly accepted the roles of assistant

course, allowing it to grow and evolve

campus and by September of that

headmaster and Latin teacher and passed

over the years to come. ■

year, the Refectory, Moore Hall (the

the baton to T.R. Hyde, Lakeside’s next

dormitory), and Bliss Hall (the academic

head. “Lakeside Country Day School”

building) were built. The gymnasium was

opened its new campus on Sept. 17,

finished by October. The school had a

1930. Although the new name stuck for

Leslie A. Schuyler is the archivist for the Jane Carlson Williams ’60 Archives at Lakeside School. Reach her at 206-440-2895 or archives@ lakesideschool.org. Please contact her if you have questions or materials to donate, or visit the archives. Archives

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2017 CALENDAR NOVEMBER 1

Beers with Bernie for young alumni, location TBA, 6 p.m.

DECEMBER 15

Young Alumni Lunch with Bernie Noe (Classes of ’14-’17), Fireplace Room, 11:30 a.m.

JANUARY 3

T.J. Vassar ’68 Alumni Diversity Celebration, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific Experience, 6:30 p.m.

31 Dan Ayrault Memorial Lecture and 2018 Distinguished

Alumni Award Ceremony featuring/honoring Dr. Emily Johnston ’81, St. Nicholas Hall, 7 p.m.

FEBRUARY 7

Bay Area Alumni Reception, location TBA, 6 p.m.

28 BMGI Speaker Series on Economics featuring Heather

Boushey, St. Nicholas Hall, 7 p.m.

MARCH 5

Lakeside Music in the City Concert, Benaroya Hall, reception 6 p.m., concert 7 p.m.

14 Seattle Area Alumni Reception, location TBA, 6 p.m. 17-18 Rummage Sale, Upper School campus

21 Mark J. Bebie ’70 Memorial Lecture featuring Julie Lythcott-

Haims, St. Nicholas Hall, 7 p.m.

APRIL 25

New York Area Alumni Reception, location TBA, 6 p.m.

MAY 30

Arts Fest, Upper School campus, 6 p.m.

JUNE 14 15

50th reunion luncheon (11:30 a.m.) and Class of 2018 commencement (2 p.m.), Upper School campus Reunion dinner for classes ending in 3 and 8, hosted by Lakeside, The Paul G. Allen Athletics Center, 6 p.m.

16-17 Reunion 2018 class gatherings

Lakeside Class of 1968

GET READY FOR REUNION 2018! June 14-17 Recognizing Lakeside and St. Nicholas alumni from classes ending in 3 and 8.

Lakeside School invites all classes celebrating their reunion to a complimentary reception and casual dinner Friday, June 15, 2018. Reunion volunteers are needed to help plan their individual class events. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the alumni relations office at 206-368-3606 or email alumni@lakesideschool.org. In addition, the Lakeside and St. Nicholas Classes of 1968 will be honored at a luncheon and at the Upper School commencement Thursday, June 14, 2018. Additional details to come! Calendar

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