Gertrude E. Backstrom
"Although
she entered competition only 18 months ago, Mrs. Ted Backstrom, 2626
Pacific Avenue, Hoquiam, won the women's national indoor individual
expert class
pistol championship recently...Mrs. Backstrom broke three national
records: rapid
fire, national match course and ladies aggregate." The
Aberdeen World, June 7, 1952.
"Mrs. Gertrude Backstrom of Hoquiam recently retained her
national women's indoor
pistol championship and the Grays Harbor pistol team took fourth place
in national
competition with civilian teams." --The Aberdeen World, June
20, 1954.
"A straight shooting woman wielding a 1917 Colt .45 blasted
her way to a new national
women's NRA championship record score during the fourth annual Seafare
(sic) pistol
matches held in Raymond this weekend. Mrs. Gertrud E. Backstrom
of Hoquiam shot
a score of 2,538 of a possible 2,700 to establish a new record for
women." -- The
Aberdeen World, July 7, 1854. --from Karen Barkstrom, The
Daily World
"Mrs. Backstrom not only won the Oregon state indoor gallery
championship, but set two
new civilian records and broke five national women's records.
And that's not all.
The mighty mite tied the national open record. That makes her
the first women in the
history of the sport to hold an open record in either rifle or pistol
shooting." -- The
Aberdeen World, April 22, 1955. Information provided by
Dick Moulton.
Her husband operated Sommerville Pharmacy in Hoquiam.
Don Baker
“Baker, armed with an insatiable curiosity, ravenous
desire to learn, and problem solving
smarts he learned as a kid, turned his assignment into a lifetime
quest that revolutionized
the field of medicine, by refining ultrasound into the most
vital, cost effective, diagnostic
tool available today.”
“In recognition of his accomplishment, the University of Washington
and the
UW Alumni Association have bestowed upon Baker their highest honor:
The 2002 Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus Award.” -- Columns,
University
of Washington Alumni Magazine, June 2002.
“His
early inventions are on permanent display in the Smithsonian Institution's
National Museum of Natural History.
Spent early years on a farm in Rochester.
Graduated Raymond High School,
circa 1949. Played football
for Grays Harbor College Chokers.
Science
Degree,
University of Washington.
Eldon A. Bargewell
Major Generall, U. S. Army.
A founder and leader of Delta Force, U. S. Army
counter-terrorism and hostage-rescue unit, founded
1977. — Fayetteville
Online,
April 5, 2001.
Formerly
Chief of Staff, Military Operations SFOR, Joint Headquarters Centre,
Allied
Command Europe. Currently
Director of the Center of Operations, Plans, and Policy,
United Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
Promoted
to Major General by President George W. Bush, 2001.
Former Chief of Staff,
Military Operations SFOR, Joint Headquarters
Centre, Allied Command Europe. Former Director of the Center
of Operations,
Plans, and Policy, United Special Operations Command, MacDill Air
Force Base,
Florida. First Commander, Deployable Joint Task Force, NATO
Response Force.
One of only two holders of the Distinguished Service Cross currently
on active duty.
Born, raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam High School, 1965.
Gregory P. Barlow
Major General, U. S. Army. Retired.
Served as Adjutant General for the State of Washington,
Commanding the Army and Air National Guard from
1989 through 1999.
Currently
resides in Ocean Shores.
Wendy Hagen Bauer
Universally recognized astrophysicist.
Tenured professor, Wellesley College.
--archives of Bob Preble.
Born, raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1967.
Karl Bendetsen
“During the administration of President Harry Truman,
Bendetsen served as Acting Deputy
to the first Secretary of Defense (Mr. Forrestal).
From 1949 through 1952, he served
successfully as The Asst. Secretary of Army, and Under Secretary
of the Army.”
Also
served “as Director General of U. S. Railroads,” and was appointed
by
President Truman “as the first Chairman of the Panama Canal Company.”
— Jerry Ness,
“Oral History Interviews with Karl R. Bendetsen,” Truman Presidential Museum and
Library, October 24 1972, November
9, 1972, November 21, 1972.
In
1942, held the more dubious role of Commander of Wartime Civil Control
Administration, which directed the evacuation and relocation of persons
of Japanese ancestry.
Former
CEO, Champion Paper and Fiber Company.
For more on his life read The Colonel and the Pacifist, by
Klancy Clark de Nevers.
(Weatherwax 1951)
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, circa 1933.
Elton Bennett
Nationally acclaimed silk screen artist, who worked from
his home in Hoquiam.
Most of his art was of scenes of the waterfront in Grays
Harbor.
Guy Bingham
Offensive Lineman and “Long Snapper” with the New York
Jets.
Seven year
NFL veteran. — from
Rick Anderson, The Daily
World.
Born
and raised in North River. Weatherwax
High School, 1976.
E. K. “Ned” and Lillian Fleet
Bishop
Aberdeen philanthropists who left their fortune to the
Bishop Foundation. Since
1972, the
foundation has contributed over $37,000,000 in grants
and scholarships.
Most have been for projects and students
in Grays Harbor County.
Bishop
Center for Performing Arts on the campus of Grays Harbor College,
was constructed in honor of Mr. And Mrs. Bishop and funded by a contribution
from Rueben Fleet.
Endowments funded by the foundation have a current combined value
of $4,000,000
to provide future scholarships. --information provided by Jim Mason,
Bishop
Foundation Board Member.
Kenneth G. Bixler
Captain, U. S. Navy.
Former Commander of U. S. Navy Command College,
Newport, Rhode Island. —
archives of Bob Preble.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1963.
William Boeing
Founder. Boeing Airplane Company.
“Boeing,
who had studied engineering at Yale until quitting in 1903, opened
up a profitable lumber business (Greenwood Logging Company)
in Hoquiam
when he was 22. While
Boeing made his first fortune with lumber, he had, as
history knows, a side interest in a new kind of machine called
the airplane.” —
“Four Men Who Shaped the Seattle Century,” Seattle Times,
December 29, 1999.
Jack Bowers
Assistant Chief Designer for America’s first intercontinental
ballistic missile, the Atlas Rocket.
Former
President, Convair Division, General Dynamics, Assistant Secretary
of Navy under
President Nixon. —
archives of Bob Preble.
Raised
and educated in Aberdeen. Valedictorian,
Weatherwax High School, 1938.
Gene Brewer
Former CEO, U. S. Plywood Corporation, and CEO
Champion - U. S.
Plywood Corporation.
Former CEO Pacific Southwest Timber Corporation.
Born,
raised and educated in Montesano.
Gail Brown
(a.k.a. Gail Quigg)
Internationally renowned author of serging, sewing and home
decoration publications.
One of the most highly recommended authors in her field.
See www.gailbrown.com
for complete information on
Gail’s work.
Resides in Hoquiam.
Trisha Brown
World-renowned choreographer and one of the most celebrated
people in modern dance.
Recipient of a
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship.
Honored as
Distinguished Alumnus of Mills College. —
archives of Bob Preble.
Featured
in “Seven Beauties — Portraits of Remarkable Women,”
“What
kind of a
woman becomes the first female choreographer to win the MacArthur
Foundation’s
‘genius’ award?” —
Joyce Tenneson, AARP
Magazine, September/October
2002.
Also
a featured personality in Wise Women — A Celebration of Their Insights, Courage
and Beauty by Joyce
Tenneson.
See
www.trishabrowncompany.org,
or search www.google.com.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1954.
Walter E. Brown
“He was recognized universally for his contributions
to the crystallography, chemistry,
and biochemistry of calcium phosphate compounds.”
“His pioneering studies of the physicochemical properties of
mineralized tissues, such as
teeth and bone, provided the foundation for much of the modern research
on diseases such
as dental caries, osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis, and in the topical
fluoride treatments for
teeth.”— John Tesk and Ronald Munro, Dental Research
at the National
Bureau of Standards.
Developed
and patented Enamelon toothpaste.
Director from 1967 to 1983 of the American Dental Association Health
Foundation at
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly National
Bureau of Standards).
His estate funds
the Walter E. Brown Scholarship and the Three Sisters Garden at Grays
Harbor College. — information
provided by his cousin, Harold Bergstrom, Aberdeen.
Raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1936.
Grays Harbor
College, 1938. Bachelor
and Master of Chemistry, University of Washington.
Doctorate
in Chemistry, Harvard University, 1949.
Mark Bruener
NFL player. All-American
Tight End for the University of Washington Football Huskies.
Starting Tight End for the
Pittsburgh Steelers.
1995 to 2002. — Rick
Anderson,
The Daily World.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Saint Mary School, 1979-1987,
Weatherwax
High School, 1991.
Bob Bush
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient from Harry F. Truman.
Former President, Medal of Honor Society.
Featured personality in Tom
Brokaw’s best selling book The Greatest Generation.
Born, raised and
educated in South Bend. Lived
much of his business life in Elma
and Aberdeen.
Development
of Cable Television System
The first cable television
system in the U. S. was in Astoria , Oregon in 1948.
Around
1950, a system was developed in Aberdeen by Homer Bergen,
Fred Goddard,
Bob McCaw
and Elroy McCaw.
The group began developing
systems throughout the Northwest establishing 50/50
partnerships with local owners, including Astoria, and formed Pacific
Northwest
Community TV.
Systems were developed in Washington, Oregon, Northern California,
and Manhattan
Island. Some systems
were sold off, but most became Tele-Vue Systems.
In 1968, Tele-Vue was sold to CBS.
In 1970, the Federal Communications Commission
required CBS to divest the cable systems, and Viacom was formed.
— “Charles E.
Clements, An Oral History.” The Cable
Center, Oral Histories.
Fred Goddard’s son, John Goddard,
served in management of Tele-Vue, Cable
Division of CBS, and Viacom Cable.
Was CEO of Viacom Cable from 1980 to
1996. — The Cable
Center, www.CableCenter.org.
Alexander Calder
Considered the most innovative sculptor of the 20th
Century.
June 1922: “Calder takes a
lumber schooner to Willapa Harbor, Washington, where
he catches the bus for Aberdeen and meets his sister Peggy and her
husband, Kenneth
Hayes. Calder finds a
job as a timekeeper at a logging camp in Independence,
Washington (near Oakville). Inspired
by mountain scenes and logging camps, Calder is
compelled to paint.” --Calder 1966, 57-58.
In his “Oral History Interview With Alexander Calder
at Perls Gallery” for the
Smithsonian Archives
of American Art,
October 26, 1971, Interviewer Paul
Cummings, Calder commented “Well I had about four years in a logging
camp in
Washington State…”
Often
visited his sister Peggy Calder Hayes in Aberdeen.
Robert Cantwell
Novelist.
Author of Laugh and Lie Down and
The Land
of Plenty.
In
On the Harbor, John Hughes and Ryan Beckwith
write that in “1935 – Cantwell
takes a job as literary editor at Time magazine, becoming one of its
top writers.
1956 – Cantwell joins Sports Illustrated
where he eventually becomes
senior editor.”
Raised
and educated in Aberdeen. Weatherwax
High School, 1924. Was
on the staff of the school newspaper, Ocean Breeze.
Casa
Mia Pizza
Three time award winner at the International Pizza Expo.
Three Cheese Chicken Pizza,
1996 Top Pizza Festival Honor. Pizza Sole,
1998 Vegetarian Pizza of the Year.
Potato Gorgonzola Truffle Pizza, 2003 Vegetarian
Pizza of the Year.
Casa Mia Pizza Restaurant was founded in 1952 in Hoquiam
by Phil Bellafato and is
currently owned and operated by the Roger Jump family.
The family has nine franchised
restaurants in Washington state.
Neil “Buzz” Carnes
U. S. Naval Academy Graduate, Nuclear Submarine Commander,
CEO of numerous
nuclear power plants in the eastern United States.
— archives of Bob
Preble.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1957.
Rip
Caswell
"Accomplished sculpture Rip Caswell is popular with
private and corporate collectors
worldwide. He has created more than 60 sculptures
of various subjects in both
contemporary and realistic styles. Considered an
authority in wildlife art, he is often
sought after to judge competitions and present seminars.
Several art galleries,
publications and television broadcasts have also featured
his works."
www.caswellgalleryartists.com/caswell
Information provided by Karen McDonald
Smith.
According to his website and friends, Caswell collectors
include Vice President
Dick Cheney and Clint Eastwood.
Raised and educated in Montesano. Montesano High
School 1981.
Samuel Chamberlain
Considered one of the leading dry point etching artists
in the world.
“Published several books containing etchings, pen and
ink, and watercolors,
as well as graphic arts and illustrations. “Frequently
contributed to Gourmet
Magazine
and created Clementine
in the Kitchen, the
first book to popularize
Country French (sic) cooking in the United States.” —
www.childsgallery.com.
Four
Chamberlain etchings are displayed in the Aberdeen Timberland Library.
Raised and educated in Aberdeen.
George Chemeres
Nationally renowned trainer of world recognized boxers.
Trainer for Pete
Rademacher in his Olympic Gold Medal victory in 1956, and
Boxing Heavyweight Title Match with Floyd Patterson in
1957. Managed Harry
“Kid” Matthews, Eddie Cotton, Greg Haugen, John Palaki
and other boxing contenders.
“Moved
to Hoquiam with his family when he was a year old.
He attended school in
Montesano before settling in Aberdeen.”
Died November 15,
2002. “A high school
dropout, Chemeres moved to Seattle
and fought on the Northwest club circuit for
several years. But later
found his true calling as a trainer and manager.” — obituary,
The Daily World, November
15, 2002.
Weatherwax
High School, circa 1931.
Ark G. Chin
Appointed to Board of Regents, University of Washington, for
the term of 1998 to
2003. “Retired CEO
and President of Kramer, Chin and Mayo, Inc., a Seattle
engineering firm with clients world-wide.” — press release, Office
of Governor
Gary Locke.
He and his wife opened
a 100-bed orphanage in China in the fall of 2002.
— The Fountain,
University of Washington
Alumni Association Newsletter,
Fall 2002.
2001-2002 President
of the Board of Regents of University of Washington.
Thomas R. Clark
Retired from U. S. Army in 1968 to take a position as a senior executive
at the
Atomic Energy Commission.
"Served many positions including Director of Weapons
Development and Assistant
Director of Military Applications. Played key rolls
in the nuclear weapons development
and production." -- obituary, French Mortuary.
Information provided by Jack Bastin.
Born, raised and educated in Aberdeen. Weatherwax
High School 1943.
Clemons Tree Farm
First tree farm in the United States.
The idea was conceived by Frank Lamb
and George
Weyerhaeuser,
and was popularized by Chapin Collins,
Publisher
of the Montesano Vidette.
Beverly Cobain
Registered nurse in psychiatric/mental health nursing.
Author of book entitled
When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed
Teens
(currently in 4th printing).
Recipient of the
Green Ribbon Award in 1999, from the National Mental Health
Association for “Excellence in Childhood Education.”
Cousin of Kurt
Cobain. Her website is
www.LivingMatters.com. --information from
Karen Rose.
Educated
in Aberdeen. Weatherwax
High School, 1958.
Kurt Cobain
Songwriter and lead singer for the musical group Nirvana. Revolutionized rock music
in 1992, with what came to be known as “grunge music.”
“Cleary,
he was the most famous person in the history of Aberdeen, Washington…”
“Dead at 27: What a waste,”
— The Daily
World, April 10, 1994.
“Nevermind
—an album that would sell more
that 10 million copies, revolutionize rock
and roll" -- cover story, "Cries From the Heart", by
Lorraine Ali, Newsweek
Magazine,
October 28, 2002.
Born
in Aberdeen. Raised and
educated in Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Cosmopolis and
Montesano.
Colin Cowherd
Named
in 2004 to host of the nationally broadcast daily sports radio talk
show called
"The Herd," on ESPN Radio, beginning March 29, 2004.
Heard locally on KWOK
Radio, AM 1490. --The Daily World, March 7, 2004.
Raised in Grayland and educated in Ocosta. Ocosta High School,
1982,
Phyllis “P. J.” Curtiss
She
was named “Outstanding Elementary Teacher of America” in 1975, and
has
received various other honors throughout her career.
“Her
31 year teaching and coaching career began in the Raymond School District.
She
also taught at Alexander Young Elementary in Aberdeen for 14
years, Aberdeen High
School, Grant Street Elementary in Port Townsend, and McDermoth
Elementary,
Aberdeen, where she retired in 1991.” — The Daily
World, February 2, 2002.
Reece Dano
Writer and publisher of classical opera and concerto music.
Currently has the rights to
write music to the poem Letters to
Wendy, written by Joe Winderoth.
Has been asked
to write an opera called The Metamorphosis based on an off
Broadway" play and the
book The Metamorphosis, written by Franz Kafka
In February 2005, his piece For Viola and Turntables will be
presented at the
Cambridge University Symposium in New Music in Cambridge England.
His piece
Boulez is Dead was performed by the Analog Art Ensemble in
Omaha, Nebraska
in September 2004.
Studied at Peabody Conservatory of Music, 2000-2001.
Masters in Composition, John
Hopkins University. Will be pursuing a degree in Information
Science at the University
of Washington and advocacy for public libraries — information
from his mother,
Renie Dano.
Born
and educated in Hoquiam. Hoquiam
High School, 1995.
Dead End Street LLC
An
independent publishing company established in 1997 by John Rutledge
and
Ivan Black.
“The company publishes on-line books, and soft-cover novels.
Development
rights for two of their books have been sold for adaptation
to movies.
John Rutledge serves as legal counsel to the Paramount
Chief (read: King) of the
Republic of Palau, and Ivan Black resides in Seattle.
Both were raised and educated
in Hoquiam. Rutledge attended St. Mary School,
Aberdeen. Both graduated Hoquiam
High School 1990.
John Rutledge resides in Hoquiam, and Ivan Black resides in
Seattle. Both were
raised and educated in Hoquiam. (Rutledge attended Saint Mary School,
Aberdeen.)
Both graduated Hoquiam High School, 1990.
Joe De La Cruz“
"Considered one of the greatest Indian leaders who ever lived
in the United States.”
— Course outline, The Evergreen State College.
Served
22 years as Chairman of the Quinault Indian Nation.
National spokesman
for Native Americans. Served
as President of the National Tribal Chairman’s Association
and two terms as President of the National Congress of American Indians.
Born,
raised and resided in Grays Harbor County.
Barbara DeLateur, M.D., M.S.
Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins
University.
Professor and Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Chair.
“She has more than 140 publications
and is currently the principal investigator for a National Institutes
of Health research
study concerning the management of pain in persons with physical disabilities.”
“DeLateur is the
third physiatrist* elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National
Academies (sic). 1998
she received the Distinguished Academician Award from the
Association of Academic Physiatrists.”
— Johns Hopkins website.
Born, raised and educated in
Hoquiam. Saint Mary School
(Hoquiam), 1942-1950.
Hoquiam
High School, 1954.
* Note– “Physiatrist” is a physician specializing in physical
medicine — Webster’s
Dictionary
Klancy Clark deNevers
Author
of The Colonel and the Pacifist. "Brilliantly explores
the conflicted lives of two
Aberdeonians during Worl War II. --U. S. Army Col. Karl Bendetsen,
grandson of |
Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, and Perry Saito, son on Japanese immigrants."--John
Hughes,
The Daily World, April 2004.
Rod Derline
Aka “Rod the Rifle” was “another star guard at Seattle University
who went on to
play in the NBA for the Seattle Sonics.
Specialized in long range sharp shooting, thus
the name.” — A Seattle Lexicon,
www.callihan.com.
10th round NBA
draft pick in 1974 for Seattle.
Played two years with Sonics before
a knee injury ended his career.
Elma High School,
1970.
Wilfred Dole
Member of the “Dole Family of Hawaiian Pineapple” fame.
College classmate
of Ralph Emerson. Encouraged
by Emerson to come to Hoquiam
and invest in timber.
Operated
Aloha Lumber Company and lived in Hoquiam for many years.
Hence the name of the community of "Aloha," near Pacific
Beach. — information
provided by Isabelle Lamb.
William “Bill” Donahoe
2002 Top Salesperson for the National Association of Realtors.
Associated with Coldwell
Banker Bain, Builder Services Group, Bellevue, Washington. — Realtor Magazine,
September 2002.
Began his real
estate career in 1967 with his father’s real estate company, R. M.
Donahoe
Real Estate, in Ocean City, north of Ocean Shores.
Attended Grays Harbor College.
Lane "Lanny" Dowell
Track
and Field Official. "One of the premier field officials
in the nation." Lead hammer
official at the 2000 and 2004 U. S. Olympic Trials.
"Field official for the World Veteran Championships --an event
for athletes older than 40 --
South Africa in 1997 and Australia in 2001." --Bremerton Sun,
May 2004.
Born, raised and educated in Hoquiam. Hoquiam High School, 1960.
Sir Francis Drake
Many believe Sir Francis Drake visited the Pacific Northwest
coast during his voyage
from 1577 to 1580, and was the first European to enter Grays Harbor
in the year 1579.
“Just south of
Cape Flattery is a Makah native village called Ozette, which was buried
by a massive mudslide in about 1600.
It was excavated by archeologists in the 1970s,
and a European bead and brass tacks were among the items found.
It is possible that the
bead came from Drake’s ship; certainly the other possibilities seem
relatively remote.”
“In 1647, Sir Robert Dudley produced an atlas, Dell Arcano del Mare, which
was
published in Florence. Some
of the coastal features on the map of the northwestern coast
of America have been compared to modern coastal features, specifically
Cape Flattery,
Grays Harbor, and the entrance to the Columbia River.” Dudley's father
was one of
Drake’s financial backers and in a position to have had direct information
from Drake.
— Derek Hayes, Historical
Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, 1999.
Resided in Grays Harbor, 1579.
(As for me, I’m a believer.)
Aberdeen Elks Band
“The band played at the Elks National Convention in Chicago
in 1973 and wowed the crowd.
Ever since, the Aberdeen Elks Band has been the National Elks Band — the first and only
national band the Elks have ever had.”
— The Daily
World.
Russ and Diane Ellison
Many times World Champion Log Rollers. At the World
Championships in 1961, "they not
only won the Trick and Fancy Division, Russ won the Old
Timer Title (over 45 years), Diane|
won the Women's World Championship, and Russ's successful
birling protege, Blair Acker
was a runner-up in the Men's Division." -- Reach
for the Sky.
Father
and Daughter. Both born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
H. Stuart Elway
One the western United States most respected pollsters.
Elway is a Ph.D. and heads
Elway Research, — The Daily World, August
29, 2002.
Born, raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam High School, 1966.
Jack Elway
College football coach — Grays Harbor College,
California State at Northridge, San Jose
State, Stanford University.
Father of John Elway.
Born,
raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam High School, 1949.
Bachelor Degree and
Master Degree, Washington State College.
John Elway
NCAA and NFL football star, and 2004 Professional Football
Hall of Fame inductee.
Both
parents were born and raised in Hoquiam.
Lived in Central Park (Aberdeen suburb) as a youngster, and attended
kindergarten at
Central Park Elementary — information provided by his aunt, Barbara
Elway Rottle.
Robert Faulkner
U. S. Olympic fencer who became
known as “Hollywood's Swashbuckler
to the Stars,”
after staging a spectacular fencing duel for Prisoner of Zenda (1937),
starring Ronald
Colman and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
For four decades he staged the swordfights for movies
like The Thief of Baghdad (1940), The Court
Jester (1956), Jason and
the Argonauts
(1963),
and Clash of
the Titans (1980).
Moved to Aberdeen in 1907,
Weatherwax High School, 1911.
Rueben Fleet
Airplane industry pioneer.
"In 1918 commanded the unit that flew the inaugural
load of U. S. Air Mail from New York
to Washington D. C. in
1923 he “founded Consolidated Aircraft in Buffalo, New York.
He decided
in 1935 to relocate to San Diego.”
Consolidated
Aircraft was the parent of Convair, later a division of General Dynamics
Corp. General Dynamics Aerospace Group includes Bulfstream Aerospace
which designs
and builds the world's most technologically advanced business jet
aircraft— San Diego
Biographies,
San Diego Historical Society.
Born,
raised and educated in Montesano.
Ralph Flowers
The
"Bear Man: was known for his "encyclopedic knowledge and
understanding of the
American Black Bear." Best known for this
work in bear damage control. He wrote three
books on bear hunting and bear damage control.
"His career as an animal damage control specialist
spanned fifty years, taking bear damage
control technology from leg-hold traps and hound hunting
to a sophisticated damage
identification system and targeted feeding program that
nearly halted tree damage in targeted
areas without lethal removal. The program is a
model of forest and wildlife management,
admired and studied worldwide by forest and wildlife
managers." --- obituary,
www.forestry.org
Washington State Society of American Foresters. Information
provided by his wife, Velma Flowers.
Came to Grays Harbor in 1946 upon discharge from the
Army. Lived in Aberdeen
Will
Foster
Recipient of 2001 Design Award for Excellence, National
Concrete Masonry Association,
for design of his personal residence in Montesano. --
The Daily World.
Partner at Street, Lundgren & Foster Architects
and Planning Consultants, Montesano.
Currently resides in Montesano.
Lee Friedlander
World-renowned photographer, famous for the use
of shadows.
“Lee
Friedlander is widely acknowledged as a master of American photography.”
“His
first paid job was a Christmas card for a madam in his home town of
Aberdeen,
a lumber mill town on the Pacific coast in Washington.
Her name was Peggy Plus: the
picture was of her dog.” — Essay
in catalog for Exhibition, Like a One Eyed Cat,
a
retrospective of the photography of Lee Friedlander, produced by the
Seattle Art Museum.
The exhibition
traveled internationally 1988-1991.
His
photographs have shown in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and
many other
famous museums.
Born,
raised, and educated in Aberdeen.
Will Foster
Recipient of 2001 Design Award for Excellence, National Concrete
Masonry Association,
for design of his personal residence in Montesano.
— The Daily
World.
Partner
at Street, Lundgren & Foster Architects and Planning Consultants,
Montesano.
Currently resides in Montesano.
Steve Girard
Former CEO of Kaiser Jeep Corporation, and
Kaiser Industries Corporation.
Founder
of Girard Winery, Napa Valley, California. -- obituary,
The Daily World, November 28, 2004..
Born,
raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam High School, 1933.
John Goddard
Began his cable televison industry
carrer in Aberdeen. Served
in management
of Tele-Vue, Cable Division of CBS, and Viacom Cable.
Was CEO of Viacom Cable from
1980 to 1996. — The Cable
Center, www.CableCenter.org.
2004
inductee to the Cable Television Hall of Fame.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1959.
Captain Robert Gray
First American to venture into the harbor, which was named
after him by his crew,
on May 7, 1792. Gray stayed
in the harbor for four days, and originally named the
harbor Bulfinch’s Harbour. (sic)
In the journal
of one of his crew members, however, “is the following entry:
‘Named the
harbor we had left after our Captain’.
On the first chart of the harbor,
as on other charts
since, the name Gray’s (sic) Harbor appears.” — Francis E. Cross and
Charles M Parkin, Jr.,
Sea Venture, Captain Gray’s Voyages of Discovery 1787-1793.
Sylveanus “Vean” Gregg
“Began his Major League baseball career in 1911 with the Cleveland
Naps (Indians).
The 26 year-old played for
8 seasons on four different teams, and ended his playing career
in 1925.” — Baseball
Almanac.
Ranked third in the competition
for the 1911 American League, Cy Young Award. — http://brsmith.mybravenet.com
Played for Cleveland
Naps (Indians) 1911-14,
Boston Red
Sox 1914-16, Philadelphia
Athletics 1918,
Washington
Nationals (Senators) 1925.
Ranked in “The 100 Greatest Tribe Players of all Time” by the
Cleveland
Indians in 2001.
— http://cleveland.about.com
Born in Chehalis.
After his baseball career he owned and operated Vean Gregg’s
- Home
Plate Restaurant and Tavern at 710 Simpson Avenue in Hoquiam until
his death in 1964.
Victor Grinich (Grgurinovic')
Electronics
industry pioneer.
"One of the eight founders of Fairchild Semiconductor 1957, which
created the first mass-
produced integrated circuit, a descendant of the modern computer chip."
"After leaving Fairchild, he taught at Stanford and the University
of California at Berkeley.
Co-author of Introduction to Integrated Circuits." --
obituary, The New York Times,
November 1, 2000. Information provided by Tom Seguin, Sr.,
and Harold Warren.
Born and raised in Aberdeen. Weatherwax High School, 1942.
Evie Hatfield Hansen
Nationally known writer of books on cooking seafood.
Has published six books including
Seafood Twice a Week.
“Evie
Hansen is the nation's leader in seafood education.
She has written award winning
books and teaches year-round about the benefits and delights of seafood.”
“Being a fisherman’s wife, her recipe testing has been done
on boatloads of fish
and shellfish.” —
Evie Hansen & Cindy Snyder,
Seafood Twice
a Week.
Raised in Aberdeen. Weatherwax High School, 1966.
Harbor Grown Christmas Trees
Hedlund Christmas Tree Farm, Satsop, Washington. Ed, Cindy
and Thomas Hedlund.
“Two time Grand Champion Award winners for the National Christmas
Tree Association.
Two trees were the official Christmas trees for the White House
in 2002 for President
George W. Bush, and in 1998 to President Clinton.”
Each year, one tree went to the Blue
Room, and the other in the President’s private residence.
— The Daily
World,
September 29, 2002.
Northwest Plantations Tree Farm, Satsop Valley, Washington.
John and Carol Tillman.
2004 Grand Champion Award winners for the National Christmas Tree
Association. The
Tillman's provided three trees from their Satsop Valley tree farm
for the White House in 2004.
One for the Oval Office, one for the Blue Room and one for Camp David.
-- The Daily World
October 20, 2004.
David Haynes
"Winnder of the NAIA National Swimmind Championships
in the 100 and and 200 yard
butterfly events for the University of Puget Sound in
1987." 2003 inductee to the
University of Puget Sound Hall of Fame. -- The Daily
World, February 3, 2003.
Raised in Hoquiam. Hoquiam High School, 1083.
Fred Hillier
Awarded the Institute of Operations Research and Management
Sciences 2004 INFORMS
Expository Award for setting an exemplary standard of
exposition in his Introduction to
Operations Research textbook."
"A Stanford University professor since 1961, and the author or
co-author of six books
in his field of operations research, which involves the
application of mathematical models
and techniques to decision making." -- The Daily
World, November 1, 2004.
Born and raised in Aberdeen. Weatherwax High School,
Valedictorian, 1954.
George H. Hitchings
Awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1988.
Contributed to major breakthroughs in the
treatment of cancer, and AIDS, and in transplant
research.
In
an interview after receiving Nobel Prize said, “living in Hoquiam
was among the happiest
times in my life.”
Born
in Hoquiam, April 18, 1905. Science
Degree, University of Washington, 1927.
ILWU, Aberdeen Local 24
Hosted the first convention of the International Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen’s
Union - ILWU in 1938, in Aberdeen.
— John Hughes and Ryan Beckwith, On the Harbor.
Albert Johnson
United States Congressman from the Third
Congressional District of Washington State from
1912 to 1932.
“History has neglected Congressman Albert Johnson, ‘Father
of the 1924 Immigration
Bill.’ The act codified
the concept of admitting aliens into the United States on the basis
of quotas.” — Jim
Scott, Festschrift, 1994.
Owner, Publisher and Editor of the Grays Harbor Washingtonian, Hoquiam, from
1907 until 1934. Buried
in Sunset Memorial Park, Hoquiam.
Chris Johnson
Currently a LPGA Tour golfer.
Winner – LPGA Championship Tournament, 1997.
Member
of the 1998 Solheim Cup Team. —www.LPGA.com.
Grandparents,
and Mother (Ginnie McGillicuddy) were born and raised in Aberdeen.
(She’s my cousin, and this is my list!)
John B. Kinne
“Won the Medal of Honor while serving with the
First North Dakota Infantry during the
Philippine Insurrection of 1899-1901 that grew
out of the Spanish –American
War. Pvt.
Kinne performed with extraordinary courage as a scout in no less than
25
engagements and also rendered medical assistance
to fallen comrades.” —
The Daily World,
October
7, 2001.
Practiced
Medicine in Aberdeen.
Tracy
M. Kosoff
Captain
U. S. Navy, retired. U. S. Naval Academy class of 1958.
Served on, and
commanded several diesel and nuclear submarines during
his 30 year naval career. Served
as director of Computer Systems Department at the Naval
War College Center for
War Gaming. -- obituary, Shipmate, May 2003.
Peter B. Kyne
“Best selling author of the “Cappy Ricks”
stories which first ran in the Saturday Evening
Post
in 1915. A subsequent
series of novels were best sellers over a quarter century.”
— John Hughes and Ryan Beckwith, On the Harbor.
Kyne
worked for a time for the North Western Lumber Co., Hoquiam.
During
that time he became enchanted by the real-life Ralph E. “Matt” Peasley.
His stories
of the ventures of Peasley in the Cappy Ricks novels propelled him
to the forefront of
American popular fiction. Although
they were fiction, the stories were of Peasley’s life
as a sea captain.
By his death in 1957 he had written 25 novels and over a thousand
short stories.
Lady Washington
Appeared
in the Disney movie, The Pirates of the Caribbean,
released in the
summer of 2003. In the
film, the ship is the "HMS Interceptor."
In 1994, the ship was featured in the movie Star Trek: The Next Generation
— The Daily
World, September 27, 2002.
Owned by the Grays Harbor Historical
Seaport Authority. Constructed,
and home ported
in Aberdeen.
Frank Lamb
Botanist,
timberman, inventor and founder of Lamb Grays Harbor Company.
With his son
George, became world-wide leaders
in paper handling equipment. The business currently
has operations in Hoquiam, southern United States, Canada
and Europe.
Pioneer
member of the Sierra Club.
Was
a member of President Theodore Roosevelt’s White House Conference
on Natural
Resources in 1908.
World
Headquarters, Hoquiam.
Steve Lamoreaux
1999 recipient of the Frances M. Pipkin Award of the American
Physical Society.
“For extensive contributions to precision measurements science,
especially searches for a
permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron and atoms, measurements
of atomic parity
violation, and tests of spatial symmetries and quantum mechanics,
including observation of the
vacuum Casimir Effect.”— from 1999 Frances M. Pipkin Award.
Fellow of the American Physical Society, B.S. in Physics from
the University of Washington,
1981. Doctorate in Physics
for the University of Washington, 1986.
Currently a staff scientist at
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Raised
and educated in Aberdeen. Weatherwax
High School, 1977.
Rudd Lawrence
Former
Vice President, New York Stock Exchange. —
from the archives of Bob Preble.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Leo Lomski
Known in the boxing world as the “Aberdeen Assassin.”
“Hype
Igoe, veteran boxing writer of the New York Morning World,
rates Leo Lomski,
Aberdeen lightheavy,(weight) as the greatest all-around fighter in
the world today.” – Tacoma News
Tribune,
11/15/1927.
“He
came to Aberdeen out of the North Idaho country in 1923…It wasn’t
long before he
moved up to the big time, dubbed the ‘Aberdeen Assassin.’
By this time he was a light
heavyweight, and barely lost a world title bout with the champion,
Tommy Loughran.”
at Madison Square Garden. Lomski fought all over
the world and lost only 20 of 150
recorded bouts. Died in Grayland in 1979.:" -- Seattle
Times, March 23, 1982.
This
interesting article appeared in The Aberdeen World
on January 6, 1928. “The
blow by
blow returns of the light heavyweight championship fight between Leo
Lomski, Aberdeen
lightheavy, and Thomas Loughran, Philadelphia, the champion, at Madison
Square Garden
tonight, will be announced from the windows of the World editorial rooms, facing “I”
Street.
Immediately after the contest The World will issue a complete fight
extra.”“
Russell V . Mack
United States Congressman from the Third Congressional District
of Washington State
from 1947 until he died on the floor of congress in 1960.
Moved to Hoquiam with
his family at age 14.
Publisher of the Grays Harbor
Washingtonian in
Hoquiam from 1934 until 1948.
— John Hughes and Ryan Beckwith, On the
Harbor.
John Madden
NFL television football announcer.
Former Head Coach of Oakland Raiders, and
NFL player.
In one of his books Madden talks about going to Grays
Harbor College. "The football
coach, Chase Anderson, arranged jobs for his players.
Mine was to sweep out the Mint
Cafe in town. The more I traveled, the more I realized
later (sic) that almost every small
town in America has a Mint Cafe."
"(After) My first few days there, the boss liked the way I mixed
with the poker players.
After that I was more of shill than sweeper. But
that's where I really learned to play
poker,. which I still play at a moment's notice."--John
Madden with Dave Anderson,
Hey Wait a Minute, I Wrote a Book, 1984
Played football for the Grays Harbor College Chokers,
circa 1956.
McCaw Family
Of fame in the telecommunications industry, the family
has roots in Grays Harbor.
W. O. McCaw was the founder of Aberdeen
Savings & Loan, now Anchor Savings Bank.
J. Elroy McCaw graduated from Weatherwax High
School, circa 1931. Became
a leader
in the communications industry, at one time owning WINS Radio in New
York, and Channel
13 TV in Seattle.
Craig, Bruce, Keith and John are sons of J. Elroy McCaw.
They founded McCaw
Cellular (became ATT Cellular), and Nextel Communications.
— information provided by
Bill McCaw.
Terry T. McGillicuddy
Captain U. S.
Navy, retired. U. S. Naval Academy class of 1940. Served
as
Commanding Officer and Director U. S. Naval Applied Science
Laboratory from 1966-
1971, during development of the navigation systems for
Polaris submarines. -- information
from Gene Woodwick.
While serving in WWII aboard the "USS Pennsylvania",
"Shortly after midnight on the
eleventh of February, 1944, 14" powder tanks were
being taken aboard. One tank had
struck below to the handling room of Turret One and was
being lifted across the coaming
of an open door into the right service magazine when
it exploded. Fire swept over the
powder cans stacked in the magazine.
"Within a few miraculous moments, the lower handling
room was entered form the bottom
by LT Terry Thomas McGillicuddy, alone with one firehose.
LT McGillicuddy put out the
magazine fire all by himself. The magazines and
others adjacent were then promptly
flooded. There were numerous casualties, of whom
four died."
"If it had not been for one man's action, there
could have been scores or hundreds of
human casualties." -- The Man Who Gave the Navy
a Battleship. Daniel Appleton.
For his action in saving the ship "Terry was awarded
the Navy and Marine Corps
Medal, and, or more importance, the heartfelt thanks
of his shipmates." -- The Class
of Forty After Fifty Years© W. M. Carpenter 1990.
Original text by C. H. Hall and
W. D. Lanier.
Born, raised and educated in Aberdeen. Weatherwax
High School 1934.
David McKay
Named 2001 “Teacher of the Year” for the State
of Washington, and became eligible
for National Teacher of the Year Award. “...was honored
for his work that connects his
students to their community.”
— Columns,
University of Washington Alumni
Magazine,
June 2002.
Lived in Hoquiam, and taught at Weatherwax High School.
Ruth Karr McKee
One of 11 children of pioneer Hoquiamite James
A. Karr. Died at age 76 in 1951.
“In
1917 she was appointed to the University of Washington Board of Regents
– the first
woman to hold that position.
In 1923, when she was elected president of the UW Regents,
she was the first woman in the nation to hold such an office at a
major university.”
— The Daily
World, October 7, 2001.
Born, raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Steve McPeak
“Currently holds a number of world unicycling records, but also must
surely hold the record
for breaking unicycle records.
Began unicycling at age 20 while attending Asbury College.
For summer vacation, Steve returned to his home in Hoquiam,
Washington, and started working
his way upward.”
“Among
his records are, on November 8, 1975, he gained access to the 1,500
foot cable that
suspended 700 feet above Hoover Dam and rode a specially constructed
unicycle across. …
he was fined $200.”
“Rode
a 100 foot unicycle on the ground.
Rode a 20 foot unicycle on a tight wire suspended
35 feet above the ground.”—
Jack Wiley, The Complete Book of Unicycling.
Appeared
on “Wide World of Sports” riding a unicycle up the cable car wire
to Sugar Loaf
Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.
Attended
Asbury College, Seattle Pacific College.
Raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam
High School, circa 1963.
Curtis Messer
“Five time recipient of Northwest Bowlers Association, Bowler
of the Year award.”
“He
has rolled over 25 sanctioned perfect 300 games and, in 1982, recorded
an 877 series
without the benefit of a 300 (on games of 279-299-299) — still
a world record in that category.”
— The Daily
World, February 17, 2002.
Raised
and educated in Hoquiam. Hoquiam High School, 1980.
Sun Min
Associate Producer for the television show “CBS 48 Hours.”
Began
her television career “as a receptionist for Peter Jennings at “ABC
News”. ...quickly
moved up in the field working for the “Barbara Walters Show”.
In 1998, she became Associate
Producer for “48 Hours”. — The Pacific
County Press, January 30, 2002.
“Nominated
for a news Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences...
for her work on the TV show “48 Hours”.
The nominated episode was “All in the Family”
— about extraordinary families.”— The Daily
World, July 26, 2002.
Raised
and educated in Aberdeen. Weatherwax
High School, 1989. Law
Degree Columbia
University.
Robert G. “Bob” Moch
Coxswain on the University of Washington 8-man crew that represented
the United States
in the 1936 Olympics. The
crew embarrassed Hitler by beating the German crew for the gold
medal in Grunau, Germany.
On
November 7, 1936, the crew was honored by the Montesano Chamber of
Commerce
at the Odd Fellows Hall.parents owned a jewelry store in Montesano.
Raised
and educated in Montesano. His parents owned a jewelry store.
Walt Morey
Author
and creator of Gentle Ben and Kavik the Wolf Dog.
In a handwritten note
in a book signed by Morey, he expressed delight that the book owner
is from his
old home town of Hoquiam.
Born in Hoquiam, February 3, 1907.
Robert Motherwell
“…was born on January 24, 1915 in Aberdeen, Washington.
Motherwell is one of the most
recognized American Abstract Expressionist painters.”
— www.lucidcafe.com/library
Works
displayed at Guggenheim Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Prado Museum
(Madrid),
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and others. Three
of his prints are displayed in
the Aberdeen Timberland Library.
Born
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Krist Noveselic
Songwriter and bass guitar player, for the music group
Nirvana. Revolutionized
Rock Music
in 1992, with what came to be known as “grunge
music.”
Awarded
a 2003 IMPACT Award given by the National Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences. -- The Daily World, April 3, 2003.
Continues to be involved in the music industry, as well as politics
and maintains a
residence in the Willapa Valley.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen. Weatherwax High School, 1984.
W. L. “Lee” Nutter
CEO of Rayonier, Inc.
Began his career in Hoquiam,
and resided there for many years.
Jayce Ogren
Writer of traditional band and orchestra music. "Awarded
a Fulbright Scholarship
to
study at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden. He is
studying conducting under
the internationally esteemed Jorma Panula, a Finn acclaimed as a "maestro
of maestros." --
The Daily World, June 6, 2003.
Composer of Symphonies of Gaia. The featured musical
piece of a DVD produced
by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra entitled Symphonies of Gaia.
Born,
raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam High School, 1997.
Roger “Buzz” Osborne, Jr.
Lead singer and guitarist of the alternative music group
The Melvins.
Formed
The Melvins
with bass guitarist Matt Lukin Lukin
later left The Melvins to play with
Mud Honey. -- information
from Teresa Furstenwerth.
Both
were born, raised and educated in Montesano.
Doug Osheroff
Awarded Nobel Prize for Physics, 1996.
Recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Fellowship. Current
Chairman of Department of Physics, Stanford University.
Featured speaker at Grays Harbor College Commencement,
June 20, 1997.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1963.
Edward M. “Ed” Orkney
Founder and former CEO of G. I. Joe’s Department Stores.
“Back
in 1952, a clever pilot back home from WWII bought 2,000 mummy sleeping
bags
for $1.50 each. He
set up shop under a tent pitched in a field in Portland, Oregon, and
quickly
sold all his merchandise reaping a modest profit…
That young Army Air Corps pilot, Edward
M Orkney, then set up shop in an old building in North Portland.”
— www.gijoes.com
Born,
raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam High School, 1933.
Ralph E. “Matt” Peasley
Legendary sailing ship captain along the Northwest
coast and the South Pacific.
His sea
ventures were the basis of the “Cappy Ricks” stories
by Peter B. Kyne, which first ran in
the Saturday
Evening Post in 1915.
Subsequent novels were best sellers over a quarter
century. —
John Hughes and Ryan Beckwith, On
the Harbor.
Peasley
came to Montesano in 1889 and died in Aberdeen in 1948.
Marcus E. Raichle
Pioneer in medical imaging. Uses "functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (fMRI) (sic)
and Position Emission Tomography (PET) to study human
brain organization and function
in health and disease."
"1998 recipient of the Karl Spencer Lashley Award
from the American Philosophical
Society for his contributions to brain imaging.
His imaging is used to create maps to
tell how the brain and behaviors are related, and how
diseases such as stroke, depression
anxiety and Parkinson's disease affect the brain's function.
-- website Washington
University in St. Louis. Information provided by
Leif Tangvald.
Raised and educated in Aberdeen. Weatherwax High
School, 1955.
Bill Rapp
Director of the SAP Open men's tennis tournament (formerly known as
the Pacific
Coast Championships) played each February in San Jose,
California. -- The Daily World,
July 2, 2004.
Raised in Elma. Elma High School, 1977.
Richard V. Reynolds
Lieutenant
General, U. S. Air Force. Former
Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center,
Edwards Air Force Base.
Current
Commander, Aeronautics Systems Center, Air Force Materiel (sic) Command,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1967.
Don Root
Chairman,
CEO and majority shareholder of GM Nameplate in Seattle, with plants
in California, North Carolina, Oregon, Singapore, and British Columbia.
"Most people don't realize it, but each day they may come into
contact with a multitude
of things made by Seattle's GM Nameplate. The touchpad on a
microwave; the
instrument panel on a car dash; bold graphics on the trucks and buses;
screen printing
and foam backing on a mouse pad -- these may be made by GM Nameplate,
whose
markets include the computer, aerospace, automotive, appliance and
medical electronics
industries." -- Puget Sound Business Journal, June 20-26,
2003.
Born, raised and educated in Hoquiam, Hoquian High School 1953.
George Scott
Worked
for 36 years in engineering and management at General Electric.
Holds 13 patents, one of which is the basic patent for the self-cleaning
oven. Awarded
Master Design Award in 1966 for his work in design of the self-cleaning
oven.
Project engineer that developed the first GE microwave oven, and had
the first
prototype model in his home. -- information provided by Mr. Scott
and Jack Bastin.
Raised and educated in Aberdeen. Weatherwax High School, 1943.
Emisire Shahan
“As a young Union Corporal in the Civil War, won the Medal of
Honor for single-handedly
capturing the flag of the Georgia Infantry.
His act was credited with breaking the morale
of a formidable unit of the Confederate Army.
Shahan
ended up homesteading on the Satsop River, and when he died in 1919,
was buried
with full military honors at the Masonic Cemetery near Elma.”
— The Daily World, October
7, 2001.
Pat Simmons
The driving force and the only remaining member of the
original “Doobie Brothers” musical
group. Contributed
many of the classic “Doobie Brothers” hit songs.
“…was
born in the rainy western coastal town of Aberdeen, Washington on
October 19, 1948.
Since his parents were both school teachers, five year
old Patrick spent time after school with
a babysitter, who just happened to be a piano teacher.
This sparked an interest in music,
which has continued throughout his life.”
— www.DoobieBros.com
Born
in Aberdeen, October 19, 1948.
Bruce Snell
“One of three trainers for the U.S. Soccer Team during
the 2002 World Cup.” “...also
a
trainer for the U. S. Men’s Olympic Soccer Team in 2000.” —
The Daily World,
June 2002.
Born, raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1976.
Terry Snell
U.
S Foreign Service. Former
Acting U. S. Ambassador to Greece, 1999 and Germany, 2001.
Deputy Chief of
Missions, U. S. Embassy, Berlin, Germany 2001-2004. —
information from
his mother, Shirley Snell.
Currently serves directly under the Director of NATO
in Europe. -- information provided by
his brother, Jeff Snell.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1966.
Roxanne Sparks
Winner
of several karate competition awards including; gold medal at the
2004 World Karate
Federation World Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada; three gold medals
at the AAU
National Junior Olympics, Des Moines, Iowa; 2004 Presidential Medal
from President
George W. Bush.
She also appeared in three movies, and several television shows. --
information provided by Gene
Sparks, her father.
Born July 25, 1996 ands resides in Hoquiam. Currently attends
St Mary School, Aberdeen.
Spirit of St. Louis
The spars, or wing beams, for the Spirit of St. Louis were
made from spruce timbers furnished
by the Posey Manufacturing Company of Hoquiam.
— The Daily World,
May 25, 1927.
Local lore has it that Charles Lindberg did a “fly-by”,
and dipped his wings over the Hoquiam
plant during a United States tour .
Freddie Steele“
“Boxing Middleweight Champion of the World, July 1936.
Successfully defended the title
5 times. Recognized
as one of the greatest middleweight boxers of all time.
133 fights with
only 5 losses.”
“Retired
from boxing and became a Hollywood actor.
Appeared in such films as Deep Purple,
Gentleman Jim Corbett, G. I. Joe, and Hail the Conquering Hero." — Dan Cuoco,
The Career
of Freddie Steele Revisited.
Inducted
into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, June, 1999.
Opened
Freddie Steele’s Restaurant in Westport, 1960.
Died in Aberdeen, 1984.
Paul Stritmatter
Nationally acclaimed attorney.
One of five nominees for 1991 National Trial Lawyer of
the Year.
Current
President of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (National). 2002-2003.
Featured
in a recently published book, Fighting for Public Justice.
Voted a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law & Politics Magazine, each
year
since inception of the award.
Born, raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam High School, 1961.
Resides in
Hoquiam, with offices in Hoquiam and Seattle.
Ray Sundquist
NCAA First Team All-American Basketball, 1941-42,
Washington State College.
Born, raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam High School, 1937.
Ann Swanson
Nationally acclaimed amateur golfer.
Ten time Washington State Women’s Amateur
Golf Champion.
Winner of the 2004 Senior Amateur Championship of America
at Sea Island, Georgia.
Born,
raised and educated in Aberdeen.
Weatherwax High School, 1963.
Julie Semler Ueland
“...owner
of Backsplash Pottery, is known around the world for her striking,
hand-painted tableware and other items.
Her most famous pattern is known simply as ‘Fish.’”
— Pacific Lutheran Scene, Spring 1999.
Information
provided by Lynn Ogren.
For
a peek at some of Julie’s work, visit www.julieueland.com.
Born,
raised and educated in Hoquiam.
Hoquiam High School, 1975.
Milton Towne
Brigadier
General, U. S. Army, retired.
Commanding General of the Washington Army and Air National Guard when
he retired
in 1988. -- The Daily World, September 7, 2003.
Born, raised and educated Hoquiam. Hoquiam High School 1948.
Currently resides in
Westport.
Kurdt Vanderhoof
Lead guitarist and songwriter for the rock music group Metal Church.
Born, raised and educated in Hoquiam.
See
www.metalchurch.com
for story on how the band started
at the D&R Theater in
Aberdeen, with other “Harborites”; Kirk Arrington,
Craig Wells,
Duke Erickson,
and
Mike Murphy.
Marvin “Bud” Ward
“Won the United States Amateur
Golf Championship in 1939 and 1941, and was on
Walker Cup Teams in 1947 and 1948.” — Seattle Times,
Craig Smith, May 6, 1998.
Washington State Amateur Golf Champion, 1938 and 1946.
Marvin “Bud” Ward
learned his game on the Harbor and caddied at the Grays Harbor
Country Club.” — Member’s Handbook, Grays
Harbor County Club.
Born and raised in Elma.
Eventually resided in Olympia.
Rudd Weatherwax
“Rudd Weatherwax was the owner and trainer of the original Lassie
and breeder of six
generations thereafter.
His son Bob, has taken over his father’s legacy.” — www.lassie.net
Born,
circa 1915 in Aberdeen. Weatherwax
High School, circa 193
Westport Shipyard
The
business was started in the 1960's by Charlie Quigg, Jim Quigg and
Ted Holland, as a
small boat-lift operation.
Was eventually sold to Randy and Rick Rust, who were the driving forces
in making the
Westport Shipyard one of the leading manufacturers of luxury yachts
in the world. Randy has
retired. Rick is currently active in the businesses, along with
other owners.
The business now has in excess of 700 employees with facilities in
Westport, Hoquiam
and Port Angeles, Washington.
"The business is now the seventh best-selling yacht builder in
the world, according to data
released by Showboats International's Global Order Book."
-- The Daily World,
November 17, 2004.
