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Makiko Doi
M.Lib, 1974
Makiko has been practicing Japanese calligraphy since her retirement from the library at Central Washington University in 1993. In 2014, a collection of her calligraphy works was published in Japan.
Grove Koger
M.Lib, 1974
Grove Koger’s poetry chapbook "Not" has been published by Finishing Line Press. His article “Staying On: Paul Bowles’ Later Years in Tangier” appeared in the 2024 edition of The Limberlost Review, and his short story “That Bittersweet Taste” was included in Boise’s 2024 Cabin/ Writers in the Attic anthology Tart.
Rebecca Pixler
M.Lib, 1974
As of 2024, Rebecca was retired and living in Bellingham, where she volunteered at the NW Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives. She also finished writing a collection of her adventures on public transportation titled, "Outbound to Wonderland". Prior to retirement Rebecca was an archivist/records manager, a records coordinator for the UW Schools of Medicine and Public Health and an assistant archivist at the King County Archives.
Arlene (Kairoff) Cohen
M.Lib, 1973
Arlene volunteers at the Historical Visual Materials Collections, a part of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections describing and preserving historical photographs relating to the Pacific Northwest. Some of her projects include working with photographs of ferry boats and terminals from the 1950s; photographs from a Seafair Milk Carton Derby held on Seattle's Green Lake; and photographs from a 1917 expedition on the Kalmor II launch up the Inside Passage in British Columbia looking at logging operations. In working with these photographs, she is having great fun discovering the rich history of this region.
Lynne De Merritt
M.Lib, 1973
Since Summer Quarter 2017, Lynne has been volunteering in the Digital Collections of the UW Libraries Special Collections and reports that it's an interesting place to volunteer and has a great staff. She encourages iSchool retirees to consider volunteering their skills with UW Special Collections.
Michael Moffitt
M.Lib, 1972
Michael died on May 5, 2016. He was a reference librarian at Seattle Public Library for 31 years before his retirement in 2000.
Lawrence Onsager
M.Lib, 1972
Lawrence has served as Dean of Libraries at Andrews University since 2003.
John Ashford
M.Lib, 1971
John has written a book about traveling in the Kalahari Desert and making connections with the Kalahari Bushmen after a two-year stint in the Peace Corps. The book, "Meeting the Mantis," is available from Amazon. Recently, it won a 2016 writing award from Peace Corps Worldwide.
Donna Hanson
M.Lib, 1971
Donna spent her professional years as an academic librarian at the Science Library at Washington State University (1972-1981) and as the Science Librarian at the University of Idaho (1981-2001). After her retirement at the end of 2001, she remained active for several years in the Pacific Northwest Library Association and the Idaho Library Association. However, she found that kept her a bit too busy, so she has reduced her involvement and now focuses on spending time with her family.
Louise Lindsey
M.Lib, 1971
Louise retired in 2012 from the Mabee Legal Information Center at the University of Tulsa College of Law in Tulsa, OK. Her retirement plans include traveling, volunteering, and taking photography classes.