the burke museum

B u r k e M u s e u M A n n uA l r e p o r t 2010-20111

2010–2011Annual ReportT h e B u R k e M u s e u M


3 Director’s Message

4 Research & Collections

4 Arachnology

5 Archaeology

6 ethnology

7 Genetic Resources

8 herbarium

9 herpetology

10 Ichthyology

11 Invertebrate Paleontology &

Microfossils

12 Mammalogy

13 Ornithology

14 Paleobotany

15 Vertebrate Paleontology

Table of Contents

16 education

17 exhibits

19 uW Campus Outreach

20 Donors & Volunteers

31 Financial Report


Burke Museum Association Board of Directors

Mary DunnamPResIDenT

Greg BlumeVICe PResIDenT

John howellVICe PResIDenT

John kincaidTReAsuReR

steve WhistonseCRe TARy

David Brown

Mary Coney

Jan Creighton

ellen Ferguson

Antje Frychel

sydnie heberling

Ron Irving

Wiley kitchell

Doug McTavish

George Moynihan

Alan Rabinowitz

spencer smith

susie stoller

Dave Towne

kelly Tweeddale

Melissa yeager

It’s all about impact. As we reflect on the past twelve months of

museum activities, it’s the voices of those who’ve been served by

the Burke Museum that resonate above all else:

• The comments of visitors who came to our Weaving heritage

exhibit, which showcased spectacular textile arts from three

continents. “It was so moving to see our cultural objects

displayed with others of such great beauty! It reaffirmed pride

in my heritage.” —POM khAMPRADITh, LAO COMMunITy

• The responses of students who benefited from BurkeMobile,

which brought museum educators and collections to

classrooms across the state. As one student described the

experience, “I got to see and feel my very first fossil. It was the

best day ever.” —6Th GRADe sTuDenT, LAkOTA MIDDLe sChOOL, FeDeRAL

WAy

• The feedback from researchers who depend on Burke

collections to support their work. “We utilize the [Burke

Museum herbarium] on-line services nearly daily, and

frequently rely on herbarium staff for their expertise.” —JOsePh

ARneTT, RARe PLAnT BOTAnIsT, WAshInGTOn nATuRAL heRITAGe PROGRAM,

DePARTMenT OF nATuRAL ResOuRCes

And so many more!

how was the Burke able to serve these and tens of thousands

of other individuals in the past year? The simple answer is yOu.

From financial support, to volunteerism, to collections gifts, the

contributions of our friends and supporters help the Burke make

a difference in the world. Thank you for your support!

From an organizational standpoint, the Burke remains resourceful,

fiscally sound, and committed to excellence at the highest level. I’ve

personally challenged every Burke employee to push the envelope

and experiment with new ideas in the coming months. Innovation and

inspiration remain at the very core of this institution, so it’s with great

anticipation and excitement that we usher in a new fiscal year.

And together, we move ahead … invigorated, inspired, and

focused on impact.

Dr. Julie k. stein

exeCuTIVe DIReCTOR

Message from the Director


CO L L e C T I O n s I z e :

442,000 specimens, including

155,000 spiders and terrestrial invertebrates

37,000 butterflies and moths

250,000 additional specimens of worms, cave fauna, scorpions, and a small flea collection

Although a very wet year, it was nonetheless an active one for collecting spiders—

including at least seven new species. (One, a crab spider found by Curatorial Associate

Rod Crawford during the 2010 Bioblitz on Foster Island, lives in the urban Washington Park

Arboretum.) spring collecting trips produced between 20 and 50 species from each of a dozen

different areas, including the rare Porrhomma terrestre, the extremely rare hypomma marxi

(with its amazing male carapace), and Cybaeopsis spenceri, found in Washington only once

before. Volunteer Laurel Ramseyer pursued her research project on the spider fauna of pine

cones and also collected specimens of the world’s smallest mygalomorph (tarantula-like) spider,

Microhexura idahoana.

“I have enjoyed your website over the years and

appreciate your passion for setting the record

straight on spider myths. I have learned to love

spiders and have taught my 6-year-old daughter

that they are our friends.”

BuR k e W eBsI T e V IsI TO R

ABOVe: Last year’s Bug Blast attracted a record 1,312 visitors, and gave children a chance to get up close to bugs of all sizes. Photo courtesy of Lora shinn.

LeFT: A potentially new species of crab spider was discovered by Rod Crawford when he was on Foster Island volunteering for BioBlitz, a documentation and mapping event of the flora and fauna in the Arboretum.

Arachnology



Over 1 million artifacts

Curator Peter Lape and his staff collaborated with king County Road services Division and the

Puyallup Tribe of Indians to conduct fieldwork on Vashon-Maury Island. This project, called

the Manzanita Beach Public Archaeology Project, aimed to build on the successes of the 1990

Burton Acres Archaeological Project (also on Vashon-Maury) by increasing local awareness of

the native history of the island and educating members of the public about the importance

of archaeological stewardship and preservation. Public outreach events included an artifact

identification day held at the Vashon-Maury Island heritage Museum; tours of the site; training

of local residents as volunteers on the excavation; and an activity day at the Burke Museum for

the island’s middle school students.

uW graduate students Jacob Deppen and stephanie Jolivette analyzed the excavated materials.

Radiocarbon dates showed the site was used for a short period from 430 to 630 years ago.

Analysis of the fish bone showed a very high reliance on herring compared with salmon and

other fish. The team mapped the site boundaries and local residents now know how to best

protect the site from future disturbance.

ABOVe: stephanie Jolivette excavating at the Manzanita site.

Archaeology

LeFT: new acquisitions included this ceramic vessel that floated ashore in Grayland, Washington. experts are still trying to decipher the Chinese writing to understand its origins.



44,025 objects, including masks, boxes, prints, baskets, and clothing

50,000 archives, including photographs, negatives, sound recourdings, film, and documents

ethnology highlights included the culmination of a two-year cultural exchange between the

indigenous Ainu people of Japan and Washington tribes. The exchange was organized by

Burke Curator of native American ethnology, Deana Dartt-newton, with support from the u.s.

state Department and the American Association of Museums. The final event involved Ainu

participation in the 2010 Canoe Journey, a multi-day event hosted by the Makah nation in neah

Bay.

The Bill holm Center launched its publication program this year, with the book, In the spirit of

the Ancestors: Reflections on Contemporary northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum (now in

press at the university of Washington Press, Robin k. Wright and kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, editors).

Bunn-Marcuse also continued her collaboration with the Fort Rupert community researching

Franz Boas’ 1930 film, The kwakiutl of British Columbia, and recovering several songs recorded for

that film by Boas on wax cylinders. Wright continued her work on skidegate haida house models

while on sabbatical leave.

ethnology

ABOVe: nearly 150 northwest Coast prints were donated from Pacific editions, a firm that has printed thousands of northwest Coast prints over the decades. Retiring owner Vin Rickard donated 10 of the prints, and simon Ottenberg, Carol Barnard Ottenberg, Doug McTavish, and Ashley McClelland generously donated additional funds to acquire the remaining prints.

LeFT: new acquisitions included a collection of over 50 southwest, Plains, and Great Basin pieces—including this unique beaded horse and rider—donated by William and Judith Matchett.



43,500 tissues, including

35,000 from birds

8,000 from mammals

500 from lizards and amphibians

The Burke’s Genetic Resources Collection (GRC) loaned 800 tissues to support 35 research

projects this year, which addressed a variety of topics in wildlife management, conservation, and

evolutionary biology, including:

• surveying wild populations of lynx in Washington state—using dogs trained to search for scat.

Tissues of bobcat, lynx, and puma provided reference DnA sequences to identify scat and help

train the dogs.

• Identifying bird species involved in collisions with military aircraft around the world.

• Determining what role the rise of the Andes Mountains had in the evolution of new bird

species in south America.

Genetic Resources

ABOVe: uW undergrad sheila Voon working in the lab, as Collection Manager sharon Birks answers questions about the mice tissue samples recently used in a research study.

LeFT: scientists at the university of Lausanne, switzerland are using 97 tissues from the Burke Genetic Resources collection of Barn Owls to look at genetic variation underlying feather color. Their surprising research indicates Barn Owl color is genetically linked to aggression and other behaviors, and even immune system function.



650,000 specimens, including vascular plants, non-vascular plants, fungi, lichen, and algae

The herbarium received research funds from the national science Foundation, Andrew W.

Mellon Foundation, and the u.s. Bureau of Land Management this year. Work continues

on the nsF-funded project to provide online access to 1.5 million specimens from large

and small herbaria throughout the Pacific northwest.

Field- and collections-based highlights included the 16th Annual herbarium Foray, which

this time visited the strawberry Mountains of Oregon; graduate field research in Brazil; the

first publication of a wildflower guide for Mt. Rainier; and a donation of over 23,500 Arctic

and sub-Arctic fungal, lichen, and moss specimens from Dr. Gary Laursen at the university

of Alaska, Fairbanks—the largest collection of its kind in north America.

herbarium

ABOVe: Over 1,200 specimens were collected by staff and volunteers at the 16th Annual Foray in the Payette national Forest in western Idaho this summer. The Foray included the 91st birthday celebration of Don knoke, a uW alum who has been on 14 of the 16 forays and was an undergrad student of C. L. hitchcock (pre-World War II).

LeFT: Coprinus atramentarius. Photo courtesy of Darius Baužys.

“In our work in biodiversity conservation, the

Washington natural heritage Program relies

heavily on the herbarium at the Burke Museum,

and we regard its preserved specimens as the

best documentation of species in the state.”

J OsePh AR ne T T, D ePAR TM en T O F nAT uR AL R e sOuRCe s, WA shIn G TO n s TAT e



6,100 specimens, including amphibians and reptiles

herpetology launched the year by cataloging 5,000 specimens. Collected over the last century,

they represent the diversity of amphibians and reptiles in the Pacific northwest.

In spring, a herpetology expedition to West Africa brought back over 500 frog, lizard, snake,

and turtle specimens to support ongoing research projects at the university of Washington.

Additionally, graduate student Matt Mcelroy initiated a project to document the presence of

chytrid fungus in African frogs. Chytrid is a deadly pathogen that is causing massive amphibian

die-offs around the globe.

herpetology

ABOVe: Frog collected during summer research trip. herpetology Curator Adam Leache recently returned from Ghana in West Africa with 530 total specimens ranging from frogs to crocodiles. The 3-week collecting trip included work in national parks and forest reserves across the country. All of the specimens are accessioned at the Burke Museum. Photo courtesy of Duncan Reid.

LeFT: Volunteers prepare a 15’ python specimen donated to the Burke Museum by the Woodland Park zoo.



7,976,016 specimens, including eggs, larvae, juveniles, and adult fishes

The Burke Fish Collection—the fourth largest collection of ichthyological materials west of the

Mississippi and the only collection that specializes in fishes of the north Pacific Ocean and Bering

sea—has continued to grow.

The most exciting acquisition in the past year was a perfectly preserved female specimen of the

Doublespine seadevil, Diceratias pileatus, a deep-sea anglerfish sucked up from a depth of 3,280

feet in a sea-water intake pipe off the big island of hawaii in July, 2010.

extremely rare in this part of the world, it is only the second specimen captured in the Pacific and,

at 8 inches long, the largest known individual of its kind. The discovery is changing our thoughts

about how deep-sea organisms are distributed throughout the world’s oceans.

Ichthyology

ABOVe: Deep-sea anglerfishes as a group are well known for their extraordinary feeding behavior--attracting prey to their huge well-toothed mouth by wriggling a fishing apparatus mounted on the tip of the snout and equipped with a bioluminescent bait. Photo courtesy of Doug Perrine.

LeFT: Ichthyology Collections Manager katherine Maslenikov spoke with students about the fish collections as part of Dawg Daze 2011, where incoming freshman and transfer students learn about the Burke and other campus resources.



3,601,500 specimens

Invertebrate Paleontology & Microfossils

ABOVe: This slab of fossilized rock with large trilobites, Acadoparadoxites, is from Morocco, approximately 510 million years old (the middle Cambrian Period). The fossil was donated by Paul Fulton and Betsy Williams.

BeLOW: Volunteer Jess spear studying foraminifera.

This year, it was all about microfossils!

Weldon Rau, retired paleontologist for the Washington state Department of natural Resources

(DnR), generously created the Weldon and Jane Rau endowed Research Fund, an endowment

that will support student research in microfossils—particularly foraminifera—in perpetuity.

Thanks in large part to the vast collection that Rau developed during his years of work with the

DnR, the Burke now has the most significant collection of fossil and recent foraminifera in the

Pacific northwest, including British Columbia and Alaska.

Two other important donations to the microfossil collection in 2011 included:

• 3,500 slides of recent marine foraminifera from all parts of Puget sound, with accompanying

data and maps, donated by Robert A. harman, retired oceanographer from the shoreline

Community College Marine Technology Program. The donation provides invaluable additional

data for our ongoing study of Puget sound microbiota.

• sediment samples and slides of foraminifera from the Gulf of Alaska and coastal Washington,

Oregon, and California from Betty J. enbysk, alumnus of the uW school of Oceanography.



54,967 specimens, including skeletons, skins, and tissues

2011 was a year of exciting research discoveries and productivity by Burke mammalogists.

In early February 2011, the mammalogy team salvaged the skeleton of a bottle-nosed dolphin.

This species is normally found in tropical waters, and the Burke specimen may help scientists

understand why these animals were found so far north of their typical range.

years of intense research on the evolutionary and biogeographic history of small mammal

populations in the Pacific northwest have paid off recently, with seven papers published in

2011 by Curator emeritus Jim kenagy and his graduate students. Current Ph.D. student Andreas

Chavez published two papers, Dou yang (now a post doctorate at university of nevada, Reno)

published one, and Chris himes (post doctorate at university of new Mexico) published two.

species studied include heather voles, water shrews, deer mice, jumping mice, tree squirrels,

ground squirrels, and our state’s endemic Olympic Marmot. Their research concerns how these

mammals, now isolated in Washington’s higher mountain regions, have become genetically

distinct. (In one case, two isolated species of tree squirrels have come back together and are

hybridizing.)

Mammalogy

ABOVe: Collections Manager Jeff Bradley holding parts of a 34-foot Brydes Whale carcass that washed ashore in Puget sound in late 2010. A team of Burke volunteers buried the remains in an enumclaw field this past year, under a pile of cow manure mixed with alder wood chips. Photo by Chandler Coles.

BeLOW: Mammalogy collections, from whale skeletons to wolf skins, were on display at Meet the Mammals, a popular family day event held each september.



105,374 specimens, including bird skins, wings, and eggs

This year the Burke Ornithology Division supported three international collecting expeditions,

hosted four local birding conservation groups, and conducted research with global conservation

implications. A healthy cohort of volunteers improved the collection in size, scope, and

accessibility. Major accomplishments included photographing egg sets of all the birds of

Washington for a breeding phenology project and acquiring 50 new specimen cases.

In spring, the ornithology division participated in the first-ever “Birds at the Burke” family day

in tandem with The Owl and the Woodpecker exhibit. The event drew over 400 visitors —

exceeding attendance expectations and engaging many rapt visitors in conversation about

birds and bird research. Additionally, Collections Manager Rob Faucett initiated cooperative

agreements to work with museums in Peru, Bolivia, and Panama in the coming fiscal year.

Ornithology

ABOVe: A volunteer describes a White Tufted Puffin to visitors at Behind-the-scenes night. Photo courtesy of storms PhotoGraphic.

LeFT: Ferruginous hawk eggs.



51,800 specimens

Paleobotany

ABOVe: Palm leaf found at the Chuckanut eocene Landslide site, Washington. Photo courtesy C. strömberg.

LeFT: Fossil fern.

In 2010, the rapidly growing paleobotany collection added about 7,500 specimens, through

fieldwork, donations, and exchange with other museums. Most fieldwork was conducted locally

this year, at sites such as the Chuckanut Landslide and Chilliwack in northern Washington

and Vasa Park, near Lake sammamish. exchanges included a trade of eocene material from

Republic for Carboniferous fossils from Illinois (Mazon Creek). These acquisitions broaden the

scope and use of the Burke collection and provide excellent teaching material for paleobotany/

paleoecology classes taught by Curator of Paleobotany Caroline strömberg.

Other accomplishments included:

• First complete organization and detailed inventory of the collection. Cabinets are now labeled

with a list and an overview map of the plant localities they contain.

• Completion of FeMA-sponsored collections renovation, with a new collections space and

a smaller room dedicated to imaging and microscopy, increasing the usefulness of Burke

geology collections.

• Lobby display on emeritus Professor estella Leopold’s life and work and reception in honor of

her receipt of the 2010 International Cosmos Prize. “The fossil is really special because it was found

by my brother Rick in a deposit much, much

younger than it’s been found in before. The

discovery could mean that this fern has survived

for a much longer time than was previously

thought.”

TAD DILhOFF, VOLunTeeR



54,526 specimens

Curator Christian sidor journeyed to Antarctica from December 2010 to January 2011, where he

and his team of two graduate students withstood sub-zero temperatures to collect 250 fossils,

dating from 240-250 million years ago, a time when Antarctica was ice-free. Last summer’s

fieldwork by Adjunct Curator Greg Wilson in the 65-million-year-old rocks of northeastern

Montana yielded over 2,000 specimens from the end of the dinosaur era.

Dinosaur Day celebrated its 26th anniversary with an attendance of 1,974 and introduced new

hands-on activities. It was accompanied by a special evening seminar featuring noted dinosaur

paleontologist, Dr. Phil Currie.

Two graduate students, Dave DeMar and Brandon Peecook, received graduate research

fellowships from the national science Foundation. These prestigious awards fully support their

studies for three years.

Vertebrate Paleontology

TOP: A highlight of the Antarctic expedition was this complete skeleton of the early dinosaur relative, Prolacerta. This 250-million-year-old fossil, being held up by Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Christian sidor, was collected at Graphite Peak, 343 miles from the south Pole.

ABOVe: Found in the fields of Antarctica, a Temnospondyl amphibian jaw.


Burke education programs reached over 85,000 learners last year, with 29,000

students and adults served on-site through group tours and class visits. hands-

on activities, real artifacts and scientific specimens, and skilled educators

remained key to the ongoing popularity of our programs, and interactive

teaching spaces within the exhibits provided new opportunities for experiential

learning.

Off-site, Burke Boxes reached over 57,000 students across the state, finding new

destinations and increased demand. BurkeMobile, now beginning its third full

year, served an additional 2,150 students. Funding from 4Culture supported

duplication of the popular Coast salish Canoes box, and work was completed on

a new Burke Box on Japan’s native Ainu people and their culture, with support

from the Japan Foundation.

In addition, a new “Visiting scientist” program was launched with partner

school, The northwest school for hearing Impaired Children. Funded by a

contribution from the Quest for Truth Foundation, this program supported

regular visits to all grades by a Burke science educator.

education

ABOVe: Collections Manager sharon Birks teaches participants in the Girls in science summer camp program.

LeFT: Burke Box.

”The Burke Museum was the best thing that has ever come to

our school!”

s T uD en T, DAFFO D IL VALLe y eLeMen TARy, suMneR , WA


The Burke presented three major special exhibitions viewed by over 105,128

visitors during the past fiscal year, in addition to completing the run of the

2010 International Conservation Photography Awards.

• Weaving heritage: Textile Masterpieces from the Burke Collection,

showcasing 130 hand-woven textiles from the Americas, Asia, and the

Pacific Islands; complemented by a display of looms and hands-on

weaving activities

• The Owl and the Woodpecker: Photographs by Paul Bannick, highlighting

the importance of habitat and the strong interconnections between these

two iconic birds; complemented by an education space featuring Burke

collections, activities, and in-depth resources

• Wolves and Wild Lands in the 21st Century, a traveling exhibit developed

by the International Wolf Center and science Museum of Minnesota was

complemented by the Burke-developed companion exhibit, Wolves in

Washington state, along with specimens from the mammalogy collection.

smaller displays highlighting curators’ fieldwork, recent acquisitions,

and displays by campus and community groups were mounted in the

galleries and the Burke Room.

exhibits

ABOVe: The Weaving heritage exhibit opened in fall of 2010.

“A visit to the university of Washington’s Burke Museum

… might open some firmly closed minds.”

J O eL CO nneLLy, se AT T Le POs T In T eLLIG en CeR


nATIOnALLy TOuRInG exhIBITs:

Arctic Wings: Miracle of Migration

Coffee: The World in your Cup

Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway

The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth

of a Warming World

yellowstone to yukon: Freedom to Roam

sTATeWIDe FOCus:

The Big One: earthquakes in the Pacific northwest

kennewick Man on Trial

Cruisin’ the Washington Fossil Freeway

The Burke Museum Traveling exhibits service concluded its fourth full year of

operations with 20 bookings in 11 states (Washington, Alaska, California, Iowa, Idaho,

new york, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, utah, and Wyoming). Audiences totaled more

than 500,000 nationwide.

Traveling exhibits

ABOVe: Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, now touring nationally, launched at the Burke in December 2009.


The Burke Museum continues to be a valuable resource for the university

of Washington community—offering programs and experiences aimed at

supporting academics, careers, and personal interests. From social events and

professional development to research, the Burke continually strives to explore

new ways of integrating the museum into uW student’s academic and social lives

and to aid in their investigation of the natural and cultural world.

The Burke introduced several new initiatives during 2011, including an open

house for graduate students, lunchtime tours for uW faculty and staff, and the

first-ever Burke Museum student Advisory Board. eighteen uW students from

diverse areas of study and backgrounds were selected to infuse the museum with

a student perspective and ensure Burke programs, events, and advertising met

the needs and interests of the uW student community. Members reported the

Advisory Board experience as innovative, fun, challenging, and rewarding.

Campus Outreach

ABOVe: undergraduate students enjoy an After hours event held in the Burke galleries.

LeFT: new Burke signage has been installed in Red square on the uW campus, helping to attract students to the museum.

“ I wanted to get involved in the campus and this

was the first opportunity I saw that interested me.

It was a really positive experience.”

s T uD en T ADV IsO Ry BOAR D M eMBeR


The Burke’s broad base of community support includes contributions from individuals, foundations, corporations, and

government agencies. With gratitude, we recognize the generosity of our donors and members who supported the museum’s

operations, endowments, and collections during the last fiscal year. Thank you for inspiring curiosity, discovery, and inquiry!

$1,000,000+

hugh Ferguson

$100,000 – $999,999

national science Foundation

$50,000 – $99,999

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

Roxana & Thomas Augusztiny *

Lawrence Christian

Mike & Lynn Garvey

Weldon Rau

$25,000 – $49,999

The Boeing Company

sandy Dunn

hugh & Jane Ferguson Foundation

Made in Washington

Microsoft Corporation

P. & e. C. Miller Charitable Foundation

national Park service

Carol nygren

Quest for Truth Foundation

snoqualmie Tribe

$10,000 – $24,999

4Culture

kym Aughtry

Greg & Paula Blume

Tom & sonya Campion

Jan & Jack Creighton

Mary & Jim Dunnam

Barbara eddy

ellen Ferguson

Alan harper & Carol Baird

h. David kaplan

Lucky seven Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Donors

nathan Myhrvold & Rosemarie havranek

Mark & Cindy Pigott

John & susan Pohl

TeW Foundation

$5,000 – $9,999

Tom Alberg & Judi Beck

elaine Coles

Ron & Gail Irving

kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation

The Marvin Foundation

Mceachern Charitable Trust

Doug & Thelma McTavish

The Mountaineers Foundation

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

Charles & eleanor nolan

The norcliffe Foundation

simon & Carol Ottenberg

Walter Pereyra

John & Joyce Price

Alan & Andrea Rabinowitz

The seattle Foundation

sellen Construction Co., Inc

shethar Foundation

Julie stein & stan Chernicoff

united Way of king County

elizabeth Warren

Bob & Mary Ann Wiley

$2,500 – $4,999

Maria Balzarini

kris Beason

elisabeth & edgar Bottler

David & Trudy Broadus

The Bullitt Foundation

Theiline Cramer & stephen Romein

edwin & Margaret east

educational Legacy Fund

Francisca erickson

Carol & Russell Faucett

Dick & Marilyn hanson

Lisa hoffman & Bill Driscoll

keith & Carol James

sally & Warren Jewell

John kincaid

The estate of Barbara krohn

Magic Toyota

Glen & Alison Milliman

The Peach Foundation

Raven Trust Fund

spencer & Patricia smith

Phil & susie stoller

Dave & Chris Towne

us Bancorp Foundation

John & Marilyn Warner

Washington Women’s Foundation

steve & nina Whiston

Wyman youth Trust

* Deferred gift

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$1,000 – $2,499

Craig & nancy Abramson

Catherine Adams & Bob Bloxom

ellsworth & eve Alvord

sam & etta Anderson

Patricia Baillargeon

Julie Baldwin

hugh Bangasser & Lucy homans

Thomas Barwick

sally Behnke

Linda & Frank Bothwell

David Brown & Christina Rockrise

Maggie & Walter Carr

Jon & Joan Christoffersen

Gene Colin

Phillip Goodman

Google Inc.

Leslie Grace

Lois Griswold

Lenore hanauer

harold & Mary Frances hill

Bill & Marty holm

Craig & Marion hopkins

Chris hurley & Marlys erickson

Arthur & Glenda Israel

Jessie Johanson

Jay & Mary Jayne Jones

Jim & nancy kenagy

Mark kernaghan

Carolyn & Robert kitchell

Wiley & Marianne kitchell

Richard klauber

Tom & Jeannie kundig

Mimi Mallory

stephen Marvin

Bruce & Joanne Montgomery

George & Frances Moynihan

Gene & Martha nester

Dave & shirley newton

elizabeth Odle

Mary Pigott

Platt

susan & Bill Potts

James & Diann Robbers

James Rodman

Martha & Bob sander

Virginia schafer

Jennifer schubert

shell Oil Company Foundation

Maryanne Tagney-Jones & David Jones

The Marsh Family Foundation

Patricia Thorpe

Judith Tobin & Michael Baker

Chris Toher

Tulalip Tribes Consolidated Borough

Camille & James uhlir

Valerie-Charles Diker Fund, Inc.

Christopher Van Arsdale

George Wilson & Claire McClenny

Bev Witte

Robin Wright

Deehan Wyman

Melissa yeager & Cory Van Arsdale

Peggy yeager

erin younger & ed Liebow

$500 – $999

Patrick Ashley

Richard & Penny Borish

Christopher Brown

kippy & Deon Brown

Robert & Frances Bunn

Dorothy Carlson

Ross & Julie Case

Mary Coney

Jeffery Coopersmith

Rick & kerry Dillhoff

Jeeyoung & Luke Dobbs

kate Duncan

Mrs. Phil Duryee

kathleen Dwyer

Fidelity northwest Associates, LLC

Frederick stearns Foundation

Bill & nancy hanneman

sydnie heberling

Michael & Lois hiatt

Jocelyn horder

John howell & Claire Powers

Jens & Glenda Jorgensen

Barbara klee & Ralph Pease

Donald knoke

Mary Beth Laya & John Adams

Glenn Light

Benjamin & Donna Lipsky

Gloria Lobb

David & Arlene Mari

katherine & Pete Maslenikov

Janera Miller

Anna & kevin O’Donnell

Mariette & Jim O’Donnell

Dick & sheila Olmstead

Tracy & Todd Ostrem

Paragon Research Associates, Inc.

Ruth Pelz

Dennis & Joan Peterson

Megan & Greg Pursell

Robert & Virginia Rausch

katherine Reed

saltchuk Resources, Inc.

Gerald & Lorea sather

kenneth & Lucia schubert

Judith shulman

Bernard & susan silbernagel

Jim & Burnley snyder

helen sommers

Gloria & Donald swisher

Joanne Terry & Thomas Metke

everett Trout

kelly & Dean Tweeddale

John & Jan unbehend

Jerry & Marsha Vandenberg

Washington native Plant society

Andrew & sarah Watts


Charles & Cira Watts

Bob & Judy Winquist

Marcia & Peter zech

$250 – $499

Dorothy & Larry Anderson

Leojean & William Anderson

Anonymous

Deirdre & William Arntz

Jane Aslanian & Frank seabeck

John & sue Bassett

Joe & Linda Berkson

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

sharon Birks

kristianne & John Blake

eleanor Boba & Alan humphrey

Toby & Moira Bradshaw

Burke Museum Docents

Thomas Camp

helen & Arnold Cherullo

Robert & Mary-Louise Colwell

Jennifer Coursen

Indy & Cheryl Crowley

nancy Debaste

Tad & Juliann Dillhoff

James Duemmel

exxonMobil Foundation

Patrick Fahey & nancy eileen Moll

Jim & Gretchen Faulstich

Dale Flynn & Jeanette Mills

John & Cynthia Ford

Philip & Janet Lynn Friedrich

kai Fujita

Jean Gardner

Linda Goodman & Loren Jacobsen

John Griffiths & hazel singer

ernest & Barbara Gylland

Fred & Marie halverson

Judith hance

Doris hart

Trudy hayashida

susan & Tim hayes-McQueen

Chris & Diana hoffman

Catherine hovanic

susanne hubbach

steven & Melissa Johnson

Carole & Arnold Jolles

Ruth & Arthur kaufman

edward Lalonde & Jennifer Milliron

Linda & David Leisy

ed & Linda Marcuse

Tomo & koji Matsuno

Megan Mckeevor

Mike & Jill Mondello

Raymond Monnat & Christine Disteche

Richard Monroe

Ann Morris

sandra Moss

Linda & Jay newkirk

nancy skinner nordhoff

Marian & Bob Ohashi

Jocelyn Philips & Warren Bakken

Drew & Liz Porter

Andrew & Marianna Price

Pat Pugsley

William & Wendy Rabel

Douglas & sarah Reed

Martha & Donald sands

Paul schlachter

Jennie & Matthew shaw

Pat smith

Robert & Carolyn spier

Lesa sroufe & Matthew Barnes

Bill & stephanie stafford

hally swift & eric strandberg

Tamlyn Thomas

Thurston Charitable Foundation

Robert Thurston

susan Thurston

Gretchen Van Meter

William Wallace

William Way & erica Tiedemann

herbert & sharlene Welsh

katrin & David Wetherall

elizabeth Wheelwright

Mark Wilbert & Carol Thomas

April & Brian Williamson

susan Woolf & steven Price

stephen & sharon yamada-heidner

sandra & Bob zook

$100 – $249

Paul & Diana Abson

John & kim Adamucci

susan Allan

Thomas Allen, usnR

kay & Marc Ames

Rebecca Andrews-shane & scott shane

Gretchen & Basil Anex

Jerome Arbes & Anne knight

Mildred Arnot

evelyn Arrigoni

Associated General Contractors of Washington

Brian Atwater & Frances DeMarco

Raymond Baalman & elizabeth Baxter-Baalman

Curt & Linda Backus

Maryam & Reza Baghai

Paul Balle

Paul Banko

Carrie Bayless

John & Lynn Beard

Mark Beaufait & Andrea slayton

Joseph & kay Beavo

kaycie & Jim Becker

BeCu

Julia Bent

Ross Berglund

karen & herbert Berry

Judith Bezy

kristine & Aaron Bimbaum

Bill & Mary Black

sarah Clise Black & Alan Black

Margaret Blackman

James & Diane Blankenship

Teresa Bledsoe

David & Barbara Boardman

Milton & Ann Bohart

Robert Bohus & Mary Doerflein-Bohus

Mary Boles-hall & Bernie hall

Beatrice & William Booth

Jonathan & Bobbe Bridge

Theresa & Robert Britschgi

Barbara Brown

Ree Brown

Ronald Brown & Vicki Patts-Brown

steve & Irma Brown

Andrew Bruce & Deborah Donnell

Andrew & nancy Buchanan

John Burcher

Virginia & stephen Burger

Chuck & sue Busick

Dianne Calkins

Tom Callaghan & kaoru Takano

nancy Callery & Darrell Bowling

elzelina & James Callis

Charles & Margie Calvert

Andrew & Darcy Carr

nick & Beth Carter

Marjorie Chan & John Middleton

Anna Chavelle & Christine knutson

James Chen

Mel & Matt Clark


Welden & Virginia Clark

Bob & Mary Cleland

Truman & Dixie Coggins

Theresa & Richard Corlett

Charles & Megen Cosby

susan Cottman

Martha & Robert Cram

Iris Cruxent & Morgan Goulding

Curtright & son Tribal Art

Marjorie & Fred Dau

John & Ann Dennis

John & kathy Dewhirst

David & helen Dichek

kimberly Dietz & Jeff Crookall

Mary Disis & Gregory Dunn

Ann Dittmar

Mary Doherty & seth siegal

karen Domino & Gene Brenowitz

Richard Dunn & Laura Widdice

Peter Dunwiddie & elizabeth Bell

JoLynn edwards & hal Opperman

James ellis

Virginia & William ellis

Irv emanuel

eppard Vision

Gail erickson & Phil Lanum

Lisa euster

Violet ewing

nick & Mary Felt

Lawrence Field & Deborah Dwyer

Philip Flash

norma & Raymond Foisy

Brenda Fong

Georgann & karl Freudenstein

David Frinell

Maradel Gale

susan Gardner & Richard Olson

Rudolph Gasser

Bill & Julie Gates

kevin & susan Gehringer

David Giblin

nancy & scott Gilbert

Catherine Gleason & Wayne Johnson

Debbie Godfrey & Jeffrey sconyers

James & Gail Goedert

hellmut & Marcy Golde

sylvia & Gerald Goldstein

Jennifer & henry Gordon

Richard Grady & Laura hart

Paula & Charles Green

Laurie Griffith

Theresa & Michael Grijalva

Mark Groudine & Cynthia Putnam

Lorna Guthrie

Roger hagarty

Aileen & Bradley hammar

Jim hanson

Frederick hart

Jerome & Leslie hawkins

Dwight & helen hawley

Jeffrey hazeltine &

Alicechandra Fritz

John heberling

Michelle & steve heck

Andrew hedgcock

Anne & John heil

elizabeth & Craig hembree

Jacqueline hendrick

stephen henrickson & Janice Criswell

Beatrice hewitt & sugandh Mehta

Jerome hillis & Diana Gale

herbert & Annette hobbs

Michael & Jana hobbs

Alan & Judith hodson

Allan hoffman

Christopher holland & kathryn kelsey

sheila holtgrieve

Margaret holton

William horder

Christine howard

Lorelea hudson & Christian Miss

C. David hughbanks

Mae Ikawa & Raymond Fox

Allen & Agneta Israel

Melanie Ito & Charles Wilkinson

Ralph Jackson III

Debbie Jakala & Mitchell Givens

Mark James & heather Ruud

Judith & Richard Johnson

kirk Johnson

Laurence Johnson

Virginia Johnson

Gunter & Gertrud kaldschmidt

Robert kaplan & Margaret Levi

Linda keaton

kevin kennedy & Greta Climer

Jacquieline kiser

Anne knapp

keiko koizumi & Dot hachey

Tom kotsiopoulos

ellen koutsky & Cliff shults

Barbara krekow

Maureen & Robert kremers

ellen kritzman

heather kroll & kevin Ruddell

Allan kutoff

Anita & eugene Lagerberg

Joseph Lane & Martha simpson

kristina & Paul Larson

elizabeth & evan Lee

kristina Lee & Anthony Moore

Mitchell Levy & Rebecca Albiani

stephen & Donna Lewis

Jane Lichty & Joshua kriesberg

Barbara & Carl Lind

Gary Livingston & eileen McLanahan

John & karen Loeser

Gerrald Luiten

Dennis Lund & Martha Taylor

Jonathan Maas & Allison hiltner

George & Joanne MacDonald

sally Martin

Linda Martini


Denis Martynowych & Diane hetrick

stephanie & Christopher Mascis

Peter & Julianne Mattson

Roger & Diane Mauldin

eliabeth Maunz & Art simpson

Martha Maurer

Todd Mayberry

Wendy & Thomas McClure

susan McGreevy

Tomilynn & Dean McManus

Robert & Mary McWilliams

Carl & Jacklyn Meurk

Andrew Middlebrooks & Leah Gerrard

Carol & Bill Miller

Roger & edith Miller

Jean & Dennis Moore

Dino & Mario Moreno

Barbara Morrison

Ronald & Donna Murrish

sheila & Jon nagler

B. nelson

Liz & Mike nesbitt

northwest Basket Weavers Guild

Mary Ann & Gary Oakland

Colette Ogle

Therese Ogle

steven & Lesley Olswang

elizabeth & Gordon Orians

Jose Ortega

Donald & Donna Osborne

Jerry & Carole Packard

nathaniel & Faye Page

Daniel & Anna Paquette

Alice Parman

Mary Parr & Rick hilton

Roger Pates & kim howe

kirk Pawlowski & Patricia Apperson

Amy Peck & Michael Mabrito

Richard & kelly Pelz

Leah Pepin & Cameron Bogert

Paula & Ric Peterson

Gloria Pfeif

Muriel Phillips

Wendy Phillips

Diego Piacentini & Monica nicoli

Lovel & Boyd Pratt

erika Price

kerry Radcliffe & Ray knox

Brooks & suzanne Ragen

Michael & karen Rea

Dave & Thersa Ream

susan Reinhard & John Ballenot

Jack & Pauline Reiter

Marilyn Reynolds & Mary Gulbrandsen

Megan Richards

Paula Riggert

Bruce & Joan Roberts

Margie & Theo Roe

kristen Rooks & hunter Willams

JoAnne Rosen

Craig & Vicky Rosencrans

Mary Rossi

Thomas & Anna Rudd

Renee Russak & Marci Pliskin

Barbara & James Russell

Richard & nancy Rust

harvis sadis & harriett Cody

Chuck sary & shari Ohringer

Gregory & kathleen saul

Michael & edith savage

Joann schaffer

kent & Jena schliiter

John schlosser & Marnie O’sullivan

Frederick schram

Laurie & George schuchart

suzie & Ronald scollon

Laurel sercombe & Darwin Alonso

Joana & Michael shapiro

Leo & Maxine sheehan

James & Robin shepperd

shirley & Masayuki shimada

Laurence & Margaret short

Robert short & emer Dooley

Linda shultz & Lawrence Chazen

Dolores sibonga

Christian sidor

syrenka slettebak & Gary Richardson

Meredith & helen smith

John soden & Marilyn Trueblood

John & Gloria sodt

south Congregational Church uCC

Barbara spaeth

Peggy squires

Tina st. Cyr-Miller & Alfred Miller

Robert starin &

Bernadette Bulacan

Reinhard stettler

Pamela stewart & Julie Golding

Robert & ethel story

Judith struss

Jeffrey sullivan

silvio susskind & Johanna Freedman

Thomas & elizabeth swanson

Garett & karen sweany

James syck

Rose Tatlow & neil Roseman

Janelle Taylor & Michael Rosenthal

Anne Terry

Angela Terry

sedge & sally Thomson

David & Margaret Thouless

everett Thykeson

Jonathan Tingstad & shannon Corbin

Gerard Tolentino

Adam & Cheryl Torem

Phyllis Truran

kirsten Tully & David Munzinger

Anna ullrich & Jeff Pearce

Jeremy & hiroe une

Caryl & Gary utigard

yolande & William van Burke

henry & Carolyn Van Calcar

Amy sue Van Fossen & Mark Thibault

kay Van Valkenburg & David Maier

Christian Varner

Giles & Lisa Varner

kristin Voss

shannon Wainwright

Madeleine Waldmann

Jeffrey Walker

kurt Wedgewood

Robert & Jacquinot Weisenbach

Claudia Welch

Dylan & shaela Welsh

kevin Wheeler

Brian & Cynthia Whiteside

Laura & Michael Whitmore

Mimi Winslow & Chris Tompkins

James Winton & Linda Park

Maurie & Chris Wiswell

Jacob & Alison Wobbrock

norman Wolf & susan herring

Providence Worley

David Wu

Gayle yamamoto &

Cynthia Johnson

Frederick york

Richard zahniser

Jean & Donald zatochill

Carleen & neil zimmerman


Donors to the Collections

Anonymous


Roy & sally Anderson Family

Rebecca Andrews

Applied Archaeological Research

hugh & Dollie Armstrong

Paul Axelrod

Carol Barnard

Tyler & Julie Beach

Bill holm Center

John Bishop & Family

skip Bold & Fiona stewart

kL & Cheryle Bliss

Renee Breedlovestrout

herb & shirley Bridge

heidi Bush

Camp nor’wester

katherine T. Carey & Family of John s. Carey

sally Chadbourn & Buzz stroud

Paul & elizabeth Chadwick

Juliet Omlicawas Cheatle

Frances Chevalier

Lorraine Cohn

Bill & elaine Cook

Jo Curran

kenneth & Barbara Dean

Lola Deane

Gayle DeGregori

steven Denton

kathleen Dickinson

Marie G. Doheny Family

Richard & Lauren Donner

Jeanne eaton

Con & Judith Carls edwards

The engdahl Ranch

estate of G. William skinner

estate of Jane Gray

estate of Richard Cortis Green

Thomas Farrell & Diana Ingalls-Farrell

ellen Ferguson

Frank & Margaret Fickeisen

Paul Fulton & Betsy Williams

katie Galbraith

Bruce & Virginia Garman

James Goedert

Donald Grayson

Mark Groudine & Cynthia Putnam

helen Gurvich

eric Gustafson

Gift of Bob & Lynn hall

shane harbaugh

hamilton & nancy harris

Bill & Marty holm

horton’s hook, LLC

George & Peggy hunt


keith & sue Jefferts

C. elisabeth Johnson

kirk Johnson

Robert & Janis Johnson

Miriam kahn

Richard katz

Jim & nancy kenagy

Mark kernaghan

J. Patrick kevin

Carl & Carol Lahser

Gary & Mary Laursen

Charles & Pauline LeWarne

yon Ju Lim

Angela Linse

nan kwi Macauley

William & Judith Matchett

Ronald Mayo

Linda knudsen McAusland

Justin McCarthy

Wilbur Mcelwain

Linda McIntosh

John & Cathy Mckeever

Gift of kurt & eleanor McMillen


Dan Meatte

stan & Carol Merrell

Mike & kristen Milholland

The nature Conservancy

Charles Ivor nicholas

shirley newton

Charles & eleanor nolan

Thomas nordby

Jonathan & ellyn Ostrow

simon Ottenberg

Pacific editions

Mike & Dawn Parnell

Ruth Pelz

Cherie & Jim Pickett

Dorothy Powell

Priscilla M. hill Trust

John & Donna Mae Rupple

san Juan County Land Bank

san Juan Preservation Trust

elizabeth scharf

Family of Robert & Mary schoen

Robert schoos

Greg & karen scott

eliot & Tina scull

edmund & Diane sheridan

Christopher smith

David starr

Julie stein

Barbara stenson spaeth

Phil & susie stoller

Jim syck

Patrick & kelly sypher

Craig Tall

Richard Tallant Carruthers

Ina Tateuchi & Laura hurdelbrink

Patricia Taylor

Joanne Terry & Tom Metke

uinta Development Company

Ashley Verplank McClelland

Dennis Willows & susan Mahoney

Collections Memorial Gifts

eric Dahlke in memory of Jacqueline Dahlke stover

Pam Fletcher from the collection of Martha Melville Fletcher

Mark kernaghan Collection, given in honor of sandra & William J. Dunn, Jr.

Julie stein in honor of sandra Dunn

Van Os Family in memory of Johan Van Os

exhibit Lenders

earthues

Amy Gulick

James Ford Bell Museum of natural history

estella Leopold

Museum of history & Industry

TBI Art show Participants

uW Deptment of Rehabilitation Medicine

uW educational Outreach


In-kind Gifts of Goods & services

Adams Bench Winery


John Alexander

Applied Archaeological Research

Argosy Cruises

Basel Cellars

Joe Berkson

sue Bernhardt

Blooms Winery on Whidbey

Greg & Paula Blume

edward Brewer

harold & eileen Broomell

Christopher Brown

The Captain Whidbey Inn Ltd.

katherine Carey

helen Carlson & Paul nicholson

Chateau ste Michelle

Patricia Chiarelli

City Cellars Fine Wines

College Inn Pub

Columbia Gorge Aluminum Co.

Mary Coney

eric Dahlke

Daniel e. stuntz Memorial Foundation

Davenport Ranches, Inc.

Dawg Daze

Donovan

Mary & Jim Dunnam

efeste

Bob & Jane engdahl

estate of Patricia B. Lincoln

estate of Jo Curran

estate of Mardonna Austin-Mckillop

estate of Myrene C. McAninch

Fallen Log Photo

Rob & kristin Faucett

ellen Ferguson

Martha Ferguson

uW First year Programs

Philip Flash

Pam Fletcher

Lloyd Fletcher

Forgeron Cellars

Virginia & Bruce Garman

Gaurdian Cellars

Linda Goodman & Loren Jacobson

Chris Gorley

Alan Grossberg

John hoover

Don hopkins

horton’s hook, LLC

Chris hurley & Marlys erickson

Imbibe Wine Tours

Diana & Thomas Ingalls

Isenhower Cellars


J M Cellars Company

Michael & Tonya Jackola

Januik Winery

ellen Jasmer

John Bishop Properties

Jones soda

John kincaid

kuOW 94.9 Public Radio

Leonetti Cellar LLC

Little Willy’s Wonders

Long shadows Vintners

Richard & Theresa Lynam

susan Mahoney & Arthur Willows

Marcus Whitman hotel

Mark Ryan Winery

Maryhill Museum of Art

Mashiko Restaurant


David Miller

Janera Miller

Penny More

Russell Myers

The nature Conservancy

northstar Winery

Oak Tradition

Odin Brewing Company

Opus northwest, LLC

Pepper Bridge Winery

Jason & Colleen Phipps

Pike Brewing Company

susan Point

Portage Bay Café & Catering

John Price

Priscilla M. hill Trust

Robert & Virginia Rausch

Reciprocal Research network

Bonnie & Richard Robbins

RPR Builders

san Juan Preservation Trust

saviah Cellars

spencer & Patricia smith

Trudy smith

Lorinda snoozy

spirit 105.3 (kCMs) Radio

spring Valley Vineyard

stevens Winery

Jesurun stockdill

sweet Decadence Chocolates

Joanne Terry & Thomas Metke

Chris Thompson

uW Graduate school

Caryl utigard

uW Canadian studies

uW TV

Peter Van Os

Wm erik Voss

Walla Walla Vintners

Waters Winery

steve Whiston

Art Wolfe

Woodward Canyon Winery

Patricia young

zeek’s Pizza

honorarium Gifts

Burke Museum Docents in honor of Doug McTavish

George & Joanne MacDonald in honor of Bill holm

Ronald & Donald Murrish in honor of Bill holm

Marsha Mezey in honor of Julie stein’s birthday

Washington native Plant society in honor of David Giblin

Washington native Plant society in honor of Dick Olmstead


Memorial Gifts

In memory of hugh Ferguson


Associated General Contractors of Washington

Roxana & Tom Augusztiny

Thomas Barwick

sally Behnke

Milton & Ann Bohart

herbert Bridge, usnR

Jonathan & Bobbe Bridge

edward & elizabeth Carpenter

Raymond Chinn

Gene Colin

Cathryn Cowles

Jeeyoung & Lucas Dobbs

sharon Dunn

Mary Dunnam

Betty & Guy Falskow

Fidelity northwest Associates, LLC

Frederick stearns Foundation

Peter Goldman & Martha kongsgaard

Lois Griswold

Marie & Fred halverson

Andrew hedgcock

harold & Mary Frances hill

Carol & Arnold Jolles

Jim & nancy kenagy

Carroll Mckenzie

Jacklyn & Carl Meurk

Anna & kevin O’Donnell

Alice Parman

Muriel Phillips

Mark & Cindy Pigott

Raven Trust Fund

Leo & Maxine sheehan

Judith shulman

Dolores sibonga

Julie stein & stan Chernicoff

hally swift & eric strandberg

Brom & elizabeth Wikstrom

Bob & Mary Wiley

Wyman youth Trust

Deehan Wyman

erin younger & ed Liebow

In memory of Ruth koutsky

Roxana & Thomas Augusztiny

susan Bishop

John Burcher

Burke Museum Docents

Marcia Campbell

Mary & eugene Dale

nancy & William Farden

ellen Ferguson

Rita Gill

Gloria hennings

horizon house

Mary & Dean hudson

Beverly & Thomas Ikeda

Greg key & Larry knapp

ellen koutsky & Cliff shults

Cheryl & Frank MacDonald

sylvia & Gregory Mcdonald

shirley & Dave newton

Bertha Perry

Paula & Ric Peterson

Martha & Bob sander

Wilma stevens

Robert & ethel story

elizabeth Warren

West Associates

Dorothy & Daryl West

In memory of Flo FujitaRoxana & Tom AugusztinyBurke Museum Docentsellen FergusonTomilynn & Dean McManus

In memory of Margaret “Pegg” Ann Griffiths McCune

Leslie Grace

In memory of V.s. Mallory

Beverly Witte

In memory of Dr. stanley M. Pier

h. David kaplan

In memory of Johan VanOs

ellen Jasmer

Trudy smith

In memory of Dick Walker

Jessie Johanson


The Burke Museum lost one of its greatest champions when hugh sutherland Ferguson passed

away in March 2011. Together with his late wife, Jane Avery Ferguson, and his daughter, ellen

Ferguson, hugh was a steadfast and visionary supporter. Perhaps the family’s most significant

contribution was the creation of the Avery-Ferguson endowment for excellence in 1989 to

“provide the financial stability needed for the Burke to become a truly great natural history

museum.”

In 1999 hugh had a pivotal conversation with the university’s planned giving office about

“leaving something for the Burke.” This conversation blossomed into the creation of a charitable

remainder unitrust to benefit the Avery-Ferguson endowment. At the moment when planned

gifts are made, it is difficult to fathom the eventual transformative impact on an institution, and

this amazingly thoughtful gift from hugh was no exception.

upon hugh’s death, the Burke received a $1.9 million gift from his trust, which literally doubled

the impact of the Avery-Ferguson endowment. This incredibly generous gift — one of the largest

single gifts in the museum’s history — positions the Burke for excellence in perpetuity. And it

started with a single conversation.

Planned gifts include bequests to the Burke through a will or trust, designating the Burke as a beneficiary

of a retirement plan, IRA or life insurance policy, and gifts that pay you income during your lifetime, such as

charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts. The uW Office for Planned Giving can answer your

questions, illustrate different types of planned gifts, and help you with bequest language. The Burke’s contact

is Albert Thurmond: (206) 221-5671 or [email protected]

TOP: ellen and hugh Ferguson at the seattle Art Museum.

ABOVe: hugh and Jane Ferguson outside the Burke Museum.

It started with a Conversation

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Docents are at the core of the Burke’s educational mission, using exhibits and

collections to teach and inspire students of all ages.

Gretchen Anex

Terry Arntz

Jean Baker

Ann Barr

Becky Benton

Lauren Berg

Tom Berry

Carol Cassinelli

stephanie Davis

Michelle DeVos

skye Diaz-Mogollon

Anna Fasano

Veronica Feldkircher-Reed

Jeremy Fogel

Anne Friedlander

hildegard hendrickson

Wenlan huang

elizabeth hunter

Ryan Jones

Gloria kinney

Ruth kosmal

Linda Leisy

Jonathan Loeffler

Jacqueline Lungmus

Marolyn Mahon

Doug McTavish

Carol Miller

Joann Monson

shelly Montemayor

Cricket Morgan

Jacqueline ney

Bobby nguyen

keith Pardee

katie Pennella

Laury Phillips

sandra seligmiller

shirene soleiman

kristen spoor

sangeetha sushil

Diane Taniguchi

everett Thykeson

sarah Trickey

Dexter Villanos

Bob Wiley

hannah Wise-Maas

Docents

ABOVe: Museum visitors enjoy a tour led by docent Gretchen Anex in the Life and Times exhibit.


Craig Abramson

John Alexander

Adriene Antonsen

David Armo

edward Armstrong

Roxana Augusztiny

Jerry Austin

Christopher Barnes

Andrea Baron

John Bassett

sarah Bergman

sharon Birks

Dale Blum

Mike Bohannon

Gina Bono

Philomena Bradford

kelsey Byers

Jessica Camp

Maureen Carisle

Aurora Cauthers-knox

Tara Champion

Chandler Coles

Anna Cooper

Mark Darrach

Arryn Davis

kristin deAnfrasio

Danieille deMontigny

John Dewhirst

Rick Dillhoff

Tad Dillhoff

Richard Droker

James Duemman

ed east

Paige elegy

Lee ellis

Virginia engel

Peter engelstad

kathi erickson

shelley evans

norah Farnham

Larry Friedman

sarah Friedman

kristin Galioto

Jerry Galland

Jenny Gardner

Gary Geiger

Peter Gerber

Ann Gibson

niki Gilliland

katie Glew

Jill Green

susan harris

Geoff harrison

Cody hinchliff

Russ holmes

Don hopkins

heidi horowitz

Mackensie hotz

Jessica hutton

Joel Irving

Lauren kay Johnson

Chris Jones

Breean kay

Winifred kehl

Janet kimball

Rick klauber

Don knoke

Victoria kunze

Jeesook kutz

Gene Lagerberg

karl Lang

Robin Lauber

Grace Lee

Ben Legler

Tristan Levine

Volunteers are a vital part of the Burke’s day-to-day operations, serving in various capacities

throughout the museum, clocking a combined total of 14,000 hours in the past year.

Volunteers

kristina Lin

Pat Liu

Gary Livingston

kelsey Lorereau

John Luginbuhl

Dennis Lund

Ande Maillet

Mike Marsh

Cathy Maxwell

Wendy McClure

Faithe McCreery

Doug McTavish

Julie Monahan

helen nesbitt

shirley newton

Wayne nguyen

Dennis Oliver

sheila Olmstead

emily Owens

Dan Paquette

katie Paulson

kylee Peterson

kaylan Petrie

Russell Pharr

Vietanh Phi

staci Powers

Laurel Ramseyer

Joe Rausch

Paul Reed

Robert Reed

elaine Richman

saul Rico

Darby Riley

Tom Ruehli

Courtney Russell

Carl saltzberg

Cathy sander

kathleen sayo

Della scott

Maya sears

Andrew shetley

shirley shimada

Paul slichter

Alan smith

Barb smith

Robert smith

spencer smith

Grant snitker

Cindy spurgeon

ken stella

Judith strong

Jeannine Talkovic

Margaret Thouless

Lindsey Tibke

erica Tiedemann

Robert Tomlinson

kaylin Triesch

Morgan Turner

Megan Vogel

Diana Wageman

shannon Waits

Jeff Walker

Ann Weinmann

Fred Weinmann

Tela Whiteman

Doug Williams

Gregg Wilson

Mike Wilson

Conrad Winter

Bev Witte

Charles Wright

yuan yaowu

Alan yen

stephanie zaborac


sTATe ALLOCATIOn

eARneD InCOMe

enDOWMenT InTeResT

GRAnT FunDs ReLeAseD

GIFTs exhIBITs, eDuCATIOn & PuBLIC PROGRAMs

COLLeCTIOns & ReseARCh

GeneRAL ADMInIsTRATIOn & OPeRATIOns

ReVenue exPenses

43%

28%

29%

9%

16%

15%

10%

50%

2010–2011 Operating Budget: $5.1 Million

Despite continuing economic challenges, the Burke Museum completed fiscal year 2011 in a strong financial position.

Operational efficiencies, increases in private donations, and stabilization of public funding helped to close the modest

deficit remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 and begin rebuilding reserves.

Financial Report

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