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New Endowed Professorship JOHN FINDLAY IS THE INAUGURAL HOLDER of the John Calhoun Smith Memorial Endowed Professorship, a position established with support from the estate of Margaret Pettyjohn. A 1921 graduate of Whitman College, Pettyjohn maintained a lifelong interest in the history of Washington and Idaho. In particular, research and scholarship devoted to the Territorial government history of both states. A member of the Department of History since 1987 and Chair for six years, Findlay's teaching and research focus on United States history, the North American West, and the Pacific Northwest. He has served as Managing Editor of Pacific Northwest Quarterly for more than 15 years, and was founding Director of the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest. Findlay's publications include People of Chance: Gambling in American Society from Jamestown to Las Vegas; Magic Lands: Western Cityscapes and American Culture after 1940; and Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West, with Bruce Hevly. During his career at the University of Washington, Findlay has chaired sixteen doctoral dissertations and regularly teaches HSTAA 432, History of Washington State and the Pacific Northwest. THE LATE DON LOGAN, LEFT, THE LATE PROFESSOR EMERITUS TOM PRESSLY, CENTER, PROFESSOR JOHN FINDLAY, RIGHT. PHOTO BY NANCY JOSEPH. In Memorium Professor Emeritus Herbert Ellison, a renowned specialist in Soviet history and post-Soviet studies, passed away last autumn. One of the leading figures in his field, Ellison was instrumental in building Eurasian and international studies at the University of Washington and nationwide. A native of Portland, Oregon, Professor Ellison received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from the University of Washington. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation while on a Fulbright fellowship at the University of London, working under the direction of historian Hugh Seton-Watson. Professor Ellison joined the faculty at the UW in 1968, holding a variety of important administrative positions, including Director of the Jackson School of International Studies. He also served as Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Vice President of the then-called American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Research and Exchanges (IREX) Board of Washington, D.C., and Director of Eurasian Research for the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) in Seattle. history matters Don Logan, a lover of history, an alumni and generous supporter passed away in the Spring of 2013. Logan earned both his B.A. and M.A. from the department in 1956 and 1967. The fine teaching of Professors Tom Pressly, Giovanni Costigan, Stull Holt, and Max Savelle inspired Logan during his time as a student. He went on to become a history teacher in Seattle public schools, where he loved working with hundreds of students at Blaine Junior High School and Ballard High School over the course of twenty-five years. Logan was also a successful entrepreneur in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of the city. In 2007, he established the Donald W. Logan Family Endowed Chair in American History to support excellence in the research and teaching of nineteenth-century U.S. history with a focus on the decades surrounding the Civil War and the emergence of industrial America in the twentieth century. At the time of the gift, then Department Chair John Findlay commented, "The impact of this gift on the Department of History will be profound." Professor Stephanie M. H. Camp is the current holder of the Logan chair. Department of History PAGE 5

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