Military Monday: WWI Honor Roll, University of Washington, Seattle

In honor of Memorial Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the World War I Honor Roll plaques at the Memorial Way NE campus entrance of the University of Washington in Seattle.

The plaques are part of the "Memorial Gateway," four pylons made of brick, sandstone, and terra cotta that stand near the entrance.  Construction began in 1928, and two bronze plaques that list the names of the 58 former students who died in World War I were donated in 1930 by Scabbard and Blade, the student military honor society. One was installed on each of the two pylons closest to the road.

Entrance to the University of Washington with the large W sign / Meganp / CC BY-SA 3.0

Both plaques have a heading reading "Honor Roll World War 1917 1918" with the University of Washington seal.  At the bottom of each plaque. it reads "Presented by Scabbard and Blade 1930."




Here are the names on the first plaque (pictured above):

Lawrence E. Allen | Jeannette V. Barrows | Leo F. Bennett | Cherrill H. Bennett | Alford J. Bradford | Donald R. Broxon | F.E. Buehler | Florian H. Canfield | Arthurt E. Carlson | Lloyd T. Cochran | Dow R. Cope | Edw. C. Cunningham | Wm. R. Cutler | Walter C. Dunbar | James M. Eagleson | Geo. Vernon Evans | Albert M. Farmer | Chas N. Fletcher | Samuel Goodglick | Geo. C. Gorham | Rhodes H. Gustafson | Daniel Hart | Nicholas C. Healy | Clarence J. Hemphill | Alfred C. Hoiby | Everett Hoke | Earl M. Hoisington | Frank H. Hubbard | Howard D. Hughes

And here are the names on the second plaque (pictured below):

Francis D. Johnson | Clair A.R. Kinney | Harry B. Leavitt | Wilfred Lewis | Chas A. Lindbery | John H. Martin| A.D. McCleverty | WM J.A. MacDonald | Frank E. McNett | W.C. Morehouse| Roy Muncaster | Elmer J. Noble | Merle O’Rear| Allen C. Ostrander | Samuel N. Parker | Gerald S. Patton | Frank Peterson | Lester B. Pickering | H.A. Rees | Ralph Beebe Rees | James R. Ristine | Earl W. Shanly | Truman A. Starr | Wm. Sherman Tucker | Homer W. Ward | Leon H. Wheeler | Harold C. White | Chester W.J. Wilson | Lukens P. Young

University of Washington: WW I Honor Roll Plaque, Campus Entrance / Joe Wolf / CC BY-ND 2.0

Memorial Way (pictured below at night) is lined with 58 London Plane (sycamore) trees, one for each of the university's World War I dead.

UW Memorial Way HDR / William Prost / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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