Spring 2009 - Seattle University

Alumni
F O C U S
class notes
Photos BY joyce mcclure
Pioneering Women
Jackie Thomas ‘08, (left) shares a
laugh with Leilani Balais, assistant
director of Alumni Relations, at the
first Women’s Athletic Luncheon on
Nov. 15, 2008. Thomas, a women’s
basketball standout and all-time
steals leader, joined members of the
SU's Athletic Hall of Fame and an
enthusiastic crowd of supporters to
cheer on the move to Division I.
(Below) President Stephen Sundborg,
S.J., poses with members of SU’s
Athletic Hall of Fame and university
staffers. (From left) Hall of Famers
Sue Stimac Verduin, ‘83, Janet
Hopps Adkisson, ‘56, Pat Lesser
Harbottle, ‘55, Jean Merlino,
‘61, Julie Holmes Woodward,
‘92, Sue Turina Bangasser, ‘81,
Athletic Director Bill Hogan and Vice
President for University Advancement
Mary Kay McFadden.
Poetry in Motion
Mona Lake Jones, ‘92, reads
a passage from one of her
poems on what it means to
be African American in this
country during the African
American Alumni Chapter’s
4th annual “A Celebration of
Black History Through Art” on
Feb. 19.
Photo BY chris joseph taylor
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