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ASSOCIATION AWARDS
[ PRESENTED BY
UW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION]
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Frazer Cook
In 1961, when Frazer Cook, ’65, was a 19-
year-old UW sophomore living in Lander
Hall, he got a call asking him to try out as
pre-game and halftime announcer for the
Husky Marching Band.
For the past 51 years, his dulcet tones
have rung out at Husky Stadium and are
identified in the minds of all Huskies
as the well-loved voice announcing the
Husky Marching Band. Cook has never
missed a single home game, bowl game
or road game when the band played. For
his work, Cook will receive the 2012 UWAA
Distinguished Service Award.
The award is the highest honor
bestowed upon UW Alumni Association
members and volunteers and is
presented to an individual who has had
a significant impact on the UWAA.
In addition to Cook, both of his
parents—Shirley Mae Cook, ’35, ’36,
and George S. Cook, ’29, ’35—obtained
degrees from the UW.
Cook is looking forward to having a new
public address booth when the Husky
Stadium renovation is complete. “I may
actually be able to see the Huskytron.”
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DISTINGUISHED RETIREE
SERVICE AWARD
Nancy Amidei
It’s hard to believe Nancy Amidei is retired.
A lecturer in the UW School of Social
Work from 1992 to 2008, Amidei’s days as
a UW retiree are packed with the work of
advocating for social justice for the most
vulnerable among us, and training people
to be advocates for issues like tax reform,
hunger, and homelessness.
Amidei is the first recipient of the new
UW / University of Washington Retirement
Association Distinguished Retiree
Excellence in Community Service Award.
Pat Dougherty, director of Retiree
Relations for the UW, says the goal of the
new award is “to honor retirees who have
made local, regional or even international
contributions.”
Amidei has presented as many as 100
training sessions in civic engagement every
year. In a 2008 interview, she said, “Different
people are addicted to different
things. I’m just addicted to democracy.”
Amidei plans to continue helping people
in Washington and across the U.S.
find their voice as citizen advocates. “As
long as people keep asking me, I’ll keep
doing the work,” she says, before running
off to one more meeting.
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