University of Washington Memorial Gateway - Seattle, WA - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The University of Washington contains two web pages devoted to War Memorials located on its campus. One page contains a brief article highlighting the volunteer work and efforts behind the World War I memorial that was initially begun in 1919 and finished with a final dedication in 1930. The article reads:

Memorial Way—the University's ceremonial entrance to campus from N.E. 45th Street—is an outdoor cathedral. The London Plane (sycamore) trees planted on Armistice Day, 1920, to honor the 58 UW alumni, students and faculty, (57 men, one woman) who died during World War I form a gorgeous, haunting canopy. (Although 58 were planted in 1920, today 101 trees grow along the one-quarter-mile segment of Memorial Way from N.E. 45th Street to the campus flagpole.) The entrance to the street, while not enveloped by the trees, is framed by two, stone pylons that were placed there in 1928. They carry plaques with the names of University people who lost their lives in World War I. The plaques are kept as alive as the trees, as one local fraternity requires its pledges to polish the names of its listed brothers to this very day. But it is the trees that really transport you, no matter the season. You can lose yourself as you walk down the sidewalk under the droopy branches toward the heart of campus. Emerging at the open space surrounding the main campus flagpole, you know you have just been someplace special.—Jon Marmor

Visit this University of Washington web page for a great historical background on the World War I memorial and accompanying photos. The page also includes detailed biographies of 53 fallen service members who are mentioned on three plaques at the north entrance to the campus and for whom the sycamore trees were planted in their memory.

Visit this University of Washington web page to read about other war memorials that exist on the UW campus.

There are three bronze plaques located at the north entrance to the UW campus. One plaque memorializes the names of the 58 alumni, students and faculty who perished during the Great War. It is monumented on a boulder just past the stone entry pylons on the east side of Memorial Way. This plaque reads:

ROLL OF HONOR WORLD WAR 1917-1918 WASHINGTON REMEMBER THESE THY SONS WHO FELL FIGHTING FAR O'ER THE SEA FOR THEY IN THE DARK HOUR REMEMBERED WELL THEIR WELFARE LEARNED OF THEE

LAWRENCE E ALLEN '18 JEANNETTE V BARROWS '18 LEO F BENNETT '18 CHERRILL H BETTERTON '15 ALFORD J BRADFORD '15 DONALD R BROXON '16 F E BUELER FLORIAN H CANFIELD '16 ARTHUR E CARLSON '18 LLOYD T COCHRAN '17 DOW R COPE '18 EDW C CUNNINGHAM '20 WM R CUTLER '20 WALTER C DUNBAR '11 JAMES M EAGLESON '17 GEORGE VERNON EVANS '22 ALBERT M FARMER '14 CHARLES N FLETCHER '15 SAMUEL GOODGLICK '12 GEORGE C GORHAM '16 RHODES H GUSTAFSON '20 NICHOLAS C HEALY '16 CLARENCE J HEMPHILL '15 ALFRED C HOIBY '18 EVERETT HOKE '15 EARL M HOISINGTON '19 FRANK H HUBBARD '20 HOWARD D HUGHES '06 ALLEN G OSTRANDER '22

FRANCIS D JOHNSON '04 CLAIR A R KINNEY '17 HARRY B LEAVITT '17 DANIEL HART '21 WILFRED LEWIS '17 CHAS A LINDBERY '01 JOHN H MARTIN '18 A D MC CLEVERTY '11 WM J A MACDONALD '17 FRANK E MC NETT '14 W C MOREHOUSE '20 ROY MUNCASTER '17 ELMER J NOBLE '17 MERLE O'REAR '21 SAMUEL N PARKER '19 GERALD S PATTON '15 LESTER B PICKERING '17 H A REES '14 RALPH BEEBE REES '20 JAMES R RISTINE '21 EARL W SHANLY '16 TRUMAN A STARR '14 WM SHERMAN TUCKER '17 HOMER W WARD '14 LEON H WHEELER '14 HAROLD C WHITE '20 CHESTER W J WILSON '20 LUKENS P YOUNG '15 FRANK PETERSON '22

The other two bronze plaques are monumented on two stone pylons at the campus entrance and lists the same names of those alumni, faculty and students who perished during the Great War.

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920 Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: University of Washington Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Physical Address of Monument: Not listed

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