The Burke Museum
Annual Report
2010–2011
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Table of Contents
3Director’s Message
16 Education
4Research & Collections
17Exhibits
4 Arachnology
19UW Campus Outreach
5 Archaeology
20Donors & Volunteers
6Ethnology
7 Genetic Resources
8Herbarium
9Herpetology
10 Ichthyology
11 Invertebrate Paleontology &
Microfossils
12 Mammalogy
13 Ornithology
14 Paleobotany
15 Vertebrate Paleontology
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31Financial Report
Message from the Director
It’s all about impact. As we reflect on the past twelve months of
From an organizational standpoint, the Burke remains resourceful,
museum activities, it’s the voices of those who’ve been served by
fiscally sound, and committed to excellence at the highest level. I’ve
the Burke Museum that resonate above all else:
personally challenged every Burke employee to push the envelope
• The comments of visitors who came to our Weaving Heritage
exhibit, which showcased spectacular textile arts from three
continents. “It was so moving to see our cultural objects
and experiment with new ideas in the coming months. Innovation and
inspiration remain at the very core of this institution, so it’s with great
anticipation and excitement that we usher in a new fiscal year.
displayed with others of such great beauty! It reaffirmed pride
And together, we move ahead … invigorated, inspired, and
in my heritage.” —Pom Khampradith, Lao community
focused on impact.
Burke Museum Association
Board of Directors
Mary Dunnam
President
Greg Blume
Vice President
John Howell
Vice President
John Kincaid
Treasurer
Steve Whiston
• The responses of students who benefited from BurkeMobile,
Secre tary
David Brown
which brought museum educators and collections to
Mary Coney
classrooms across the state. As one student described the
experience, “I got to see and feel my very first fossil. It was the
Dr. Julie K. Stein
Jan Creighton
best day ever.” —6th Grade student, Lakota Middle School, Federal
Executive Director
Ellen Ferguson
Way
Antje Frychel
Sydnie Heberling
• The feedback from researchers who depend on Burke
Ron Irving
collections to support their work. “We utilize the [Burke
Wiley Kitchell
Museum Herbarium] on-line services nearly daily, and
Doug McTavish
frequently rely on Herbarium staff for their expertise.” —Joseph
George Moynihan
Arnett, Rare Plant Botanist, Washington Natural Heritage Program,
Alan Rabinowitz
Department of Natural Resources
Spencer Smith
Susie Stoller
And so many more!
Dave Towne
Kelly Tweeddale
How was the Burke able to serve these and tens of thousands
of other individuals in the past year? The simple answer is YOU.
From financial support, to volunteerism, to collections gifts, the
contributions of our friends and supporters help the Burke make
a difference in the world. Thank you for your support!
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Melissa Yeager
Arachnology
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
442,000 specimens, including
155,000 spiders and terrestrial invertebrates
37,000 butterflies and moths
250,000 additional specimens of worms, cave fauna, scorpions, and a small flea collection
Although a very wet year, it was nonetheless an active one for collecting spiders—
including at least seven new species. (One, a crab spider found by Curatorial Associate
Rod Crawford during the 2010 Bioblitz on Foster Island, lives in the urban Washington Park
Arboretum.) Spring collecting trips produced between 20 and 50 species from each of a dozen
different areas, including the rare Porrhomma terrestre, the extremely rare Hypomma marxi
(with its amazing male carapace), and Cybaeopsis spenceri, found in Washington only once
before. Volunteer Laurel Ramseyer pursued her research project on the spider fauna of pine
cones and also collected specimens of the world’s smallest mygalomorph (tarantula-like) spider,
Microhexura idahoana.
“I have enjoyed your website over the years and
appreciate your passion for setting the record
straight on spider myths. I have learned to love
spiders and have taught my 6-year-old daughter
that they are our friends.”
B u r k e w ebsit e visitor
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ABOVE: Last year’s Bug Blast attracted a record 1,312 visitors, and gave children
a chance to get up close to bugs of all sizes. Photo courtesy of Lora Shinn.
LEFT: A potentially new species of crab spider was discovered by Rod Crawford
when he was on Foster Island volunteering for BioBlitz, a documentation and
mapping event of the flora and fauna in the Arboretum.
Archaeology
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
Over 1 million artifacts
Curator Peter Lape and his staff collaborated with King County Road Services Division and the
Puyallup Tribe of Indians to conduct fieldwork on Vashon-Maury Island. This project, called
the Manzanita Beach Public Archaeology Project, aimed to build on the successes of the 1990
Burton Acres Archaeological Project (also on Vashon-Maury) by increasing local awareness of
the Native history of the island and educating members of the public about the importance
of archaeological stewardship and preservation. Public outreach events included an artifact
identification day held at the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum; tours of the site; training
of local residents as volunteers on the excavation; and an activity day at the Burke Museum for
the island’s middle school students.
UW graduate students Jacob Deppen and Stephanie Jolivette analyzed the excavated materials.
Radiocarbon dates showed the site was used for a short period from 430 to 630 years ago.
Analysis of the fish bone showed a very high reliance on herring compared with salmon and
ABOVE: Stephanie Jolivette excavating at the Manzanita site.
other fish. The team mapped the site boundaries and local residents now know how to best
protect the site from future disturbance.
LEFT: New acquisitions included this ceramic vessel that floated ashore in
Grayland, Washington. Experts are still trying to decipher the Chinese writing to
understand its origins.
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Ethnology
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
44,025 objects, including masks, boxes, prints, baskets, and clothing
50,000 archives, including photographs, negatives, sound recourdings, film, and documents
Ethnology highlights included the culmination of a two-year cultural exchange between the
indigenous Ainu people of Japan and Washington tribes. The exchange was organized by
Burke Curator of Native American Ethnology, Deana Dartt-Newton, with support from the U.S.
State Department and the American Association of Museums. The final event involved Ainu
participation in the 2010 Canoe Journey, a multi-day event hosted by the Makah Nation in Neah
Bay.
The Bill Holm Center launched its publication program this year, with the book, In the Spirit of
the Ancestors: Reflections on Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum (now in
press at the University of Washington Press, Robin K. Wright and Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, editors).
Bunn-Marcuse also continued her collaboration with the Fort Rupert community researching
Franz Boas’ 1930 film, The Kwakiutl of British Columbia, and recovering several songs recorded for
that film by Boas on wax cylinders. Wright continued her work on Skidegate Haida house models
while on sabbatical leave.
ABOVE: Nearly 150 Northwest Coast prints were donated from Pacific Editions,
a firm that has printed thousands of Northwest Coast prints over the decades.
Retiring owner Vin Rickard donated 10 of the prints, and Simon Ottenberg,
Carol Barnard Ottenberg, Doug McTavish, and Ashley McClelland generously
donated additional funds to acquire the remaining prints.
LEFT: New acquisitions included a collection of over 50 Southwest, Plains, and
Great Basin pieces—including this unique beaded horse and rider—donated
by William and Judith Matchett.
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Genetic
Resources
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
43,500 tissues, including
35,000 from birds
8,000 from mammals
500 from lizards and amphibians
The Burke’s Genetic Resources Collection (GRC) loaned 800 tissues to support 35 research
projects this year, which addressed a variety of topics in wildlife management, conservation, and
evolutionary biology, including:
• Surveying wild populations of lynx in Washington state—using dogs trained to search for scat.
Tissues of bobcat, lynx, and puma provided reference DNA sequences to identify scat and help
train the dogs.
• Identifying bird species involved in collisions with military aircraft around the world.
• Determining what role the rise of the Andes Mountains had in the evolution of new bird
species in South America.
ABOVE: UW undergrad Sheila Voon working in the lab, as Collection Manager
Sharon Birks answers questions about the mice tissue samples recently used in
a research study.
LEFT: Scientists at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland are using 97 tissues
from the Burke Genetic Resources collection of Barn Owls to look at genetic
variation underlying feather color. Their surprising research indicates Barn Owl
color is genetically linked to aggression and other behaviors, and even immune
system function.
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Herbarium
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
650,000 specimens, including vascular plants, non-vascular plants, fungi, lichen, and algae
The Herbarium received research funds from the National Science Foundation, Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management this year. Work continues
on the NSF-funded project to provide online access to 1.5 million specimens from large
and small herbaria throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Field- and collections-based highlights included the 16th Annual Herbarium Foray, which
this time visited the Strawberry Mountains of Oregon; graduate field research in Brazil; the
first publication of a wildflower guide for Mt. Rainier; and a donation of over 23,500 Arctic
and sub-Arctic fungal, lichen, and moss specimens from Dr. Gary Laursen at the University
of Alaska, Fairbanks—the largest collection of its kind in North America.
“In our work in biodiversity conservation, the
Washington Natural Heritage Program relies
heavily on the herbarium at the Burke Museum,
ABOVE: Over 1,200 specimens were collected by staff and volunteers at the 16th
Annual Foray in the Payette National Forest in western Idaho this summer. The
Foray included the 91st birthday celebration of Don Knoke, a UW alum who has
been on 14 of the 16 forays and was an undergrad student of C. L. Hitchcock
(pre-World War II).
and we regard its preserved specimens as the
best documentation of species in the state.”
J oseph Ar n e tt,
D epartm en t of Nat u ral R e s o u rce s, Wa sh i n gto n Stat e
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LEFT: Coprinus atramentarius. Photo courtesy of Darius Baužys.
Herpetology
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
6,100 specimens, including amphibians and reptiles
Herpetology launched the year by cataloging 5,000 specimens. Collected over the last century,
they represent the diversity of amphibians and reptiles in the Pacific Northwest.
In spring, a herpetology expedition to West Africa brought back over 500 frog, lizard, snake,
and turtle specimens to support ongoing research projects at the University of Washington.
Additionally, graduate student Matt McElroy initiated a project to document the presence of
chytrid fungus in African frogs. Chytrid is a deadly pathogen that is causing massive amphibian
die-offs around the globe.
ABOVE: Frog collected during summer research trip. Herpetology Curator Adam
Leache recently returned from Ghana in West Africa with 530 total specimens
ranging from frogs to crocodiles. The 3-week collecting trip included work in
national parks and forest reserves across the country. All of the specimens are
accessioned at the Burke Museum. Photo courtesy of Duncan Reid.
LEFT: Volunteers prepare a 15’ python specimen donated to the Burke
Museum by the Woodland Park Zoo.
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Ichthyology
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
7,976,016 specimens, including eggs, larvae, juveniles, and adult fishes
The Burke Fish Collection—the fourth largest collection of ichthyological materials west of the
Mississippi and the only collection that specializes in fishes of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering
Sea—has continued to grow.
The most exciting acquisition in the past year was a perfectly preserved female specimen of the
Doublespine Seadevil, Diceratias pileatus, a deep-sea anglerfish sucked up from a depth of 3,280
feet in a sea-water intake pipe off the big island of Hawaii in July, 2010.
Extremely rare in this part of the world, it is only the second specimen captured in the Pacific and,
at 8 inches long, the largest known individual of its kind. The discovery is changing our thoughts
about how deep-sea organisms are distributed throughout the world’s oceans.
ABOVE: Deep-sea anglerfishes as a group are well known for their extraordinary
feeding behavior--attracting prey to their huge well-toothed mouth by
wriggling a fishing apparatus mounted on the tip of the snout and equipped
with a bioluminescent bait. Photo courtesy of Doug Perrine.
LEFT: Ichthyology Collections Manager Katherine Maslenikov spoke with
students about the fish collections as part of Dawg Daze 2011, where incoming
freshman and transfer students learn about the Burke and other campus
resources.
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Invertebrate Paleontology
& Microfossils
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
3,601,500 specimens
This year, it was all about microfossils!
Weldon Rau, retired paleontologist for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources
(DNR), generously created the Weldon and Jane Rau Endowed Research Fund, an endowment
that will support student research in microfossils—particularly foraminifera—in perpetuity.
Thanks in large part to the vast collection that Rau developed during his years of work with the
DNR, the Burke now has the most significant collection of fossil and recent foraminifera in the
Pacific Northwest, including British Columbia and Alaska.
Two other important donations to the microfossil collection in 2011 included:
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3,500 slides of recent marine foraminifera from all parts of Puget Sound, with accompanying
data and maps, donated by Robert A. Harman, retired oceanographer from the Shoreline
Community College Marine Technology Program. The donation provides invaluable additional
data for our ongoing study of Puget Sound microbiota.
• Sediment samples and slides of foraminifera from the Gulf of Alaska and coastal Washington,
Oregon, and California from Betty J. Enbysk, alumnus of the UW School of Oceanography.
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ABOVE: This slab of fossilized rock with large trilobites, Acadoparadoxites, is from
Morocco, approximately 510 million years old (the middle Cambrian Period). The
fossil was donated by Paul Fulton and Betsy Williams.
below: Volunteer Jess Spear studying foraminifera.
Mammalogy
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
54,967 specimens, including skeletons, skins, and tissues
2011 was a year of exciting research discoveries and productivity by Burke mammalogists.
In early February 2011, the mammalogy team salvaged the skeleton of a bottle-nosed dolphin.
This species is normally found in tropical waters, and the Burke specimen may help scientists
understand why these animals were found so far North of their typical range.
Years of intense research on the evolutionary and biogeographic history of small mammal
populations in the Pacific Northwest have paid off recently, with seven papers published in
2011 by Curator Emeritus Jim Kenagy and his graduate students. Current Ph.D. student Andreas
Chavez published two papers, Dou Yang (now a post doctorate at University of Nevada, Reno)
published one, and Chris Himes (post doctorate at University of New Mexico) published two.
ABOVE: Collections Manager Jeff Bradley holding parts of a 34-foot Brydes
Whale carcass that washed ashore in Puget Sound in late 2010. A team of Burke
volunteers buried the remains in an Enumclaw field this past year, under a pile
of cow manure mixed with alder wood chips. Photo by Chandler Coles.
Species studied include heather voles, water shrews, deer mice, jumping mice, tree squirrels,
ground squirrels, and our state’s endemic Olympic Marmot. Their research concerns how these
mammals, now isolated in Washington’s higher mountain regions, have become genetically
distinct. (In one case, two isolated species of tree squirrels have come back together and are
hybridizing.)
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below: Mammalogy collections, from whale skeletons to wolf skins, were on
display at Meet the Mammals, a popular family day event held each September.
Ornithology
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
105,374 specimens, including bird skins, wings, and eggs
This year the Burke Ornithology Division supported three international collecting expeditions,
hosted four local birding conservation groups, and conducted research with global conservation
implications. A healthy cohort of volunteers improved the collection in size, scope, and
accessibility. Major accomplishments included photographing egg sets of all the birds of
Washington for a breeding phenology project and acquiring 50 new specimen cases.
In spring, the ornithology division participated in the first-ever “Birds at the Burke” family day
in tandem with The Owl and the Woodpecker exhibit. The event drew over 400 visitors —
exceeding attendance expectations and engaging many rapt visitors in conversation about
birds and bird research. Additionally, Collections Manager Rob Faucett initiated cooperative
agreements to work with museums in Peru, Bolivia, and Panama in the coming fiscal year.
ABOVE: A volunteer describes a White Tufted Puffin to visitors at Behind-the-
Scenes Night. Photo courtesy of Storms PhotoGraphic.
LEFT: Ferruginous Hawk eggs.
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Paleobotany
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
51,800 specimens
In 2010, the rapidly growing paleobotany collection added about 7,500 specimens, through
fieldwork, donations, and exchange with other museums. Most fieldwork was conducted locally
this year, at sites such as the Chuckanut Landslide and Chilliwack in northern Washington
and Vasa Park, near Lake Sammamish. Exchanges included a trade of Eocene material from
Republic for Carboniferous fossils from Illinois (Mazon Creek). These acquisitions broaden the
scope and use of the Burke collection and provide excellent teaching material for paleobotany/
paleoecology classes taught by Curator of Paleobotany Caroline Strömberg.
Other accomplishments included:
•
First complete organization and detailed inventory of the collection. Cabinets are now labeled
with a list and an overview map of the plant localities they contain.
• Completion of FEMA-sponsored collections renovation, with a new collections space and
a smaller room dedicated to imaging and microscopy, increasing the usefulness of Burke
geology collections.
• Lobby display on Emeritus Professor Estella Leopold’s life and work and reception in honor of
her receipt of the 2010 International Cosmos Prize.
ABOVE: Palm leaf found at the Chuckanut Eocene Landslide Site,
Washington. Photo courtesy C. Strömberg.
LEFT: Fossil fern.
“The fossil is really special because it was found
by my brother Rick in a deposit much, much
younger than it’s been found in before. The
discovery could mean that this fern has survived
for a much longer time than was previously
thought.”
TAD DILHOFF, VOLUNTEER
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Vertebrate Paleontology
Coll e ctio n s i z e :
54,526 specimens
Curator Christian Sidor journeyed to Antarctica from December 2010 to January 2011, where he
and his team of two graduate students withstood sub-zero temperatures to collect 250 fossils,
dating from 240-250 million years ago, a time when Antarctica was ice-free. Last summer’s
fieldwork by Adjunct Curator Greg Wilson in the 65-million-year-old rocks of northeastern
Montana yielded over 2,000 specimens from the end of the dinosaur era.
Dinosaur Day celebrated its 26th anniversary with an attendance of 1,974 and introduced new
hands-on activities. It was accompanied by a special evening seminar featuring noted dinosaur
paleontologist, Dr. Phil Currie.
Two graduate students, Dave DeMar and Brandon Peecook, received graduate research
fellowships from the National Science Foundation. These prestigious awards fully support their
studies for three years.
TOP: A highlight of the Antarctic expedition was this complete skeleton
of the early dinosaur relative, Prolacerta. This 250-million-year-old fossil,
being held up by Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Christian Sidor, was
collected at Graphite Peak, 343 miles from the South Pole.
ABOVE: Found in the fields of Antarctica, a Temnospondyl amphibian jaw.
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Education
Burke education programs reached over 85,000 learners last year, with 29,000
students and adults served on-site through group tours and class visits. Handson activities, real artifacts and scientific specimens, and skilled educators
remained key to the ongoing popularity of our programs, and interactive
teaching spaces within the exhibits provided new opportunities for experiential
learning.
Off-site, Burke Boxes reached over 57,000 students across the state, finding new
destinations and increased demand. BurkeMobile, now beginning its third full
year, served an additional 2,150 students. Funding from 4Culture supported
duplication of the popular Coast Salish Canoes box, and work was completed on
a new Burke Box on Japan’s Native Ainu people and their culture, with support
from the Japan Foundation.
In addition, a new “Visiting Scientist” program was launched with partner
school, The Northwest School for Hearing Impaired Children. Funded by a
contribution from the Quest for Truth Foundation, this program supported
regular visits to all grades by a Burke science educator.
ABOVE: Collections Manager Sharon Birks teaches participants in
the Girls in Science summer camp program.
LEFT: Burke Box.
”The Burke Museum was the best thing that has ever come to
our school!”
St u d en t, Daffodil Valle y Elem en tary, Sum n er , WA
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Exhibits
The Burke presented three major special exhibitions viewed by over 105,128
visitors during the past fiscal year, in addition to completing the run of the
2010 International Conservation Photography Awards.
•
Weaving Heritage: Textile Masterpieces from the Burke Collection,
showcasing 130 hand-woven textiles from the Americas, Asia, and the
Pacific Islands; complemented by a display of looms and hands-on
weaving activities
•
The Owl and the Woodpecker: Photographs by Paul Bannick, highlighting
the importance of habitat and the strong interconnections between these
two iconic birds; complemented by an education space featuring Burke
collections, activities, and in-depth resources
• Wolves and Wild Lands in the 21st Century, a traveling exhibit developed
by the International Wolf Center and Science Museum of Minnesota was
complemented by the Burke-developed companion exhibit, Wolves in
Washington State, along with specimens from the mammalogy collection.
Smaller displays highlighting curators’ fieldwork, recent acquisitions,
ABOVE: The Weaving Heritage exhibit opened in fall of 2010.
and displays by campus and community groups were mounted in the
galleries and the Burke Room.
“A visit to the University of Washington’s Burke Museum
… might open some firmly closed minds.”
J o el Co n n elly, Se attle P os t I n t ellig en cer
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Traveling Exhibits
The Burke Museum Traveling Exhibits Service concluded its fourth full year of
operations with 20 bookings in 11 states (Washington, Alaska, California, Iowa, Idaho,
New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming). Audiences totaled more
than 500,000 nationwide.
Nationally touring exhibits:
Arctic Wings: Miracle of Migration
Coffee: The World in Your Cup
Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway
The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth
of a Warming World
Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam
Statewide focus:
The Big One: Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest
Kennewick Man on Trial
Cruisin’ the Washington Fossil Freeway
ABOVE: Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, now touring nationally, launched at the Burke in December 2009.
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Campus Outreach
The Burke Museum continues to be a valuable resource for the University
of Washington community—offering programs and experiences aimed at
supporting academics, careers, and personal interests. From social events and
professional development to research, the Burke continually strives to explore
new ways of integrating the museum into UW student’s academic and social lives
and to aid in their investigation of the natural and cultural world.
The Burke introduced several new initiatives during 2011, including an open
house for graduate students, lunchtime tours for UW faculty and staff, and the
first-ever Burke Museum Student Advisory Board. Eighteen UW students from
diverse areas of study and backgrounds were selected to infuse the museum with
a student perspective and ensure Burke programs, events, and advertising met
the needs and interests of the UW student community. Members reported the
Advisory Board experience as innovative, fun, challenging, and rewarding.
ABOVE: Undergraduate students enjoy an After Hours event held in the Burke galleries.
LEFT: New Burke signage has been installed in Red Square on the UW campus, helping to
attract students to the museum.
“I wanted to get involved in the campus and this
was the first opportunity I saw that interested me.
It was a really positive experience.”
St u d en t Advis ory B oard m e mb er
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Donors
The Burke’s broad base of community support includes contributions from individuals, foundations, corporations, and
government agencies. With gratitude, we recognize the generosity of our donors and members who supported the museum’s
operations, endowments, and collections during the last fiscal year. Thank you for inspiring curiosity, discovery, and inquiry!
$1,000,000+
Hugh Ferguson
$100,000 – $999,999
National Science Foundation
P. & E. C. Miller
Charitable Foundation
Nathan Myhrvold &
Rosemarie Havranek
Alan & Andrea Rabinowitz
Dick & Marilyn Hanson
The Seattle Foundation
Lisa Hoffman & Bill Driscoll
National Park Service
Mark & Cindy Pigott
Sellen Construction Co., Inc
Keith & Carol James
Carol Nygren
John & Susan Pohl
Shethar Foundation
Sally & Warren Jewell
Quest for Truth Foundation
TEW Foundation
Julie Stein & Stan Chernicoff
John Kincaid
Snoqualmie Tribe
United Way of King County
The Estate of Barbara Krohn
$5,000 – $9,999
Elizabeth Warren
Magic Toyota
$10,000 – $24,999
Tom Alberg & Judi Beck
Bob & Mary Ann Wiley
Glen & Alison Milliman
4Culture
Elaine Coles
Roxana & Thomas Augusztiny *
Kym Aughtry
Ron & Gail Irving
Lawrence Christian
Greg & Paula Blume
Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation
Mike & Lynn Garvey
Tom & Sonya Campion
The Marvin Foundation
Weldon Rau
Jan & Jack Creighton
McEachern Charitable Trust
Mary & Jim Dunnam
Doug & Thelma McTavish
Barbara Eddy
The Mountaineers Foundation
Ellen Ferguson
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
Alan Harper & Carol Baird
$50,000 – $99,999
The Paul G. Allen
Family Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
The Boeing Company
Sandy Dunn
Hugh & Jane
Ferguson Foundation
Made in Washington
Microsoft Corporation
The Peach Foundation
$2,500 – $4,999
Raven Trust Fund
Maria Balzarini
Spencer & Patricia Smith
Kris Beason
Phil & Susie Stoller
Elisabeth & Edgar Bottler
Dave & Chris Towne
David & Trudy Broadus
US Bancorp Foundation
The Bullitt Foundation
John & Marilyn Warner
Theiline Cramer &
Stephen Romein
Washington Women’s Foundation
Charles & Eleanor Nolan
H. David Kaplan
The Norcliffe Foundation
Edwin & Margaret East
Wyman Youth Trust
Lucky Seven Foundation
Simon & Carol Ottenberg
Educational Legacy Fund
The Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation
Walter Pereyra
Francisca Erickson
John & Joyce Price
Carol & Russell Faucett
Steve & Nina Whiston
We have made every effort to be thorough and to represent each name accurately. If you note an error or omission, please contact the Burke Development Office at 206-616-9865 so that we can correct your listing.
* Deferred gift
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$1,000 – $2,499
Richard Klauber
Deehan Wyman
Craig & Nancy Abramson
Tom & Jeannie Kundig
Catherine Adams & Bob Bloxom
Mimi Mallory
Melissa Yeager &
Cory Van Arsdale
Ellsworth & Eve Alvord
Stephen Marvin
Peggy Yeager
Sam & Etta Anderson
Bruce & Joanne Montgomery
Erin Younger & Ed Liebow
Patricia Baillargeon
George & Frances Moynihan
Julie Baldwin
Gene & Martha Nester
$500 – $999
Hugh Bangasser &
Lucy Homans
Dave & Shirley Newton
Patrick Ashley
Elizabeth Odle
Richard & Penny Borish
Thomas Barwick
Mary Pigott
Christopher Brown
Sally Behnke
Platt
Kippy & Deon Brown
Linda & Frank Bothwell
Susan & Bill Potts
Robert & Frances Bunn
David Brown &
Christina Rockrise
James & Diann Robbers
Dorothy Carlson
James Rodman
Ross & Julie Case
Martha & Bob Sander
Mary Coney
Virginia Schafer
Jeffery Coopersmith
Jennifer Schubert
Rick & Kerry Dillhoff
Benjamin & Donna Lipsky
Shell Oil Company Foundation
JeeYoung & Luke Dobbs
Gloria Lobb
Leslie Grace
Maryanne Tagney-Jones &
David Jones
Kate Duncan
David & Arlene Mari
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Mrs. Phil Duryee
The Marsh Family Foundation
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Fidelity Northwest Associates, LLC
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Chris Toher
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Consolidated Borough
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Associates, Inc.
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Claire McClenny
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Gerald & Lorea Sather
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Gloria & Donald Swisher
Joanne Terry & Thomas Metke
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Kelly & Dean Tweeddale
John & Jan Unbehend
Jerry & Marsha Vandenberg
Washington Native
Plant Society
Andrew & Sarah Watts
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Philip & Janet Lynn Friedrich
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$250 – $499
Dorothy & Larry Anderson
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Anonymous
Deirdre & William Arntz
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John & Sue Bassett
Joe & Linda Berkson
Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation
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Loren Jacobsen
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Warren Bakken
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Evelyn Arrigoni
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Chris & Diana Hoffman
Associated General Contractors
of Washington
Barbara Brown
Lesa Sroufe & Matthew Barnes
Bill & Stephanie Stafford
Brian Atwater & Frances DeMarco
Raymond Baalman & Elizabeth
Baxter-Baalman
Ronald Brown &
Vicki Patts-Brown
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Toby & Moira Bradshaw
Ruth & Arthur Kaufman
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Burke Museum Docents
Edward Lalonde &
Jennifer Milliron
Susan Thurston
Patrick Fahey & Nancy
Eileen Moll
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Dale Flynn & Jeanette Mills
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David & Barbara Boardman
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Mary Doerflein-Bohus
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Teresa Bledsoe
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Scott Shane
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Indy & Cheryl Crowley
Susan Allan
Douglas & Sarah Reed
Kristianne & John Blake
Jennifer Coursen
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Ernest & Barbara Gylland
Hally Swift & Eric Strandberg
Robert & Mary-Louise Colwell
John & Kim Adamucci
William & Wendy Rabel
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Margaret Blackman
John Griffiths & Hazel Singer
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Paul & Diana Abson
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Christine Disteche
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William Way & Erica Tiedemann
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Katrin & David Wetherall
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April & Brian Williamson
Susan Woolf & Steven Price
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Sandra & Bob Zook
Nancy Skinner Nordhoff
Marian & Bob Ohashi
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$100 – $249
Ree Brown
Steve & Irma Brown
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Andrew Bruce & Deborah Donnell
Maryam & Reza Baghai
Andrew & Nancy Buchanan
Paul Balle
John Burcher
Paul Banko
Virginia & Stephen Burger
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Mark Beaufait & Andrea Slayton
Tom Callaghan & Kaoru Takano
Joseph & Kay Beavo
Nancy Callery & Darrell Bowling
Kaycie & Jim Becker
Elzelina & James Callis
BECU
Charles & Margie Calvert
Julia Bent
Andrew & Darcy Carr
Ross Berglund
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Marjorie Chan & John Middleton
Judith Bezy
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Anna Chavelle &
Christine Knutson
Bill & Mary Black
James Chen
Sarah Clise Black & Alan Black
Mel & Matt Clark
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Ann Dittmar
Philip Flash
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Truman & Dixie Coggins
Karen Domino & Gene Brenowitz
Brenda Fong
Michelle & Steve Heck
Robert Kaplan & Margaret Levi
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Richard Dunn & Laura Widdice
Georgann & Karl Freudenstein
Andrew Hedgcock
Linda Keaton
Charles & Megen Cosby
Peter Dunwiddie & Elizabeth Bell
David Frinell
Anne & John Heil
Kevin Kennedy & Greta Climer
Susan Cottman
JoLynn Edwards & Hal Opperman
Maradel Gale
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Jacquieline Kiser
Martha & Robert Cram
James Ellis
Susan Gardner & Richard Olson
Jacqueline Hendrick
Anne Knapp
Iris Cruxent & Morgan Goulding
Virginia & William Ellis
Rudolph Gasser
Keiko Koizumi & Dot Hachey
Curtright & Son Tribal Art
Irv Emanuel
Bill & Julie Gates
Stephen Henrickson &
Janice Criswell
Beatrice Hewitt &
Sugandh Mehta
Ellen Koutsky & Cliff Shults
Marjorie & Fred Dau
Eppard Vision
Kevin & Susan Gehringer
John & Ann Dennis
Gail Erickson & Phil Lanum
David Giblin
John & Kathy Dewhirst
Lisa Euster
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Violet Ewing
Kimberly Dietz & Jeff Crookall
Nick & Mary Felt
Catherine Gleason &
Wayne Johnson
Mary Disis & Gregory Dunn
Lawrence Field & Deborah Dwyer
Herbert & Annette Hobbs
Michael & Jana Hobbs
Debbie Godfrey & Jeffrey Sconyers
Alan & Judith Hodson
James & Gail Goedert
Allan Hoffman
Hellmut & Marcy Golde
Christopher Holland &
Kathryn Kelsey
Sylvia & Gerald Goldstein
Barbara Krekow
Maureen & Robert Kremers
Ellen Kritzman
Heather Kroll & Kevin Ruddell
Allan Kutoff
Anita & Eugene Lagerberg
Joseph Lane & Martha Simpson
Sheila Holtgrieve
Kristina & Paul Larson
Margaret Holton
Elizabeth & Evan Lee
William Horder
Kristina Lee & Anthony Moore
Christine Howard
Mitchell Levy & Rebecca Albiani
Lorelea Hudson &
Christian Miss
Stephen & Donna Lewis
Theresa & Michael Grijalva
Mark Groudine & Cynthia Putnam
C. David Hughbanks
Barbara & Carl Lind
Lorna Guthrie
Mae Ikawa & Raymond Fox
Roger Hagarty
Allen & Agneta Israel
Gary Livingston &
Eileen McLanahan
Aileen & Bradley Hammar
Melanie Ito & Charles Wilkinson
John & Karen Loeser
Jim Hanson
Ralph Jackson III
Gerrald Luiten
Frederick Hart
Debbie Jakala & Mitchell Givens
Dennis Lund & Martha Taylor
Jerome & Leslie Hawkins
Mark James & Heather Ruud
Jonathan Maas & Allison Hiltner
Dwight & Helen Hawley
Judith & Richard Johnson
George & Joanne MacDonald
Jeffrey Hazeltine &
Kirk Johnson
Sally Martin
Laurence Johnson
Linda Martini
Jennifer & Henry Gordon
Richard Grady & Laura Hart
Paula & Charles Green
Laurie Griffith
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Jerome Hillis & Diana Gale
Tom Kotsiopoulos
Jane Lichty & Joshua Kriesberg
Denis Martynowych &
Diane Hetrick
Nathaniel & Faye Page
Renee Russak & Marci Pliskin
Bernadette Bulacan
Daniel & Anna Paquette
Barbara & James Russell
Reinhard Stettler
Stephanie & Christopher Mascis
Alice Parman
Richard & Nancy Rust
Christian Varner
Peter & Julianne Mattson
Mary Parr & Rick Hilton
Harvis Sadis & Harriett Cody
Pamela Stewart &
Julie Golding
Roger Pates & Kim Howe
Chuck Sary & Shari Ohringer
Robert & Ethel Story
Kristin Voss
Judith Struss
Shannon Wainwright
Jeffrey Sullivan
Madeleine Waldmann
Silvio Susskind &
Johanna Freedman
Jeffrey Walker
Roger & Diane Mauldin
Eliabeth Maunz & Art Simpson
Kirk Pawlowski & Patricia Apperson Gregory & Kathleen Saul
Kay Van Valkenburg &
David Maier
Giles & Lisa Varner
Martha Maurer
Amy Peck & Michael Mabrito
Michael & Edith Savage
Todd Mayberry
Richard & Kelly Pelz
Joann Schaffer
Wendy & Thomas McClure
Leah Pepin & Cameron Bogert
Kent & Jena Schliiter
Susan McGreevy
Paula & Ric Peterson
John Schlosser & Marnie O’Sullivan
Tomilynn & Dean McManus
Gloria Pfeif
Frederick Schram
Robert & Mary McWilliams
Muriel Phillips
Laurie & George Schuchart
Carl & Jacklyn Meurk
Wendy Phillips
Suzie & Ronald Scollon
Andrew Middlebrooks &
Leah Gerrard
Diego Piacentini & Monica Nicoli
Laurel Sercombe & Darwin Alonso
Janelle Taylor &
Michael Rosenthal
Lovel & Boyd Pratt
Joana & Michael Shapiro
Anne Terry
Erika Price
Leo & Maxine Sheehan
Angela Terry
Kerry Radcliffe & Ray Knox
James & Robin Shepperd
Sedge & Sally Thomson
Brooks & Suzanne Ragen
Shirley & Masayuki Shimada
David & Margaret Thouless
Michael & Karen Rea
Laurence & Margaret Short
Everett Thykeson
Dave & Thersa Ream
Robert Short & Emer Dooley
Susan Reinhard & John Ballenot
Linda Shultz & Lawrence Chazen
Jonathan Tingstad &
Shannon Corbin
Providence Worley
Jack & Pauline Reiter
Dolores Sibonga
Gerard Tolentino
David Wu
Marilyn Reynolds &
Mary Gulbrandsen
Christian Sidor
Adam & Cheryl Torem
Gayle Yamamoto &
Liz & Mike Nesbitt
Phyllis Truran
Megan Richards
Syrenka Slettebak &
Gary Richardson
Cynthia Johnson
Northwest Basket Weavers Guild
Paula Riggert
Meredith & Helen Smith
Kirsten Tully &
David Munzinger
Frederick York
Mary Ann & Gary Oakland
John Soden & Marilyn Trueblood
Anna Ullrich & Jeff Pearce
Jean & Donald Zatochill
John & Gloria Sodt
Jeremy & Hiroe Une
Carleen & Neil Zimmerman
Carol & Bill Miller
Roger & Edith Miller
Jean & Dennis Moore
Dino & Mario Moreno
Barbara Morrison
Ronald & Donna Murrish
Sheila & Jon Nagler
B. Nelson
Colette Ogle
Therese Ogle
Bruce & Joan Roberts
Margie & Theo Roe
Thomas & Elizabeth Swanson
Garett & Karen Sweany
James Syck
Rose Tatlow & Neil Roseman
Steven & Lesley Olswang
Kristen Rooks & Hunter Willams
South Congregational Church UCC
Caryl & Gary Utigard
Elizabeth & Gordon Orians
JoAnne Rosen
Barbara Spaeth
Yolande & William van Burke
Jose Ortega
Craig & Vicky Rosencrans
Peggy Squires
Henry & Carolyn Van Calcar
Donald & Donna Osborne
Mary Rossi
Tina St. Cyr-Miller & Alfred Miller
Jerry & Carole Packard
Thomas & Anna Rudd
Robert Starin &
Amy Sue Van Fossen &
Mark Thibault
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Kurt Wedgewood
Robert & Jacquinot Weisenbach
Claudia Welch
Dylan & Shaela Welsh
Kevin Wheeler
Brian & Cynthia Whiteside
Laura & Michael Whitmore
Mimi Winslow & Chris Tompkins
James Winton & Linda Park
Maurie & Chris Wiswell
Jacob & Alison Wobbrock
Norman Wolf & Susan Herring
Richard Zahniser
Donors to the Collections
Kathleen Dickinson
Miriam Kahn
Ruth Pelz
Anonymous
Marie G. Doheny Family
Richard Katz
Cherie & Jim Pickett
Tom Alberg & Judi Beck
Richard & Lauren Donner
Jim & Nancy Kenagy
Dorothy Powell
Roy & Sally Anderson Family
Jeanne Eaton
Mark Kernaghan
Priscilla M. Hill Trust
Rebecca Andrews
Con & Judith Carls Edwards
J. Patrick Kevin
John & Donna Mae Rupple
Applied Archaeological
Research
The Engdahl Ranch
Carl & Carol Lahser
San Juan County Land Bank
Estate of G. William Skinner
Gary & Mary Laursen
San Juan Preservation Trust
Hugh & Dollie Armstrong
Estate of Jane Gray
Charles & Pauline LeWarne
Elizabeth Scharf
Mark Kernaghan Collection,
given in honor of Sandra &
William J. Dunn, Jr.
Paul Axelrod
Estate of Richard Cortis Green
Yon Ju Lim
Carol Barnard
Angela Linse
Julie Stein in honor of
Sandra Dunn
Tyler & Julie Beach
Thomas Farrell &
Diana Ingalls-Farrell
Family of Robert &
Mary Schoen
Nan Kwi Macauley
Robert Schoos
Bill Holm Center
Ellen Ferguson
William & Judith Matchett
Greg & Karen Scott
Van Os Family in memory of
Johan Van Os
John Bishop & Family
Frank & Margaret Fickeisen
Ronald Mayo
Eliot & Tina Scull
Skip Bold & Fiona Stewart
Paul Fulton & Betsy Williams
Linda Knudsen McAusland
Edmund & Diane Sheridan
KL & Cheryle Bliss
Katie Galbraith
Justin McCarthy
Christopher Smith
Renee Breedlovestrout
Bruce & Virginia Garman
Wilbur McElwain
David Starr
Herb & Shirley Bridge
James Goedert
Linda McIntosh
Julie Stein
Heidi Bush
Donald Grayson
James Ford Bell Museum of
Natural History
John & Cathy McKeever
Barbara Stenson Spaeth
Mark Groudine &
Cynthia Putnam
Estella Leopold
Camp Nor’wester
Gift of Kurt &
Eleanor McMillen
Phil & Susie Stoller
Museum of History & Industry
Helen Gurvich
Jim Syck
Doug & Thelma McTavish
TBI Art Show Participants
Sally Chadbourn &
Buzz Stroud
Eric Gustafson
Patrick & Kelly Sypher
Dan Meatte
Gift of Bob & Lynn Hall
Craig Tall
UW Deptment of Rehabilitation
Medicine
Paul & Elizabeth Chadwick
Stan & Carol Merrell
Shane Harbaugh
Richard Tallant Carruthers
UW Educational Outreach
Juliet Omlicawas Cheatle
Mike & Kristen Milholland
Hamilton & Nancy Harris
Ina Tateuchi & Laura Hurdelbrink
Frances Chevalier
The Nature Conservancy
Bill & Marty Holm
Patricia Taylor
Lorraine Cohn
Charles Ivor Nicholas
Horton’s Hook, LLC
Joanne Terry & Tom Metke
Bill & Elaine Cook
Shirley Newton
George & Peggy Hunt
Uinta Development Company
Jo Curran
Charles & Eleanor Nolan
Arthur & Glenda Israel
Ashley Verplank McClelland
Kenneth & Barbara Dean
Thomas Nordby
Keith & Sue Jefferts
Dennis Willows &
Susan Mahoney
Lola Deane
Jonathan & Ellyn Ostrow
C. Elisabeth Johnson
Gayle DeGregori
Simon Ottenberg
Kirk Johnson
Steven Denton
Pacific Editions
Robert & Janis Johnson
Mike & Dawn Parnell
Katherine T. Carey &
Family of John S. Carey
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Collections
Memorial Gifts
Eric Dahlke in memory of
Jacqueline Dahlke Stover
Pam Fletcher from the collection
of Martha Melville Fletcher
Exhibit Lenders
Earthues
Amy Gulick
In-Kind Gifts of
Goods & Services
Bob & Jane Engdahl
Ellen Jasmer
Reciprocal Research Network
Honorarium Gifts
Estate of Patricia B. Lincoln
John Bishop Properties
Bonnie & Richard Robbins
Adams Bench Winery
Estate of Jo Curran
Jones Soda
RPR Builders
Burke Museum Docents in honor
of Doug McTavish
Tom Alberg & Judi Beck
John Kincaid
San Juan Preservation Trust
John Alexander
Estate of Mardonna
Austin-McKillop
KUOW 94.9 Public Radio
Saviah Cellars
Applied Archaeological Research
Estate of Myrene C. McAninch
Leonetti Cellar LLC
Spencer & Patricia Smith
Argosy Cruises
Fallen Log Photo
Little Willy’s Wonders
Trudy Smith
Basel Cellars
Rob & Kristin Faucett
Long Shadows Vintners
Lorinda Snoozy
Joe Berkson
Ellen Ferguson
Richard & Theresa Lynam
Spirit 105.3 (KCMS) Radio
Sue Bernhardt
Martha Ferguson
UW First Year Programs
Susan Mahoney &
Arthur Willows
Spring Valley Vineyard
Blooms Winery on Whidbey
Greg & Paula Blume
Philip Flash
Marcus Whitman Hotel
Edward Brewer
Pam Fletcher
Mark Ryan Winery
Harold & Eileen Broomell
Lloyd Fletcher
Maryhill Museum of Art
Christopher Brown
Forgeron Cellars
Mashiko Restaurant
The Captain Whidbey Inn Ltd.
Virginia & Bruce Garman
Doug & Thelma McTavish
Katherine Carey
Gaurdian Cellars
David Miller
Helen Carlson &
Paul Nicholson
Linda Goodman &
Loren Jacobson
Janera Miller
Chateau Ste Michelle
Chris Gorley
Russell Myers
Patricia Chiarelli
Alan Grossberg
The Nature Conservancy
City Cellars Fine Wines
John Hoover
Northstar Winery
College Inn Pub
Don Hopkins
Oak Tradition
Columbia Gorge Aluminum Co.
Horton’s Hook, LLC
Odin Brewing Company
Mary Coney
Chris Hurley &
Marlys Erickson
Opus Northwest, LLC
Eric Dahlke
Daniel E. Stuntz
Memorial Foundation
Imbibe Wine Tours
Diana & Thomas Ingalls
Davenport Ranches, Inc.
Isenhower Cellars
Dawg Daze
Arthur & Glenda Israel
Donovan
J M Cellars Company
Mary & Jim Dunnam
Michael & Tonya Jackola
Efeste
Januik Winery
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Penny More
Pepper Bridge Winery
Jason & Colleen Phipps
Pike Brewing Company
Susan Point
Portage Bay Café & Catering
John Price
Priscilla M. Hill Trust
Robert & Virginia Rausch
Stevens Winery
Jesurun Stockdill
Sweet Decadence Chocolates
Joanne Terry & Thomas Metke
Chris Thompson
UW Graduate School
Caryl Utigard
UW Canadian Studies
UW TV
Peter Van Os
Wm Erik Voss
Walla Walla Vintners
Waters Winery
Steve Whiston
Art Wolfe
Woodward Canyon Winery
Patricia Young
Zeek’s Pizza
George & Joanne MacDonald in
honor of Bill Holm
Ronald & Donald Murrish in
honor of Bill Holm
Marsha Mezey in honor of Julie
Stein’s birthday
Washington Native Plant Society
in honor of David Giblin
Washington Native Plant Society
in honor of Dick Olmstead
Memorial Gifts
Anna & Kevin O’Donnell
Cheryl & Frank MacDonald
In memory of Hugh Ferguson
Alice Parman
Sylvia & Gregory Mcdonald
Ellen Jasmer
Tom Alberg & Judi Beck
Muriel Phillips
Shirley & Dave Newton
Trudy Smith
Associated General
Contractors
of Washington
Mark & Cindy Pigott
Bertha Perry
Raven Trust Fund
Paula & Ric Peterson
Leo & Maxine Sheehan
Martha & Bob Sander
Judith Shulman
Wilma Stevens
Dolores Sibonga
Robert & Ethel Story
Julie Stein & Stan Chernicoff
Elizabeth Warren
Hally Swift & Eric Strandberg
West Associates
Brom & Elizabeth Wikstrom
Dorothy & Daryl West
Roxana & Tom Augusztiny
Thomas Barwick
Sally Behnke
Milton & Ann Bohart
Herbert Bridge, USNR
Jonathan & Bobbe Bridge
Edward & Elizabeth Carpenter
Raymond Chinn
Gene Colin
Cathryn Cowles
Bob & Mary Wiley
Wyman Youth Trust
Deehan Wyman
Erin Younger & Ed Liebow
JeeYoung & Lucas Dobbs
Sharon Dunn
In memory of Ruth Koutsky
Mary Dunnam
Roxana & Thomas Augusztiny
Betty & Guy Falskow
Susan Bishop
Fidelity Northwest Associates,
LLC
John Burcher
Frederick Stearns Foundation
Peter Goldman &
Martha Kongsgaard
Burke Museum Docents
In memory of Flo Fujita
Roxana & Tom Augusztiny
Burke Museum Docents
Ellen Ferguson
Tomilynn & Dean McManus
In memory of Margaret “Pegg”
Ann Griffiths McCune
Leslie Grace
Marcia Campbell
Mary & Eugene Dale
Lois Griswold
Nancy & William Farden
Marie & Fred Halverson
Ellen Ferguson
Andrew Hedgcock
Rita Gill
Harold & Mary Frances Hill
Gloria Hennings
Carol & Arnold Jolles
Horizon House
Jim & Nancy Kenagy
Mary & Dean Hudson
Carroll McKenzie
Beverly & Thomas Ikeda
Jacklyn & Carl Meurk
Greg Key & Larry Knapp
Ellen Koutsky & Cliff Shults
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In memory of V.S. Mallory
Beverly Witte
In memory of Dr. Stanley M. Pier
H. David Kaplan
In memory of Johan VanOs
In memory of Dick Walker
Jessie Johanson
It Started with a Conversation
The Burke Museum lost one of its greatest champions when Hugh Sutherland Ferguson passed
away in March 2011. Together with his late wife, Jane Avery Ferguson, and his daughter, Ellen
Ferguson, Hugh was a steadfast and visionary supporter. Perhaps the family’s most significant
contribution was the creation of the Avery-Ferguson Endowment for Excellence in 1989 to
“provide the financial stability needed for the Burke to become a truly great natural history
museum.”
In 1999 Hugh had a pivotal conversation with the University’s planned giving office about
“leaving something for the Burke.” This conversation blossomed into the creation of a charitable
remainder unitrust to benefit the Avery-Ferguson Endowment. At the moment when planned
gifts are made, it is difficult to fathom the eventual transformative impact on an institution, and
this amazingly thoughtful gift from Hugh was no exception.
Upon Hugh’s death, the Burke received a $1.9 million gift from his trust, which literally doubled
the impact of the Avery-Ferguson Endowment. This incredibly generous gift — one of the largest
single gifts in the museum’s history — positions the Burke for excellence in perpetuity. And it
started with a single conversation.
Planned gifts include bequests to the Burke through a will or trust, designating the Burke as a beneficiary
of a retirement plan, IRA or life insurance policy, and gifts that pay you income during your lifetime, such as
charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts. The UW Office for Planned Giving can answer your
questions, illustrate different types of planned gifts, and help you with bequest language. The Burke’s contact
is Albert Thurmond: (206) 221-5671 or [email protected]
TOP: Ellen and Hugh Ferguson at the Seattle Art
Museum.
ABOVE: Hugh and Jane Ferguson outside the Burke
Museum.
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Docents
Docents are at the core of the Burke’s educational mission, using exhibits and
collections to teach and inspire students of all ages.
Gretchen Anex
Jacqueline Lungmus
Terry Arntz
Marolyn Mahon
Jean Baker
Doug McTavish
Ann Barr
Carol Miller
Becky Benton
Joann Monson
Lauren Berg
Shelly Montemayor
Tom Berry
Cricket Morgan
Carol Cassinelli
Jacqueline Ney
Stephanie Davis
Bobby Nguyen
Michelle DeVos
Keith Pardee
Skye Diaz-Mogollon
Katie Pennella
Anna Fasano
Laury Phillips
Veronica Feldkircher-Reed
Sandra Seligmiller
Jeremy Fogel
Shirene Soleiman
Anne Friedlander
Kristen Spoor
Hildegard Hendrickson
Sangeetha Sushil
Wenlan Huang
Diane Taniguchi
Elizabeth Hunter
Everett Thykeson
Ryan Jones
Sarah Trickey
Gloria Kinney
Dexter Villanos
Ruth Kosmal
Bob Wiley
Linda Leisy
Hannah Wise-Maas
Jonathan Loeffler
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ABOVE: Museum visitors enjoy a tour led by docent Gretchen Anex in the Life and Times exhibit.
Volunteers
Volunteers are a vital part of the Burke’s day-to-day operations, serving in various capacities
throughout the museum, clocking a combined total of 14,000 hours in the past year.
Craig Abramson
Kristin deAnfrasio
Jill Green
Kristina Lin
Staci Powers
Judith Strong
John Alexander
Danieille deMontigny
Susan Harris
Pat Liu
Laurel Ramseyer
Jeannine Talkovic
Adriene Antonsen
John Dewhirst
Geoff Harrison
Gary Livingston
Joe Rausch
Margaret Thouless
David Armo
Rick Dillhoff
Cody Hinchliff
Kelsey Lorereau
Paul Reed
Lindsey Tibke
Edward Armstrong
Tad Dillhoff
Russ Holmes
John Luginbuhl
Robert Reed
Erica Tiedemann
Roxana Augusztiny
Richard Droker
Don Hopkins
Dennis Lund
Elaine Richman
Robert Tomlinson
Jerry Austin
James Duemman
Heidi Horowitz
Ande Maillet
Saul Rico
Kaylin Triesch
Christopher Barnes
Ed East
Mackensie Hotz
Mike Marsh
Darby Riley
Morgan Turner
Andrea Baron
Paige Elegy
Jessica Hutton
Cathy Maxwell
Tom Ruehli
Megan Vogel
John Bassett
Lee Ellis
Joel Irving
Wendy McClure
Courtney Russell
Diana Wageman
Sarah Bergman
Virginia Engel
Lauren Kay Johnson
Faithe McCreery
Carl Saltzberg
Shannon Waits
Sharon Birks
Peter Engelstad
Chris Jones
Doug McTavish
Cathy Sander
Jeff Walker
Dale Blum
Kathi Erickson
Breean Kay
Julie Monahan
Kathleen Sayo
Ann Weinmann
Mike Bohannon
Shelley Evans
Winifred Kehl
Helen Nesbitt
Della Scott
Fred Weinmann
Gina Bono
Norah Farnham
Janet Kimball
Shirley Newton
Maya Sears
Tela Whiteman
Philomena Bradford
Larry Friedman
Rick Klauber
Wayne Nguyen
Andrew Shetley
Doug Williams
Kelsey Byers
Sarah Friedman
Don Knoke
Dennis Oliver
Shirley Shimada
Gregg Wilson
Jessica Camp
Kristin Galioto
Victoria Kunze
Sheila Olmstead
Paul Slichter
Mike Wilson
Maureen Carisle
Jerry Galland
JeeSook Kutz
Emily Owens
Alan Smith
Conrad Winter
Aurora Cauthers-Knox
Jenny Gardner
Gene Lagerberg
Dan Paquette
Barb Smith
Bev Witte
Tara Champion
Gary Geiger
Karl Lang
Katie Paulson
Robert Smith
Charles Wright
Chandler Coles
Peter Gerber
Robin Lauber
Kylee Peterson
Spencer Smith
Yuan Yaowu
Anna Cooper
Ann Gibson
Grace Lee
Kaylan Petrie
Grant Snitker
Alan Yen
Mark Darrach
Niki Gilliland
Ben Legler
Russell Pharr
Cindy Spurgeon
Stephanie Zaborac
Arryn Davis
Katie Glew
Tristan Levine
Vietanh Phi
Ken Stella
30 B u r k e M u s e u m A n n ua l R e p o r t 2010 -2011
Financial Report
Despite continuing economic challenges, the Burke Museum completed fiscal year 2011 in a strong financial position.
Operational efficiencies, increases in private donations, and stabilization of public funding helped to close the modest
deficit remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 and begin rebuilding reserves.
2010–2011 Operating Budget: $5.1 Million
revenue
endowment
INTEREST
grant funds
released
expenses
9%
General
Administration
& Operations
16%
28%
43%
50%
EArned
Income
15%
10%
gifts
31 B u r k e M u s e u m A n n ua l R e p o r t 2010 -2011
state
Allocation
29%
Exhibits,
Education &
Public programs
Collections
& Research