Ken Johnsen leads the teams that build some of Seattle’s most visible, complex, and well known urban development projects. He’s most proud of how these iconic landmarks will endure as a backdrop for future generations, and their memories.
Western's magazine named the best in the PNW and Western Canada
Class Notes
Jake Koppenberg - 2010
Class Notes (General)
Jake Koppenberg, B.A., general studies, has returned to competitive golf and plays in U.S. Golf Association amateur events. He recently made it to the quarterfinals at the 2019 Mid-Amateur Championship at Colorado Golf Club southeast of Denver.
Patrick Farrell - 2005
Class Notes (General)
“The Sun is a Compass” by Caroline Van Hemert, ’05, M.A., English, recently published by Little, Brown Spark, is the story of her 4,000-mile journey with her husband Patrick Farrell, ’05, art – sculpture, from Bellingham to the western coast of Alaska by row-boat, foot, packraft, canoe and skis. Fellow writer and Alaskan Eowyn Ivey, ’95, B.A., journalism, called it “My favorite book of 2019 and one of the best Alaskan books I have ever read.”
Rod Roth - FRN
Obituaries
Rod Roth, 77, one of the founders of R&D Plastics in Oregon, who established and funded three scholarships in Western’s Plastics Engineering Program and supported the program for decades by hiring graduates and interns and providing materials, guest speakers and industry tours. He received the 2019 Community Volunteer Award from the Western Alumni Association.