GEORGE HALSEY

How time passes so quickly, almost ten years. George Halsey comes to mind so often: snapshots in my 'photo album', Candy Cane Lane/ drive and Ravenna Park, Faculty Club lunch companions, letter exchanges with Jack Singleton's daughter, Margles, chats with my niece, "little Ronda" to whose Lakeside wedding he bicycled some thirty-five years ago 'just to make sure she really got married',......thank you, George, for these memories and for being you.

George epitomized intellectual acumen and community spirit. I hope that I have incorporated some of his finest qualities in my own life to honor his worldly presence.

George continues inexplicably through our lives, as we cherish his unlimited compassion for and contribution to our community spirit.

If I can emulate just a few of George's admirably cultivated qualities, I will be a happy man who's learned from a great man. George elevated eccentricity to exceptional artform [along with mate Yadviga], to which children Bill, Julia, & Sarah are lucky heirs.

Essences of George's shining intellectual strength and compassion for community sustain my endurance----and my bicycling enthusiasm!

My country is El Salvador in Central America, and I was foreign student at UW in 1971-1973. I got my degrees in physics and in chemistry en 1973. As my first mayor was Physics and because of my background in chemistry, here in El Salvador, I only needed one year of Physical Chemistry to get my BS in Chemistry, with Dr. Halsey, and of course with his book, so I was no involved very deep in the life of de Chemistry Department. Is a honor to have the opportunity to have as professor the same who...

I met George and his family through a mutual friend, Dr. Edwin Hewitt and often joined the famous UW luncheon table - always room for one more chair. The conversations were stimulating with appropriate humor intertwined.

Happy memories include attending The Ring Cycle one summer, enjoying an elegant picnic on the lawn by the UW Canal, a walk in Ravenna Park and in 1989, a sign of true friendship when George bicycled to Lakeside School to witness my niece Ronda's Scottish...

George was my friendly neighbor. We moved next door in 1994. He enjoyed our many dogs and cats, some of whom visited him regularly. George was a great conversationalist and loved to discuss events and history. As the picture indicates, he was a bit of a character. His Halloween mask with large, sharp teeth was particularly frightening but much enjoyed by the neighbor children who came to his door. George had an amazing mind and a fantastic memory. I learned much from George about...

George always opened my sense of community through his unique, creative ways of biking or walking through both the University of Washington campus and the University District. In many ways he served as a vital prism: insightful about human behavior as well as wise in advising grassroots community initiatives. The University District Community Council realized its highest potential with George's gentle mentoring--and I became a much improved person thanks to George's extraordinary coaching....