Thaddeus Spratlen

I loved thad. he was my mba thesis advisor at the UW in probably 1974. and since he lived up in north seattle, i would see him now and then when he shopped at Arts grocery store. only once did i come up to him and introduce myself - maybe 40 years after the UW. he was as kind and gentle as he was 40 years earlier. i think about him often because, if either of us had known about what i was writing as a thesis and what it would eventually turn out to be, we would have been the...

My condolences to the Spratlen. Both Thad and his beloved wife, Lois, were valued friends and esteemed colleagues in the larger community. Thad promised me a copy of his memoir. We will miss him.