Jay Gregory Dash

Jay Gregory DASH Greg Dash, born June 28, 1923, died November 28, 2010 at home after a long illness. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, December 12, 1:30 to 3:30 at Horizon House, 900 University Street, Seattle, in the first floor performance hall. Greg was born in Brooklyn to Emanuel and Shirley Dash. He graduated from CCNY, earned a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University, and joined the Navy during WWII, where he trained as a radar technician in the Pacific Fleet. In June 1945 when Greg married Joan Zeiger, the rabbi predicted the marriage would not last. The marriage lasted 65 happy years. After the war, the family moved to New Mexico where Greg worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory. One sleepless night in 1960, he wrote a letter to a friend at the University of Washington, which led to a job offer from the UW Physics Department; he was a professor there until retirement. Greg was active in the peace movement during the Vietnam War, and in the successful effort to prevent construction of an ABM base at Fort Lawton. He enjoyed tennis (until his knees gave out), photography, and dinners with family and friends. After retirement, he taught physics in the UW Early Entrance program. He was proud of his young students, especially when they asked tough questions. In addition to Joan, Greg leaves behind children Michael, Tony (wife Dodie), and Liz (husband Jeff); grandchildren Nate and Sam; and Greg's brother Robert. Instead of flowers, the family requests that you make a donation in Greg Dash's memory to Horizon House, Attn: Philanthropy Office, 900 University Street, Seattle, WA 98101 or your favorite charity.