Posted on 02/17/2006 8:06:12 PM PST by freepatriot32
Here's a follow-up on the fight to honor Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington of "Black Sheep Squadron" fame at the University of Washington. Renee Fricke, Director of the Annual Giving Programs at the University of Washington Foundation, e-mails:
Michelle, You might be interested to know that we've set up the Lt. Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington Memorial Scholarship Fund through the University of Washington Foundation and have provided a link on the UW Foundation website for folks who want to support this effort. We've gotten a number of e-mails expressing an interest in supporting this fund.
This fund will provide scholarships to undergraduate students who are either a U.S Marine Corps veteran or are the child of a U.S Marine Corps veteran.
Here's the link to support this effort:
http://www.uwfoundation.org/
Thanks for sharing this with your readers!
original story here Students Reject Honor to 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' Hero (Col. Greg "Pappy" Boyington)
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Well at least the alumni aren't as brainwashed by the leftist regime as the students obviously are. Kudos to them.
They had on of the little twits on Fox News saying how Pappy Boyington killed a lot of people and they didn't want a memorial to that. Their moral blindness is sickening as it is dangerous.
YOU GO NEAL!!! Neal Boortz started this idea the other day and thanks to Michelle for keeping the ball rolling!
So9
There really isn't any major rival in the Pacific Northwest. While sometimes the names of schools like WSU or the University of Oregon are bandied about as rivals, in reality UW is the major force in education in the Pacific Northwest. Most of that is due to the medical school (which, without qualifications, is one of the best in the world), and the massive amount of political clout UW has. A very significant number (if not an outright majority) of business leaders and politicians in the Pacific Northwest have studied at UW or have strong connections to UW.
I find it unlikely that any politicians or business leaders in the state of Washington would even consider trying to diminish UW's importance. This is sort of unfortunate in a way, because with all the focus on UW, the state of Washington has not built enough schools to allow the majority of students in state the ability to study at a school in Washington.
BFR.
She is pretty But I am also biased having a Asian wife!
I'm jealous.
Yeah, I used to watch Baa Baa Black Sheep on TV and got to see "Pappy" on one show ...
I watched Fox News and wondered if that idiot ever stopped to think that it was because of people like Pappy Boyington that he has the freedom to attend a university and enjoy the lifestyle he has.
LOL thanks!
I saw that.
Honestly, when I see stuff like that, I can understand how somebody might decide to murder somebody.
I have an asian fiance(hopefully wife by the end of the year) Who i think is prettier then michelle but then again im openly biased lol.
evan (who needs to smile more when she gets her pic taken :-)
:+)
She is a Pretty lady!
thanks
The LAST place a scholarship in Boyington's name should go is UW. No matter who the recipient is, the money goes to the school. Send 'em somewhere where a school knows and honors what Pappy stood for - not the University of Havana Lite.
So9,
"Wouldn't it make more sense to set up the fund at U Wash's biggest rival?"
Ohhh, I like that!!!
"There really isn't any major rival in the Pacific Northwest."
That may be so. However, from the border on down to the South, the wacko fagbags are West of the mountains. Once you get to the East of the mtns, both the climate and the people improve dramatically. Therefore, why not memorialize Pappy at some uni in Spokane: it's on the right, not the left, side of the state?
I saw the morons also.
They are probably a bunch of spoiled kids who never had to sacrifice for anything in their miserable little lives.
I graduated from the Gonzaga Engineering School in 1980. At the time, we were unaccredited, but a tough program to get through. UW, on the other hand, was accredited but facing probation.
I strongly disapprove of the liberal slope GU is sliding down, but I'd match them up against the Dawgs any day.
btw, a great number of current Business leaders, politicians, Military Leaders and sports greats are Gonzaga products. Of what population basis is this UW "majority" a "majority"?
Not entirely true. The Kitsap Peninsula and parts of Tacoma tend to have a lot of conservatives due to the large military presence. While I'm not a Washington native (I originally came from Montana), I've come to believe that a roughly 60 mile radius around the city of Seattle (obviously excluding parts of Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula enclosed) contains the vast majority of liberal fruitcakes in the state. If it weren't for the western half of King county I think Washington would be a very conservative state.
Mostly a Seattleocentric view. I'm just saying what I'm seeing. I'm not a Washington native so my view is perhaps less knowledgeable (but perhaps more objective) that a native Washingtonian. But as far as I can see, every major business in the state tends to be strongly affiliated with UW (like Microsoft and Boeing). Even when I lived in Kitsap County (for my stint in the Navy) I noticed a strong influence.
Btw, I very much respect Gonzaga. I hear great things about its law program. My brother once considered going there.
I strongly disapprove of the liberal slope GU is sliding down, but I'd match them up against the Dawgs any day.
Well, Gonzaga certainly has the advantage of not being in the liberal capital of the northwest. I would imagine that the amount of opposition to changes in Gonzaga would be trivial compared to what would be needed to change UW. In my opinion, the only way to change UW is to change Seattle.
Not nice to post px. on a Friday nite when wife is 'not available' ;-(
Cut off all Federal grants and funds that go to UW. Cut of all funds that go to the city of San Francisco. No money for a University that has a memorial honoring commies, but hates "Pappy"! No more money for the hate America, Military free zone of fruitsville! Screw them all!
LLS
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