A SCHOLARSHIP FUND: James S. Bethel, who led the UW College of Forest Resources through some of its most challenging years, has been honored with a scholarship fund in his memory. Bethel died May 18 at age 83. Bethel, who earned his bachelor’s at the UW and advanced degrees from Duke, joined the UW in 1962 as a forestry professor and associate dean of the UW Graduate School. He served as dean of the College of Forest Resources between 1964 and 1981. During that time, the college began to be ranked repeatedly in the top five forestry institutions in the United States, the college launched its pulp and paper program, started its Center of Quantitative Sciences and grew from one building to three. Even while dean, Bethel continued to teach undergraduate courses, oversee graduate students and conduct research. After resigning the deanship, he continued these activities and served as a consultant all over the world. Donations can be made to the Bethel Memorial Fund, Box 352100.

MEMOIRS: Two professors got a chance on the pages of a recent Sunday Seattle Times to reflect and remember days of war. Suzan V. Huney recalled a friend killed in 1969 during the Vietnam War in Scene’s “Essay” column. Huney, who writes about Arctic and Antarctic research for the UW’s Polar Science Center, came upon the name of her friend and a flood of memories in the Garden of Remembrance near Benaroya Hall, which prompted her to write the personal piece. Astronomy professor Woody Sullivan highlighted a strange and little-noted moment in Seattle history with his Pacific Northwest cover piece “U.S. Invades Husky Stadium.” In 1943, the U.S. made an amphibious assault on Husky Stadium, with Bob Hope riding in a tank and 40,000 Seattleites in attendance to hear a pitch for women to untie their apron strings and go to work for Boeing.

KUDOS: Peter Rhines, professor of oceanography and atmospheric sciences, has been named winner of the American Meteorological Society 1999 Henry Stommel Research Award. The award was given to Rhines “for amazing physical insight and profound appreciation of observations as a guide to understanding how the ocean works.” ¶