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Join the University of Washington as we host our annual Veterans Appreciation programs. Veterans Appreciation is a cross-campus collaboration of units that work with and serve veterans across all three campuses of the university.

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2023 Distinguished Alumni Veteran - Dr. John Hess

Dr. John Hess, the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Aware recipient sees service as a way of life.

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2022 Distinguished Alumni Veteran - Michael Kilmer

Michael Kilmer, the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award recipient has dedicated his life to helping fellow veterans.

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2021 Distinguished Alumni Veteran - Dave Stone

Dave Stone, the recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award, created a legacy of service and dedication to his country, community, and University.

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2020 Distinguished Alumni Veteran - Rear Admiral (RET) Bill Center

Retired Rear Admiral Bill Center, the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award, created a legacy of dedication and service to his country and his University.

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2019 Distinguished Alumni Veteran - Hon. Ronald E. Cox

An owner of three Bronze Stars, the Hon. Ronald E. Cox is UWAA’s 2019 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award recipient.

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2018 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Priscilla "Patti" Taylor, '93, '96, U.S. Army

Sacrifice, service, selflessness all in a day’s work for alumni veteran award honoree

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Memorials on Campus

Across campus, memorials for those who have served and been killed in action who were members of the military community.

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Seeds of Hope

In the name of holistic mental health, Christopher Brown, '16, created Growing Veterans, an organization that reconnects veterans to each other - and to life.

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Documents that Changed the World: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Vietnam Memorial, designed by alum Maya Lin, is many things to many people.

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Detrek Jones: Army Veteran, Future Lawyer

An Army veteran, Detrek Jones wants to use his experience to help others.

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Helping Soldiers Tell Their Stories

English Professor Shawn Wong leads storytelling workshops for soldiers transitioning to civilian life, through the Red Badge Project.

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2017 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Raymond D. Emory, ’52, U.S. Navy

When he retired in 1985, the Pearl Harbor veteran found a new calling.

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2016 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Gen. Peter Chiarelli, M.P.A. '80, U.S. Army

Iraq veteran, General, Army Vice Chief of Staff, and champion of wounded heroes.

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2015 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, M.A. '76, Ph.D. '91, U.S. Army

Retired Army Col. Grethe Cammermeyer - nurse, Vietnam veteran, Bronze Star recipient, and civil rights champion

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2014 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Richard Layton, '54, '58, U.S. Navy

In 1946, Richard H. Layton, M.D. '54, '58 was a Second Class Petty Officer headed to Bikin Atoll in the Marshall Islands on a top-secret mission.

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2013 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Charles Matthaei, '43, U.S. Navy

For Charles Matthaei, as for many in what Tom Brokaw termed "the greatest generation," the bombing of Pearl Harbor was a life-changing experience.

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2012 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Herb Bridge, '47', U.S. Navy

In addition to his naval service, public service and philanthropy are at the core of Bridge's life. He founded the Seattle Housing Resources Group that builds low-cost housing.