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Jan and Dick Hunter. Courtesy photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Liz Gillespie
\nToward the end of his life, Gordon Green wanted to give back to his community \u2014 the one place he always considered home, even when he didn\u2019t live here. He wanted to give back to Bothell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gordon\u2019s niece, Jan Hunter, felt the same way when she and her husband pledged a $1 million legacy gift to UW Bothell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJan and Dick truly understand the importance of philanthropy and what it means for a university to be in a campaign,\u201d said UW Bothell Chancellor Wolf Yeigh. \u201cJan announced their gift around the same time she agreed to become the UW Bothell Advisory Board chair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHer timing and her leadership,\u201d he added, \u201cinspired many other campus and volunteer leaders to make their own campaign commitments, which helped propel us past our $35 million Campaign for UW Bothell goal.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A look back \u2014 and forward <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jan and Dick Hunter have given the University full discretion on how to spend their gift \u2014 a rarity with bequests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe would really like it to go to the greatest need, and there\u2019s no way for us to know at this point what that will be,\u201d said Hunter, who assumed her role as chair in July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI support UW Bothell because I believe in investing in the future. And I particularly believe in UW Bothell because I know there\u2019s a good percentage of students here who are the first in their families to go to college, and that\u2019s important to me,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunter\u2019s ties to UW Bothell date back more than a decade, when she and her brothers helped their Uncle Gordon Green map out his vision of leaving a legacy that honored his family\u2019s deep Bothell roots. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sarah Simonds Green Conservatory<\/a> is a testament to that vision. The greenhouse, classroom and gardens on the edge of campus wetlands memorializes Green\u2019s mother (Jan Hunter\u2019s grandmother) and her lifelong devotion to gardening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investing in her community <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every year since facilitating her uncle\u2019s gift, Hunter has deepened her involvement with UW Bothell, both as a donor and a volunteer. A member of the Advisory Board since 2015, Hunter gives to the University in numerous ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is also a passionate supporter of an endowed study-abroad scholarship fund<\/a> named after Anna Bui, a UW Bothell student from Mukilteo who died by gun violence in 2016. As a resident of Mukilteo herself, she was moved by the community\u2019s efforts to support Anna\u2019s family and honor her memory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunter hasn\u2019t lived in Bothell since she left for college, attending Whitman College then graduating from the University of Maryland, yet still and always will consider Bothell home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving such an excellent University right here in my hometown \u2014 it\u2019s a gift,\u201d Hunter said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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