Executive Director of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society Clay Eals spoke at the annual meeting of the organization during which our Publisher Jerry Robinson and co-founder of the SWSHS Joan Mraz were honored with video presentations.
As part of the commemoration of their 30th year, the Southwest Seattle Historical Society held their annual meeting on Nov. 15 to elect officers and honor two people who were there at the beginning.
Our publisher Jerry Robinson, who passed away on May 26 of this year and Joan Mraz who co-founded the organization with Elliott Couden, and who passed in February, were each honored with video presentations and memories from those attending the meeting.
Joan Mraz was interviewed and shared her memories of growing up in West Seattle. That video is here.
The video honoring Jerry Robinson was from a memorial service conducted for him in August. Various employees, friends and community members shared their memories of him. His son Timothy Robinson Co-Publisher also shared some thoughts and memories. That video is here.
Re-elected to the Board were:
President: Marcy Johnsen
Vice-President: Tia Hallberg
Treasurer: Ron Arant
Secretary: Peder Nelson
Board trustees
Three-year term (Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2017)
Kerry Korsgaard
Tasha Miller
Nancy Sorensen
