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Summer 2026

Other Notable Alumni

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Summer 2026

Music and Memory: A Chat with Doug Bradley

Before mixing tapes, burning CDs, and downloading individual songs or albums, kids collected 45s. More than half a century later, one of those kids, now retired and a grandfather, is using the same singles in the record collection of his youth to tell the story of his coming of age.

Doug Bradley (’74 MA English) grew up against a backdrop of rock ‘n’ roll and racial tension. The Tracks of My Years: A Music-Based Memoir (2025, Legacy Book Press) shares the music that meant something to him as a boy in post-World War II Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as a college student in 1960s rural … » More …

Philip Meech roasting coffee
Fall 2025

A coffee adventure

Philip Meech and Caffè Lusso take people on a coffee journey around the world. A coffee roaster and entrepreneur for over 25 years, he wants coffee drinkers to slow down, taste the roasted beans, and enjoy the rich variety.

Philip Meech roasting coffeeCourtesy Caffé Lusso

In this episode, Philip talks with Washington State Magazine editor Larry Clark about enjoying coffee, his lifelong love of coffee, the art and science of coffee roasting, and his journey from … » More …

Fall 2025

Always educating: WSU Police Chief Dawn Daniels

Dawn Daniels was appointed as Washington State University’s police chief in August 2025. Daniels (’97 Soc. Stu.) shares her journey from WSU student to leading the university’s police department.

Over the years, she has served in various WSU roles including community policing officer, sergeant, and firearms instructor. With nearly three decades of service, she reflects on her career, her new role as police chief, the evolving role of campus policing, and her commitment to student success and community collaboration.

“I’ve always viewed policing as teaching—just in a different way,” Daniels says.

She talks with Washington State Magazine editor … » More …

Dick Perez and artwork
Summer 2025

The art of baseball: Dick Perez, Marq Evans, and The Diamond King

For over 20 years, Dick Perez was the official artist of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, painting the game’s history and every Hall of Fame ballplayer—a project he continues into his 80s.

Marq Evans (Claydream, The Glamour & The Squalor) directed The Diamond King, a documentary that tells the fascinating story of Perez, the “Picasso of Baseball,” whose portraits transformed the commemoration of America’s most iconic pastime.

The Diamond King logo

In this episode, Evans (’03 Busi.) talks with Washington … » More …

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Summer 2025

Collecting the Diamond Kings

Marq Evans collected baseball cards as a kid. Ken Griffey Jr. and Bo Jackson, especially the painted portraits in the Donruss Perez-Steele Diamond Kings collection, were favorites.

“I loved those cards when I was 9, 10, 11, 12 years old,” says Evans (’03 Busi.), who rediscovered his old Diamond Kings in June 2022 when his son Jude, then 12, “started falling in love with baseball.”

Evans pulled his old collection out of the garage. “It was a portal back to my childhood,” he says. “I hadn’t thought about them in a long time. My first thought was: I wonder what the story of this artist is?”

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