The UW Board of Regents has approved a proposal to name the new UW Tacoma assembly hall after William W. Philip, thanks to a multi-million-dollar gift from James A. Milgard.
The University of Washington Tacoma honored a respected community leader and an alumnus making a difference in the world at its 2007 Founders Day ceremony in June.
Since October 2005, Koontz has convinced 31 area physicians and a number of other donors to contribute to the Physicians' Nursing Scholarship Fund, which partially covers tuition for current UW Tacoma nursing students.