The University of Washington Bothell presented its 2017 Legacy Award to the Simonds/Green family for their commitment to education and their contributions to the UW Bothell campus and the city of Bothell.
Ronald Green Jr., Janet Green Hunter and Darrell Green are the grandchildren of Sarah Simonds Green, who is memorialized with a conservatory in her name — a greenhouse, classroom and gardens completed in 2013 on the edge of the campus wetlands.
The 2,800-square-foot complex was fully funded by the contributions of Gordon Green, Sarah’s son and the three siblings’ uncle who died in 2011. Green dedicated it to the memory of his pioneering Bothell family.
His grandfather, Henry Simonds, was the first principal of Bothell High School.
Green’s father, Charles Green, operated the first Ford dealership in the Bothell area, and his mother, Sarah Simonds, was a member of the first graduating class at Bothell High School and a lifelong devoted gardener. Hunter currently is a member of the UW Bothell Advisory Board.
The conservatory gift remains the largest private donation in UW Bothell history.
More about the family can be seen in this video.
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