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George Frederick Frye – Seattle pioneer and politician; Edgar Gott – aviation pioneer, first president of Boeing; Carl F. Gould – architect, educator; George Hager – cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; John "DOK" Hager – cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times; Alex Haley – writer, author of Roots
The City University of Seattle (CityU) is a private university in Seattle, Washington. City University was founded in 1973 as City College by a group of business leaders and educators in the Seattle area led by Michael A. Pastore with an original mission dedicated to providing higher education for working adults. In 1982, City College changed ...
Swedish mass migration took off in the spring of 1841 with the departure of Uppsala University graduate Gustaf Unonius (1810–1902) together with his wife, a maid, and two students. This small group founded a settlement they named New Upsala in Waukesha County, Wisconsin , and began to clear the wilderness, full of enthusiasm for frontier life ...
Seattle is 5% Chinese, and 15% Asian. Nearby Bellevue has a larger Chinese and Asian/Asian Indian population, at least 25%. Significant Asian Seattle communities include Chinatown-International District, Beacon Hill and Capitol Hill. Most Asian people live in East King County (Bellevue area). Redmond is the 1st largest Asian percentage.
Grady Sizemore (born 1982) (Seattle), MLB player, three-time All-Star, Silver Slugger award winner; Tom Skerritt (born 1933), actor; lives in Lake Washington; Alex Smith (born 1984) (Seattle), quarterback for Kansas City Chiefs; Jeff Smith (1939–2004) (Seattle), food expert, television personality; Shawn Smith (1956–2019), rock musician
Applicants are required by state law and city charter to be a U.S. citizen, qualified elector of Washington, read and write in English, and be an active registered voter of the City of Seattle for ...
This is a list of sister cities in the United States state of Washington.Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.
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