United Nations Association Greater Seattle Chapter

Carol Goldenberg’s interest in international issues was inspired while living with international  students during her undergraduate years at the University of Washington.  She has worked in a number of arenas dealing with public education regarding international topics: Developing international courses and symposia for Continuing Education at the University of Washington,  Washington State Coordinator for the Great Decisions Program of the Foreign Policy Association, establishing the Council of Organizations for International Affairs, Publishing a directory of organizations in the Seattle area with interests in international issues, chairing the International Relations Committee for local and state Leagues of Women Voters and serving on a task force for LWV of the U.S.  Most challenging and satisfying were 22 years as Director of the Seattle Chapter of the United Nations Association where she continued to be inspired  by the generosity of  the academic community, churches, civic organizations, student interns, volunteers,  and board members who shared her passion for peace and justice, building support for the United Nations and international law.

Mayor Norm Rice proclaimed October 23, 1993 , Carol Goldenberg Day in Seattle.  Carol was the recipient of the Carrie Chapman Catt Award from the League of Women Voters and many years after initiating the Human Rights Day Awards in Seattle,  Carol was among the honorees.  She was the first woman in Seattle to be admitted to the Seattle Committee on Foreign Relations,  the local affiliate  of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

Hubert Gaylord Locke is a retired professor and Dean Emeritus of the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He was praised by University of Washington President William Gerberding for serving through financially perilous times while maintaining excellence for the program. After a sabbatical he returned to the university and directed courses on ethics, administration of justice, and urban policy and resumed research on policing in western societies and studies of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. He retired from the university in 1999. Mr. Locke is a moral leader, an author, a Holocaust scholar, and an authority on police and urban affairs. He has been described as “a sort of civic-wise-man-in-residence, counseling patience and understanding in politicians and offering a voice of reason on contentious issues from race relations to growth management” (The Seattle Times, July 9, 1995).

Joan’s interest in international affairs began as a child looking at old volumes of Lands and Peoples with pictures of people who looked and lived so differently from people in her city of Spokane, Wash. Her mother was a local organizer for UNICEF and the United Nations Association. During Joan’s university years she met a foreign student who urged her to become a missionary, but while preparing for that during graduate school she met and married an Iranian, opening her eyes to his culture.

Her father was Spokane city commissioner and mayor, so politics was to be an important part of her life working at the polls, on campaigns, and being a candidate for state representative in Washington State and Maine. She served as session aide for three years each in both states.

While raising her family in Clyde Hill, Wash. and managing an architechtural firm, she was involved in many community organizations and served on several national boards and committees of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She was president of the local League of Women Voters and the United Nations Association chapter while in North Carolina and Maine and spent 12 years travelling to New York for meetings of the UNA steering committee of chapters and the UNA national board. She served the UNA Seattle chapter as president and executive consultant to the chapter.

Katharine Muller Bullitt was born and raised in Massachusetts. She earned her B.A. (with honors) in Government from Radcliffe College and taught in Cambridge before heading west in 1953. She picked Seattle as the place she wanted to live.

During the past forty years Kay raised six children and dedicated herself to civic activism. Through her leadership in numerous organizations she has promoted: quality integrated public education, civil rights, the historic preservation of ships and buildings, and peace and international understanding. She helped found a women’s bank at a time when women had difficulty getting credit. And as a former trustee of The Bullitt Foundation Kay promoted environmental protection in the Pacific Northwest.

As a result of her civic contributions Kay has received many awards. These include the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the YMCA Milnor Roberts Award for World Peace Through International Understanding, the Partners in Public Education (PIPE) Katharine Muller Bullitt Award (named for her as its founder), the Ralph Bunche Award from the Peace Through Law Section of the Seattle Bar Association, the Paul Beeson Award from Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and the United Nations Seattle Chapter’s Human Rights Award.

Patricia Baillargeon was born in Seattle and graduated from Mills College, CA, with a degree in Political Science. She did post-graduate studies at Fordham University. In 1953, she became assistant to Eleanor Roosevelt at the United Nations Association. For over seven years she worked and traveled with Mrs Roosevelt, witnessing her tireless efforts in rallying support for the UN. Ms Baillargeon held numerous posts in the field of international trade including Director of the Department, World Trade Center, Port of Seattle and Assistant Director, Washington State International Trade Fair, and worked in Asia and Europe on numerous assignments. She was a founder of the Washington Council on International Trade and Washington China Relations Council. She currently serves on the Boards of the Burke Museum, Peach Foundation and the Asian Art Museum. She advocates for environmental, refugee and homelessness issues.

Well known as Washington’s longtime Secretary of State, Ralph Munro continues to foster international relationships, participate in humanitarian efforts, support global health initiatives, and work for the good of the people of Washington State. 

Mr. Munro received his Bachelor of Arts in Education in Political Science at Western Washington University.  He first became involved in state government in 1966 as a staff member for the House of Representatives during the legislative session.  In time, he became a strong leader within the Republican Party. 

In 1980, Ralph Munro was elected to the office of Secretary of State – a position he would hold until he retired from public service in 2001.  While in office, Secretary Munro brought about many innovative changes and a dramatic increase in international trade.  His awards include the Order of Civil Merit (awarded by King Juan Carlos of Spain), the Order of Friendship (awarded by Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation), and many more.  He is well respected as a political figure who brings together people of all party affiliations, nationalities, backgrounds, and beliefs.  

Mr. Munro served as president of the largest and fourth oldest Rotary Club in the world, Seattle Rotary Club Number 4.  In 2006, former Rotary President Jim Lacy presented Ralph with the International ‘Service Above Self’ award from the Rotary International Board of Directors. 

Rick Steves grew up in Edmonds, Washington and studied at the University of Washington where he received degrees in Business Administration and European History. But his real education came in Europe — since 1973 he’s spent 120 days a year in Europe. Spending one third of his adult life living out of a suitcase in Europe has shaped his thinking. Today he employs 80 people at his Europe Through the Back Door headquarters where he produces over 50 guidebooks on European travel, the most popular travel series in America on public television, a weekly hour-long national public radio show, and a weekly column syndicated by the Chicago Tribune. Rick Steves lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington. His office window overlooks his old junior high school.

Bill Gates Senior is a prominent lawyer, civil activist, philanthropist, husband, father, and grandfather, not necessarily in that order. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Washington, following three years of U.S. Army service in World War II.  He became a partner in the law firm of Shidler McBroom Gates & Lucas in 1964, guiding it through growth and mergers that would eventually establish Preston Gates & Ellis, today known as K&L Gates.

Bill has served as trustee, board member, officer and volunteer for more than two dozen Northwest organizations, including the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, King County United Way and the University of Washington’s Board of Regents.

Bill and his late wife, Mary Maxwell Gates, raised three children. Now married to Mimi Gardner Gates, he resides in Seattle, Washington.