Posted on 02/13/2006 11:03:15 PM PST by Exton1
Students reject honor to WWII hero Member of Marines not 'sort of person UW wanted to produce' Posted: February 14, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Lt. Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington during World War II (Photo: National Archives) The University of Washington's student senate rejected a memorial for alumnus Gregory "Pappy" Boyington of "Black Sheep Squadron" fame amid concerns a military hero who shot down enemy planes was not the right kind of person to represent the school.
Student senator Jill Edwards, according to minutes of the student government's meeting last week, said she "didn't believe a member of the Marine Corps was an example of the sort of person UW wanted to produce."
Ashley Miller, another senator, argued "many monuments at UW already commemorate rich white men."
Senate member Karl Smith amended the resolution to eliminate a clause that said Boyington "was credited with destroying 26 enemy aircraft, tying the record for most aircraft destroyed by a pilot in American Uniform," for which he was awarded the Navy Cross.
Smith, according to the minutes, said "the resolution should commend Colonel Boyington's service, not his killing of others."
The senate's decision was reported first by Seattle radio talk-host Kirby Wilbur of KVI, whose listeners were "absolutely incensed," according to producer Matt Haver.
Brent Ludeman, president of the university's College Republicans, told WND in an e-mail the decision "reflects poorly on the university."
"Pappy Boyington went beyond the call of duty to serve and protect this country – he simply deserves better," Ludeman said. "Just last year, the university erected a memorial to diversity. Why can't we do the same for Pappy Boyington and others who have defended our country?"
The resolution points out Boyington, a student at the UW from 1930-34, served as a combat pilot in the 1st Squadron, American Volunteer Group – the "Flying Tigers of China" – and later as a Marine Corps combat pilot in charge of Marine Fighting Squadron 214, "The Black Sheep Squadron."
Along with the Navy Cross, Boyington was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt for his heroism. He was shot down and spent 20 months in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.
The resolution says, "Be it resolved … [t]hat we consider Col. Gregory Boyington, United States Marine Corps, to be a prime example of the excellence that this university represents and strives to impart upon its students, and, That we desire for a memorial for Col. Boyington be commenced by the University of Washington by 11 January 2008, the twentieth anniversary of his death, which will be publicly displayed, so that all who come here in future years will know that the University of Washington produced one of this country's bravest men, and that we as a community hold this fact in the highest esteem."
Commenting on the decision, a blogger who says he met Boyington on numerous occasions at a museum and air show over the years noted the famous flyer "was no rich boy," having grown up in a struggling family in which he was forced to work hard to make it through school. The blogger, who hosts the website Paradosis, also pointed out Boyington was part Sioux.
Boyington was open about his marital problems and alcohol abuse, saying notably, "Just name a hero and I'll prove he's a bum."
The blogger wondered, "have our Washington youth revised history so much as this? To compare Boyington – or for that matter any of our WW2 vets – to murderers? What are these kids being taught today? They don't deserve those 20 months Pappy spent being tortured and beaten in a Japanese prison camp ... they don't deserve any of what our grandfathers and grandmothers sacrificed to free Europe and the Pacific."
Boyington wrote a book in 1958 that reached the best-seller list, "Baa Baa, Black Sheep." In 1976, he sold rights to Universal, which aired a TV series for two seasons of the same name.
Boyington, who died Jan. 11, 1988, is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Jill Ann Edwards
* Member number: 426
* Status: Voting Member
* Offices: Equipment Manager, 2/13/2005–9/27/2005
- Senator, 9/28/2005–present
* First match: 10/2/2004
* Lifetime attendance: 11 matches
* Most recent match: 1/7/2006
* Recent victories: 1/7/2006
- 2/12/2005
- 1/8/2005 (with 431)
* Lifetime victories: 4
* Player of the Month: 3/6/2005 (with 421)
* Other distinctions: 2006 Swimsuit Calendar: Ms. April
She even looks like an smug elitist IDIOT!
http://students.washington.edu/croquet/photo/member.cgi?num=426
More pictures of #426 aka Jill Ann Edwards at link above.
That figures.
Thanks for posting the info in #56--that inspired me to find her picture. I like to see these people for myself.
Maybe she thinks they ought to have a monument to her--seeing as she has so many distinictions/honors.
A damn shame that the USS Iowa isn't a carrier. Would've been nice to see her a leave a San Fran port and send a pilot off in Pappy's Corsair to bomb the school - and her office in particular. Ungrateful bitch.
I felt like that when I first heard about this on Friday. I had to take a long walk to clear my thoughts.
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Idaho Researchers Develop Language For Underwater Robots
MOSCOW, Idaho
Researchers at the University of Idaho are teaching underwater robots to speak, learn and make decisions on their own.
The research isn’t just a flight of science-fiction fancy, says Dr. Dean B. Edwards, the mechanical engineering professor who is leading the project. Instead, it could eventually make it safer for the military to search out underwater mines in harbors.
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The research is partly funded by the U.S. Department of Defense through UI’s Center for Intelligent Systems Research.
Good grief - - LMAO!
I have read about Pappy Boyington and I am pretty sure he wouldn't want any commemoration from the scum that inhabits the University of Washington. In fact if I was there, I would fight it, too, in Pappy's honor.
Jeeezus, how slim are the pickins up there?!
Jeeezus, how slim are the pickins up there?!
Jill Edward's father...
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~dedwards/lectur~1.JPG
Dean B. Edwards
University of Idaho
Mechanical Engineering Department
Dean Edwards, President
Forest Robots, LLC
Moscow, ID
University of Idaho
Forest Robots LLC is a new company formed to commercialize technology developed at the University of Idaho. We are located in the Small Business Incubator on the University of Idaho campus. We were awarded a Phase 1 SBIR from the US Department of Agriculture in May 2003.
Research
I have two major research areas. One area is developing advanced powertrains for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). The other area is developing fuzzy logic control systems, both the theory and application. Please click on the appropriate picture to learn more about my research in these areas.
Please remember the term " The Ignorance of Youth ".
No kidding! lol!
She's the one with the DOG COLLAR ON?!!! lol!
This is precisely the sort of person who should be sent somewhere like Saudi Arabia to live indefinitely. She shouldn't be allowed to return until she grovels with an apology to Lt. Col. Boyington that includes admitting she was a spoiled, naive, arrogant and immature child who had no idea what she was taking for granted when she said the things she did when she was an enlightened UW student, which includes the sacrifices of many far better than her who provided her the opportunity to publicly demonstrate her stupidity and ingratitude.
After he receives her apology the Lt. Col. should feel free to take his good sweet time deciding whether to accept it or not.
As long as one of the local bars has a drink named after him, everything will be cool.
Really, it is a good school. All universities have this kind of element. If your daughter isn't prone to whimsical nonsense like this, she'll obtain a good post grad degree.
What is she studying medicine or law?
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