whoops! I meant to write:
‘Stanley Ann Dunham’ is the name on the letter received through FOI - from the University with dates of ‘attendance’ - where-as the name on the card shows OBAMA. Stanley Ann Dunham.
I DID have both items of FOI communication downloaded, but regretfully lost them when my comp crashed months ago. However, the text is here:
Ms. Stanley Ann Dunham was enrolled at the University of Washington for: Autumn 1961 Winter 1962 Spring 1962
The records responsive to your request from the University of Washington are above as provided by the Public Disclosure Laws of Washington State. This concludes the University’s response to your Public Records request. Please feel free to contact our office if you have any questions or concerns.
Madolyne Lawson Office of Public Records 206-543-9180
There’s no major contradiction in the use of those three names. UW would have her indexed under both names, since her HS and UH transcripts were under those names.
Her use of the name “Anna Obama” in phone records was probably aimed at avoiding her HS friends — remember, none of them were aware she was still in town until 1962, and the two she visited on Mercer Island in late August 1961 say they never knew she was attending UW back then.
As far as the racial real estate restrictions, it’s obvious that by 1961 that neighborhood was in decline, judging by how the house she was living in had been subdivided into apartments rented by college students. The restrictions might have been on the books, but it’s doubtful they were enforced. Besides, Stanley Ann was white. The landlord needn’t know, or care, what color the infant was, if he/she even knew there was a child living there. Landlords who rent to college students tend not to be very picky, as long as the rent is paid and the tenants don’t set the place on fire.
Autumn quarter here starts in the last week of September. Bambi was born on August 4th. That gives mama Obama about a month and a half from the time of his birth to move to Seattle and attend classes.
I don't see why anyone would find that implausible.