Exchanges

Throughout our over 50-year history, STSCA has sponsored numerous US-Uzbek exchanges and projects. Each exchange program/project involved many dedicated volunteers who managed various aspects of the program. We are grateful to all our volunteers, but for brevity’s sake list only the lead individual(s) here.

Exchanges

  • Alpinists – Frith Maier
  • Art – Paul D. Natkin
  • Art Pattison Communications Exchange Program – Michael James Allan, Alan Boyle, and David Endicott
  • Ceramic artists – Wally Bivins and Joanne Young
  • Chefs – Lydia Barrett
  • Cinematographers – Dale Blindheim and Dave Frankel
  • Dance (traditional Uzbek dance) – Laurel Gray and Emiko Nakamura
  • Dentists – Richard Johnson, Rosh Doan, and Betty Sherman
  • Domestic-violence prevention – Karen Greene and Diana Pearce
  • English-language resource center – Joyce Doan, Patricia Leigh, Rich Hawkins, and Joanne Young
  • Hospitals – Victoria Gallanti
  • Human Potential seminars – Roy and Leigh Farrell
  • Jewish community – Rob Spitzer
  • Lawyers – Robert Alsdorf and Terrance A. Carroll
  • Music (Classical and Rock ‘n’ Roll) – Hal Green
  • Organizational-management development – Millard and Bonnie Mott
  • Orphanage support through OCCA (Orphan Care for Central Asia) – Paula and Jim Quigley
  • Parks – Mayor Wes Uhlman (Tashkent Park in Seattle), Fred Noland (Seattle Peace Park in Tashkent)
  • Peace Table (sharing knowledge of the food industry) – Jerilyn Brusseau
  • Photography – Claire Garoutte and Ray Meuse
  • Physicians – Rosh Doan, Roy Farrell, and Royce Morrison
  • Public administration– City of Seattle Internship
  • Puppet theater – Chris and Stephen Carter
  • Schools – Jay and Susan Sasnett, Barb Clagett
  • Sculpture – Richard (Rich) Beyer
  • Sports/Amputee soccer – Brad Bodley and Bill Barry
  • Teachers – Angela Halonen-Webb and Kara Vasser
  • Tightrope walkers (traditional from Tashkent) – Joyce Doan
  • Trade and business – Gary Furlong
  • Youth summer camp – Hal Green
  • Zoos – City of Seattle

Special Project

    • Akhror Fund (Long-term support for an accident victim from Tashkent) – Joyce Doan and Joanne Young

University Exchanges (University of Washington with Tashkent academic institutions)

  • Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization – Ilse Cirtautas
  • Graduate students/Tashkent State University – Will Dirks and Megan Gorman
  • Student Exchange office – David Fenner
  • Architecture/Urban Planning department – Art Rice
  • Business School/Tashkent State Economic Institute
  • Drama department/Ilkhom Theater
  • Engineering College/Tashkent Polytechnic Institute – Pete Lauritzen
  • History department – Aldon Bell
  • Mathematics department – Edwin Hewitt

Exchanges/Projects Co-Sponsored by STSCA

  • Central Asian textiles exhibits – Seattle Art Museum
  • Ceramic artists exchange (co-sponsored with Pottery Northwest) – Joanne Young and Wally Bivins
  • “Colors of the Oasis” (ikat) exhibit at the Seattle Asian Art Museum and film showing of “Desert of Forbidden Art” – MIR Travel Corporation

  • Glasnost’ and Goodwill: Citizen Diplomacy in the Northwest exhibit – Washington State History Museum

  • Goodwill Games – Carmen Mathews
  • Ilkhom Theater exchange with ACT Theater – Kurt Beattie
  • Million Cranes project for schoolchildren (organized by Ploughshares) – Akemi Matsamoto and Dwight Wilson
  • Peace Child theater project – Helen Strickland
  • Physician exchanges (co-sponsored with Medical Teams International) – Shukhrat Arifdjanov
  • Religious leaders from Uzbekistan (co-sponsored by U.S. State Department)
  • Seattle Peace Park in Tashkent (co-sponsored with Ploughshares and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers)
  • Seattle Peace Chorus – Helen Lauritzen and Helen Hustad
  • Target Seattle – Aldon and Betsy Bell, Kay Bullitt, and Rosh Doan
  • Teacher and Student exchanges (co-sponsored with Accent on Understanding) – Dan Peterson
  • Ten Thousand Tiles project (tiles decorated and shipped to Tashkent for the Seattle Peace Park) – Akemi Matsamoto