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Daniel J. Evans

A LIFE OF IMPACT

1959

1983

1943

Marries Nancy

1948

1964

1993

Joined the Navy

Senator Evans

1941

Governor Evans

Post-career

Graduates from the UW

Boy Scout

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1943-1946

Naval Service

Evans was deployed to the Pacific Ocean shortly after the end of World War II as a commissioned ensign on a succession of aircraft carriers. He was a navigator on the destroyer Leonard F. Mason in the Korean War.

1941

Scout's honor

Born in Seattle in 1925, Evans joined the boy scouts and became an Eagle Scout by age 16.

1953-1959

Early Career and Marriage

From 1953-1956, Evans worked on Seattle's structural engineering design team, contributing to the Alaskan Way Viaduct. He then served in the Washington State House of Representatives, where he became known for his environmentalist policies. In 1959, he married Nancy Ann Bell, a Spokane native, in her hometown. Together, they had three sons: Daniel, Mark and Bruce.

1993

Return to the UW

From 1993-2005, Evans served on the UW Board of Regents. In 1999, the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance was named for him. And in 2017, 877,000 acres of Olympic National Park was dedicated to him in honor of his conservation work.

1964-1983

Washington's governor

Evans was elected governor in 1964, defeating incumbent Democratic governor Albert Rosellini, and served until 1977. He became the second president of The Evergreen State College, which he founded in 1967. In this photo, he's scaling the clocktower on campus.

1946-1949

College Years

Evans graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering in 1948, followed by a master's in civil engineering a year later.

1983-1989

U.S. Senate

Following the death of Henry M. Jackson, '35, Evans was appointed to fill his seat in the U.S. Senate. Later that year, he won a special election to continue his role as senator and served until 1989. Evans did not enjoy his time in the senate, and he declined to run for reelection. But he was widely known for his progressive social and environmental views.