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Seattle

(Encyclopedia)Seattle sēătˈəl [key], city (2020 pop. 737,015), seat of King co., W Wash., built on seven ...

Allen, Paul Gardner

(Encyclopedia)Allen, Paul Gardner, 1953–2018, American business executive and philanthropist, b. Seattle. He dropped out of Washington State Univ. (1974) and with his friend Bill Gates co-founded (1975) Microsoft...

Kirkland

(Encyclopedia)Kirkland, city (1990 pop. 40,052), King co., W Wash., a suburb of Seattle on Lake Washington; inc. 1905. The city produces semiconductors, transformers, prefabricated metal buildings, heating and navi...

Griffey, Ken, Jr.

(Encyclopedia)Griffey, Ken, Jr. (George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.), 1969–, American baseball player, b. Donora, Pa. The son of a veteran outfielder, he joined the Seattle Mariners of the American League in 1989, playe...

Wilkens, Lenny

(Encyclopedia)Wilkens, Lenny (Leonard Randolph Wilkens), 1937–, American basketball player and coach, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. After playing at Providence College, he joined the St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketbal...

Mountlake Terrace

(Encyclopedia)Mountlake Terrace, city (1990 pop. 19,320), Snohomish co., NW Wash., a residential suburb of Seattle; inc. 1954. Its manufactures include refrigeration systems and communications equipment. ...

Edmonds

(Encyclopedia)Edmonds, city (2020 pop. 42,853), Snohomish co., NW Wash., a residential suburb of Seattle, on Puget Sound; inc. 1890. There is boatbuilding and the man...

Lynnwood

(Encyclopedia)Lynnwood, city (1990 pop. 28,695), Snohomish co., W central Wash., a residential and industrial suburb of Seattle; inc. 1959. Aerospace parts, communications and electrical equipment, electronic compo...

Buck, Linda B.

(Encyclopedia)Buck, Linda B., 1947–, American neurobiologist, b. Seattle, Wash., Ph.D. Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 1980. Buck taught at Harvard Medi...

Yamasaki, Minoru

(Encyclopedia)Yamasaki, Minoru mĭnōˈro͞o yämäsäˈkē [key], 1912–86, American architect, b. Seattle. Yamasaki worked for prominent architectural firms in New York City from 1937 until 1949, when he formed ...
 

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