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Cougar Crew member Walt Cowart (left) stands with Bob Orr outside the ruined WSU shellhouse in January 1972 in this black-and-white photo. A windstorm had destroyed the newly built shellhouse earlier that same month. It had been completed in fall 1971. (Photo courtesy of The Daily Evergreen.)
Bob Orr, the first coach of Cougar Crew, died February 21, 2025. The retired Vancouver, Washington, teacher, principal, and girls fast-pitch coach was 87.
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Alex Kuo
Longtime professor, distinguished poet and novelist, and American Book Award winner Alex Kuo died June 11, 2025. He was 86, and he had taught at #WSU for 33 years. Share your memories of him with us at wsm@wsu.edu. #GoCougs #OnceACougAlwaysACoug #InMemoriam
Alex Kuo
Longtime professor and distinguished poet and novelist Alex Kuo died June 11, 2025. He was 86 and had taught at #WSU for 33 years.
In 2002, he won the American Book Award for "Lipstick and Other Stories."
Share your memories of Kuo at wsm@wsu.edu. #GoCougs #OnceACougAlwaysACoug #InMemoriam
What are your favorite memories of George Raveling? Share your most beloved memories of the iconic #WSU basketball coach with us at wsm@wsu.edu.
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What will you remember most about George Raveling? Share your memories of the iconic #WSU basketball coach with us at wsm@wsu.edu.
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"George Raveling was an iconic figure not just at Washington State, but throughout the world of athletics."
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“As a collector, this was a jackpot,” he says. “But this was more than that. This was a Coug looking out for another Coug.”
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He knew he had stumbled upon something special when he found an online listing for George Raveling’s 1976 West Coast Coach of the Year plaque. So he reached out to the seller.
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Suddenly, George Raveling says, “I was right there beside him.” He seized the moment. “I said, ‘Dr. King, can I have that copy?’”
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Asked how he wants to be remembered, he pauses. “ ... I want to be remembered as a person who loved every second of every day that he lived in #Pullman, and I’m deeply honored and appreciate that I got to come back.” #WSU #GoCougs
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RIP Coach. #OnceACougAlwaysACoug #WSU #GoCougs
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This is a black-and-white portrait of Helen Szablya, wearing glasses and smiling at the camera.
Helen Szablya (’76 For. Lang. and Lit., German) was 22 when she and her husband escaped Hungary with their two toddlers and newborn. The writer, mother of seven, and Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Hungary died at 90 last October. #OnceACougAlwaysACoug
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To the Cougs who stayed for the Holliday Bowl,
Thank you! Thank you for your dedication. You showed you were committed to more than JUST the coaches or the NIL. You were committed to being a Coug.
Everyone who played/suited up in today’s Holiday Bowl - it’s #OnceACougAlwaysACoug for life ❤️🩶