Public Information Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: December 13, 2005
CONTACT: Donna Myers, 206.546.4717

Dr. John Terrey donates Wyeth etchings and personal affects
to Shoreline Community College

Shoreline, WA — Dr. John Terrey and his wife, Elizabeth, residents of Richmond Beach, have donated a collection of prints, books and videos of American painters, N.C. Wyeth, his son, Andrew, and grandson, James (Jamie) Wyeth to the Ray W. Howard Library at Shoreline Community College. Dr. Terrey, who has taught classes on the Wyeths at the College’s Summercollege for Seniors for many years, formally presented the gifts to the Shoreline Community College Board of Trustee at the December 7th board meeting.

N.C. Wyeth gained fame for his illustrated works for classic novels such as Treasure Island, The Boy’s King and Robinson Crusoe. Andrew is recognized internationally as America’s foremost realist, and Jamie is known widely for his portraits and animal paintings. Among the items donated are four large etchings by Jamie; several books, a documentary video on Andrew, and a video on the Wyeth family which aired on the CBS Sunday Morning News in 1997.

Dr. Terrey served the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges as Deputy, and then as Executive Director, from 1969 through 1978. His career in higher education includes terms as president of the Washington Education Association, a higher education consultant to the Washington State Legislature, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Education Association. Some of his other professional affiliations included chairman of the Washington State Commission for the Humanities, and was a member of the Washington Council for Postsecondary Education, Washington State High Technology Coordinating Board, and the Washington Job Training Coordinating Board.

The donated books and videos have been catalogued and incorporated into the Library’s main collections. Community members are invited to join students and faculty to check out the items. The College’s Ray W. Howard Library is open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Shoreline Community College is located at 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, just west of Aurora Avenue and north of Seattle city limits.

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