Obituaries

David Cohn, prominent Seattle restaurateur and former UW regent, died on his way home from his office Sept. 8, a week after suffering a heart attack. He was 85. Despite growing up in Indianapolis and being a University of Indiana alumnus, he was an avid Husky fan and a generous donor to the UW athletics program.

Cohn served in WWII and during the war married his wife, Ruth. In 1947, after a trip to Seattle, they decided to move to the city. Cohn's first restaurant, The Barb, opened in 1951 and soon there were a dozen Barbs in throughout the greater Seattle region. In the following decades he opened at least 40 other establishments, including The Metropolitan Grill and Union Square Grill. Although Cohn retired in 1983, he continued to come to the office almost every day.

Cohn served as a regent from 1980 to 1995 and at one point headed the Tyee Board of athletic boosters. He was also a supporter of professional athletics. In the 1970s, Cohn helped bring professional baseball back to Seattle after the Seattle Pilots left.

The family asks that donations in his name be made to Temple de Hirsch Sinai or the UW Athletics Department.

Aubrey Gorbman, renowned researcher and professor in zoology and endocrinology, died at his home in Seattle Sept. 21 from Parkinson's disease. He was 88. In addition to his scientific endeavors, Gorbman was an early advocate for women in science. Gorbman, the son of Russian immigrants, was born in 1914 in Detroit. He graduated from Wayne State University in 1935. In 1938, he married Genevieve Tapperman and they moved to Berkeley, Calif., where two years later he earned a doctorate in zoology.

Gorbman held fellowships at Yale University and was part of the zoology faculties at Barnard College and Columbia University before moving to Seattle in 1963, where he become chair of the UW's zoology department. Even after his retirement in 1985, Gorbman continued to work in the lab. In 1998, President Clinton honored him with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. He is scheduled to have two articles published posthumously.

The family asks that contributions be made to the UW's Aubrey Gorbman Lecture Fund. For information, call Paul Rudnick at 616-1701.

John T. "Terry" Moore, longtime director of the UW School of Music, died Sept. 8 from complications after a stroke. He was 88.

Born in Dronfield, England in 1916, Moore came to America with his family when he was 14, settling in Detroit. He earned a master's degree at the University of Illinois and after spending the war years as a flight instructor, received a teaching position at the University of the Pacific in 1946.

Moore arrived at the UW in 1948. As director of the School of Music, he helped bring eminent pianists and teachers such as Bela Siki and Neal O'Doan to UW.

Though his retirement years included many trips to his birth country, he continued to teach piano. At the time of his death he still had lessons scheduled.

The family asks that donations for piano scholarships in his name be made to the UW School of Music.