BENJAMIN WOO: 1923-2008: UNSUNG HERO CHAMPIONED MUSEUM, PRESERVATION.(News)(Obituary)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: February 11, 2008| Author: Wong, Brad | Copyright information

Byline: BRAD WONG P-I reporter

As a boy, Benjamin Woo survived the Japanese invasion of the Shanghai area of China and helped his parents at the family's Queen Anne laundry business.

Woo, a thoughtful man, never studied architecture formally, but passed a qualifying exam to become an architect on his first try. He later designed the King County Fairgrounds.

He served as a King County construction director, loved studying mushrooms and always rem...

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