Daughter: Mary Margaret Meany Keene (1938-), her husband, Stephen Winslow Keene (1928-2013)
Edmond Meany Jr., 95, meticulous historian
Feb 3, 2003
By Michael Ko
Seattle Times staff reporter
Edmond Meany Jr., an accomplished historian and educator whose father was one of Washington state's most distinguished professors and conservationists, died recently of pneumonia at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass. He was 95.
Born in Seattle, Mr. Meany attended Roosevelt High School and graduated from the University of Washington in 1929. He received a doctorate in history from Harvard University after completing a thesis on "The history of the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest until 1917."
He enlisted in the Navy, where he wrote an administrative history of the 9th Naval District of the Great Lakes. Then he worked as a history teacher, counselor and headmaster at prep schools in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Family members remembered his meticulous habit of documenting and labeling everything in the house, as well as his ability to write warm, precise letters.
He was married to Dorothy Adjutant for 69 years, until she died in 2000.
Mr. Meany's father, who died in 1935, taught history and forestry at the University of Washington and collected important Native American and early pioneer artifacts, which have since been donated to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the University of Washington's special collections. The senior Meany is credited with introducing many of the varieties of trees at the UW.
"The first 30 years or so of the century, he was very important as far as establishing the University of Washington, the city and even the state," said Walt Crowley, a local historian and editor of historylink.org.
Mr. Meany's mother was a schoolteacher. From his parents' work, Mr. Meany cultivated his own strong sense of curiosity and compassion, said Margaret Keene, Mr. Meany's daughter, who lives in Georgetown, Mass.
"Anything he wrote, anything he did, he learned as much as he could about it, and he was accurate about it," Keene said. "He learned not to surmise anything. I've been brought up in a family of historians, who don't dare embellish."
Nathan Dudley, Mr. Meany's grandson, who lives in Gig Harbor, recalled his grandfather's "amazing memory."
"You could sit down and talk to him, and he could remember everybody and everything, and all their connections," Dudley said. "He could talk endlessly about who founded the Mountaineers or what happened in Seattle."
Mr. Meany retired in 1972 and concentrated on studying American history, woodworking and gardening. He lived in West Yarmouth, Mass., before he died Dec. 30. During his career, he was also a researcher for the U.S. Forest Service and an archivist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
In addition to Keene, Mr. Meany is survived by his daughter Elizabeth "Betsy" Dudley of Star, Idaho; two grandsons; and four great-grandchildren, one of whom was born the day Mr. Meany died. Services will be private. Memorial donations may be made to the Northfield Mount Hermon School, 206 Main St., Northfield, MA 01360, or the Chatham Historical Society, 347 Stage Harbor Road, Chatham, MA 02633.
Edmond Meany Jr., 95, meticulous historian
Feb 3, 2003
By Michael Ko
Seattle Times staff reporter
Edmond Meany Jr., an accomplished historian and educator whose father was one of Washington state's most distinguished professors and conservationists, died recently of pneumonia at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass. He was 95.
Born in Seattle, Mr. Meany attended Roosevelt High School and graduated from the University of Washington in 1929. He received a doctorate in history from Harvard University after completing a thesis on "The history of the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest until 1917."
He enlisted in the Navy, where he wrote an administrative history of the 9th Naval District of the Great Lakes. Then he worked as a history teacher, counselor and headmaster at prep schools in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Family members remembered his meticulous habit of documenting and labeling everything in the house, as well as his ability to write warm, precise letters.
He was married to Dorothy Adjutant for 69 years, until she died in 2000.
Mr. Meany's father, who died in 1935, taught history and forestry at the University of Washington and collected important Native American and early pioneer artifacts, which have since been donated to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the University of Washington's special collections. The senior Meany is credited with introducing many of the varieties of trees at the UW.
"The first 30 years or so of the century, he was very important as far as establishing the University of Washington, the city and even the state," said Walt Crowley, a local historian and editor of historylink.org.
Mr. Meany's mother was a schoolteacher. From his parents' work, Mr. Meany cultivated his own strong sense of curiosity and compassion, said Margaret Keene, Mr. Meany's daughter, who lives in Georgetown, Mass.
"Anything he wrote, anything he did, he learned as much as he could about it, and he was accurate about it," Keene said. "He learned not to surmise anything. I've been brought up in a family of historians, who don't dare embellish."
Nathan Dudley, Mr. Meany's grandson, who lives in Gig Harbor, recalled his grandfather's "amazing memory."
"You could sit down and talk to him, and he could remember everybody and everything, and all their connections," Dudley said. "He could talk endlessly about who founded the Mountaineers or what happened in Seattle."
Mr. Meany retired in 1972 and concentrated on studying American history, woodworking and gardening. He lived in West Yarmouth, Mass., before he died Dec. 30. During his career, he was also a researcher for the U.S. Forest Service and an archivist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
In addition to Keene, Mr. Meany is survived by his daughter Elizabeth "Betsy" Dudley of Star, Idaho; two grandsons; and four great-grandchildren, one of whom was born the day Mr. Meany died. Services will be private. Memorial donations may be made to the Northfield Mount Hermon School, 206 Main St., Northfield, MA 01360, or the Chatham Historical Society, 347 Stage Harbor Road, Chatham, MA 02633.
Daughter: Mary Margaret Meany Keene (1938-), her husband, Stephen Winslow Keene (1928-2013)
Edmond Meany Jr., 95, meticulous historian
Feb 3, 2003
By Michael Ko
Seattle Times staff reporter
Edmond Meany Jr., an accomplished historian and educator whose father was one of Washington state's most distinguished professors and conservationists, died recently of pneumonia at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass. He was 95.
Born in Seattle, Mr. Meany attended Roosevelt High School and graduated from the University of Washington in 1929. He received a doctorate in history from Harvard University after completing a thesis on "The history of the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest until 1917."
He enlisted in the Navy, where he wrote an administrative history of the 9th Naval District of the Great Lakes. Then he worked as a history teacher, counselor and headmaster at prep schools in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Family members remembered his meticulous habit of documenting and labeling everything in the house, as well as his ability to write warm, precise letters.
He was married to Dorothy Adjutant for 69 years, until she died in 2000.
Mr. Meany's father, who died in 1935, taught history and forestry at the University of Washington and collected important Native American and early pioneer artifacts, which have since been donated to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the University of Washington's special collections. The senior Meany is credited with introducing many of the varieties of trees at the UW.
"The first 30 years or so of the century, he was very important as far as establishing the University of Washington, the city and even the state," said Walt Crowley, a local historian and editor of historylink.org.
Mr. Meany's mother was a schoolteacher. From his parents' work, Mr. Meany cultivated his own strong sense of curiosity and compassion, said Margaret Keene, Mr. Meany's daughter, who lives in Georgetown, Mass.
"Anything he wrote, anything he did, he learned as much as he could about it, and he was accurate about it," Keene said. "He learned not to surmise anything. I've been brought up in a family of historians, who don't dare embellish."
Nathan Dudley, Mr. Meany's grandson, who lives in Gig Harbor, recalled his grandfather's "amazing memory."
"You could sit down and talk to him, and he could remember everybody and everything, and all their connections," Dudley said. "He could talk endlessly about who founded the Mountaineers or what happened in Seattle."
Mr. Meany retired in 1972 and concentrated on studying American history, woodworking and gardening. He lived in West Yarmouth, Mass., before he died Dec. 30. During his career, he was also a researcher for the U.S. Forest Service and an archivist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
In addition to Keene, Mr. Meany is survived by his daughter Elizabeth "Betsy" Dudley of Star, Idaho; two grandsons; and four great-grandchildren, one of whom was born the day Mr. Meany died. Services will be private. Memorial donations may be made to the Northfield Mount Hermon School, 206 Main St., Northfield, MA 01360, or the Chatham Historical Society, 347 Stage Harbor Road, Chatham, MA 02633.
Edmond Meany Jr., 95, meticulous historian
Feb 3, 2003
By Michael Ko
Seattle Times staff reporter
Edmond Meany Jr., an accomplished historian and educator whose father was one of Washington state's most distinguished professors and conservationists, died recently of pneumonia at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass. He was 95.
Born in Seattle, Mr. Meany attended Roosevelt High School and graduated from the University of Washington in 1929. He received a doctorate in history from Harvard University after completing a thesis on "The history of the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest until 1917."
He enlisted in the Navy, where he wrote an administrative history of the 9th Naval District of the Great Lakes. Then he worked as a history teacher, counselor and headmaster at prep schools in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Family members remembered his meticulous habit of documenting and labeling everything in the house, as well as his ability to write warm, precise letters.
He was married to Dorothy Adjutant for 69 years, until she died in 2000.
Mr. Meany's father, who died in 1935, taught history and forestry at the University of Washington and collected important Native American and early pioneer artifacts, which have since been donated to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the University of Washington's special collections. The senior Meany is credited with introducing many of the varieties of trees at the UW.
"The first 30 years or so of the century, he was very important as far as establishing the University of Washington, the city and even the state," said Walt Crowley, a local historian and editor of historylink.org.
Mr. Meany's mother was a schoolteacher. From his parents' work, Mr. Meany cultivated his own strong sense of curiosity and compassion, said Margaret Keene, Mr. Meany's daughter, who lives in Georgetown, Mass.
"Anything he wrote, anything he did, he learned as much as he could about it, and he was accurate about it," Keene said. "He learned not to surmise anything. I've been brought up in a family of historians, who don't dare embellish."
Nathan Dudley, Mr. Meany's grandson, who lives in Gig Harbor, recalled his grandfather's "amazing memory."
"You could sit down and talk to him, and he could remember everybody and everything, and all their connections," Dudley said. "He could talk endlessly about who founded the Mountaineers or what happened in Seattle."
Mr. Meany retired in 1972 and concentrated on studying American history, woodworking and gardening. He lived in West Yarmouth, Mass., before he died Dec. 30. During his career, he was also a researcher for the U.S. Forest Service and an archivist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
In addition to Keene, Mr. Meany is survived by his daughter Elizabeth "Betsy" Dudley of Star, Idaho; two grandsons; and four great-grandchildren, one of whom was born the day Mr. Meany died. Services will be private. Memorial donations may be made to the Northfield Mount Hermon School, 206 Main St., Northfield, MA 01360, or the Chatham Historical Society, 347 Stage Harbor Road, Chatham, MA 02633.
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