Meet Our Donor ~ Nancy Mason

Nancy was born in Hannibal, Missouri and moved the Washington State at the great old age of two.

She graduated from Edmonds High School and went on to the University of Washington.

As World War II got underway, Nancy felt she had to do something to help the war effort so she put her college education on hold and went to work at Boeing.

The war work turned into a career and Nancy remained at Boeing for 34 years.

Later, after taking early retirement, Nancy pursued her other interests ---gardening and travel.

“I was invited to South Seattle Community College by Helen Sutton (a Foundation Board member) around 1995,” says Nancy. “I got an appreciation for how much the college does to help others and I felt I needed to support their work. Education is so important. With a good education you can do so much more for yourself and others.”

Nancy always regretted having completed only two years of college so in 1995 she established the Anna C. Mason Scholarship Fund, in honor of her mother. At the same time, the Anna C. Mason Garden was started as part of an ongoing effort to complete an arboretum that would serve as a learning laboratory for the college landscape students.

Nancy also plans to help the college through a significant bequest in her will.