Join us in celebrating Dr. Spratlen’s Legacy
We invite you to share your memories, photographs and gratitude to Dr. Spratlen by contributing to this virtual guestbook.
If you would like to honor Dr. Spratlen’s extraordinary life and work, his family requests that you make a donation to the Thaddeus H. Spratlen Endowed Scholarship for the Consulting and Business Development Center, in lieu of flowers.
Register to attend September 27 and September 28 events – in person or virtual.
Event Programs
Thaddeus H. Spratlen Memorial Tribute
Monday September 27, 3:30-5 pm
UW Foster Memorial Service
| 3:30 – 4:00 pm | Reception |
| Mark Forehand | Chair, Marketing & International Business |
| Frank Hodge | Dean, Michael G. Foster School of Business |
| Townsand Spratlen | Associate Professor, Sociology, Ohio State University |
| Myrna Varner | The PhD Project |
| Video tributes – American Marketing Association, UW Foster community and Spratlen Legacy winners | |
| Christina Fong | Associate Dean for Inclusion & Diversity |
| Carolina Rodriguez | MAP Scholarship Recipient |
| Naz Dessie | Foster BA, Class of 2023 |
| Ndalo Mwamba | granddaughter and UW student |
| Closing Remarks by Mark Forehand | |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn to Welcome BBQ for Black Students |
Thaddeus H. Spratlen Celebration of Life
Tuesday September 28, 8:30-10:30
University of Washington Kane Hall Rm 220
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Jazz Prelude |
| 9 – 10:30 am | Celebration of Life |
| Khalfani Mwamba | Drumming |
| Pamela Spratlen | Welcome |
| Patricia Spratlen Etem | Poem |
| Paula Spratlen Mitchell | Engagement |
| Gayle Robinson | Remembering Papa Spratlen |
| Townsand Price Spratlen | Acapella performance |
| Elise Y. Etem | Video Tribute |
| Paul Merriman | WWU alumni student |
| Diane Martin | MAP & Diversity Initiatives |
| Robiel Isaac | Spratlen Awardee |
| Michael Verchot | Consulting & Business Development Center |
| Pamela Spratlen | UW President Introduction |
| Ana Mari Cauce | UW President |
| Emerson Albert Spratlen Etem, Elise Y. Etem, Martin Alexander Spratlen Etem, Thaddeus Elbert Mitchell | Family Generational Legacy |
| Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway | Come Ye Disconsolate |
| 10:30 am | Drumming Processional performed by Khalfani Mwamba |
With deep appreciation to these communities: UW Foster, CBDC, & OMAD, former colleagues, students & awardees, Mary Mahoney PNO, & the Celebration of Life family planning team.
Thaddeus H. Spratlen: Scholar and Philanthropist Generating Economic Change in Black America – Black Past article authored by Faculty Emeritus Bill Bradford
Purchase Journey Up from Down South, Dr. Spratlen’s memoir published in 2021