SEATTLE PACIFIC FOUNDATION
Seattle Pacific Foundation
 Danna Davis |
Danna Davis is the only living person to have completed first grade through college graduation on the Seattle Pacific campus, where in 1924 she feels she got “a good start.” She is understandably proud of such a rare accomplishment. “There were five of us once upon a time.” The campus elementary and high schools provided a place for teachers-in-training at Seattle Pacific College to do student teaching for certification. At the time, public schools didn't accept student teachers from private religious colleges or universities.
Perhaps of all the satisfying aspects of Danna’s life, two dearest to her heart are the Joseph L. Davis Scholarship Endowment (named after her husband who was a beloved professor of religion at SPU for 33 years), and her charitable remainder unitrust. “I receive two incomes from SPU for the properties I donated. That makes it possible for me to live where I do,” says Danna. “The way I look at it, why have a retirement fund if you don't use it to change the world when you're retired?”