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Longtime Western Washington University professor Thomas J. “TJ” Olney, 64, died after a paragliding accident near Samish Overlook on Blanchard Mountain in Skagit County on Wednesday, July 13. Olney was an associate professor of Marketing at Western for the last 30 years and had retired just last month.

Olney earned his master's degree and doctorate from Columbia University in New York City, and moved to Bellingham in 1986 when he began teaching at Western. A memorial service for was held on Monday, July 18 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bellingham.

Gifts in memory of TJ will support the �������� Honors Program and can be made online at http://www.wwu.edu/give or by sending a check payable to the �������� Foundation and mailed to: �������� Foundation, 516 High Street, MS 9034, Bellingham, WA 98225-9034 (please indicate online or on the memo line of your check that your gift is in memory of TJ Olney). Questions can be directed to the �������� Foundation at 360-650-3027 or western.foundation@wwu.edu.