Carolyn Dimmick Final PDF.indd - Washington Secretary of State

Hughes: That’s really well done, and it’s beautifully framed.
Dimmick: And I have another one at home that’s even more spectacular. So I kind of like all
of it I guess.
Hughes: The miniature over here (glancing toward an end table) – is that of your daughter?
Dimmick: Yes, that’s my daughter, Dana. That’s done by Lisel Salzer, the wonderful portrait
artist and enamelist who fled the Nazis and settled in Seattle. (Editor’s Note: Salzer died in
2005 at the age of 99) … It’s a miniature that she did on metal. It took her more than three or
four or five times. She did a little bit and then she fired it, puts on enamel. Then some more.
Hughes: The lamp here reminds me of when I traveled in Asia. I really became fond of that
Celadon, greenish pottery glaze. Have you had a chance to travel widely over the years?
Dimmick: Oh yes.
Hughes: Tell us where you’ve been?
Dimmick: I’ve been all over Europe. I’ve been all over the Far East. … Japan, China, Hong
Kong.
Hughes: Was that vacation or business?
Dimmick: All vacation. But I went to Europe several times with the Bar Association, starting
in ’69, ’72, and on. They take you to Amsterdam and pick you up 30 days later in London, or
vice-versa. And I traveled a lot with Betty Howard at that time.
Hughes: Let’s get back to 1975 when Governor Dan Evans named you to the King County
Superior Court. What prompted that appointment? Did you have an interview with the
governor?
Dimmick: Jim Dolliver, his chief of staff, called me up.
Hughes: Had Dolliver been a good friend of yours since your college days?
Dimmick: No, I hadn’t seen him over the years. But he called and said, “Dan Evans is going
to appoint a superior court woman. Do you want the job?”
And I said, “I don’t know.”
And he said, “Well, do you or don’t you?” Kind of like that.
So I said, “Well, OK.”
I think I had an interview with the Bar Association. They had a standing committee on
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