Carolyn Dimmick Final PDF.indd - Washington Secretary of State
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<strong>Dimmick</strong>: Well, I knew everybody but Hugh Rosellini. And <strong>of</strong> course Floyd Hicks, who<br />
was a longtime friend <strong>of</strong> my husband; they’d gone to school together. After I had been<br />
interviewed by Gov. Ray, I walked across to the Temple and I talked to Floyd. And he said,<br />
“Oh <strong>Carolyn</strong>, you can’t come! We’re old and we’ve all got bad kidneys, and we only have<br />
one bathroom.” (laughs)<br />
Hughes: So was there literally just that one bathroom right inside the front doors?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: There was one back in the conference room for the judges.<br />
Hughes: But there was only a “male” bathroom?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: That’s right.<br />
Hughes: And did Justice Hicks suggest any remedies for that?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: Well, somebody told me after I got the job that they had asked the Legislature<br />
for $60,000 or something for another bathroom. And I said, “You’re not doing that on my<br />
time. You guys can lock the door.” And I refused to let them put in another bathroom for<br />
me.<br />
Hughes: Sixty-thousand dollars?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: Yes! When they redid the Temple (in 1985) they put one in while Justice Barbara<br />
Durham was there.<br />
Hughes: There’s a feature in here ( UW Law magazine) about the so-called “Fabulous Five,”<br />
a quintet <strong>of</strong> law school grads who in 2007 made up a majority <strong>of</strong> the high court. But in<br />
your era the University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Washington</strong> Law School produced seven future justices <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Washington</strong> Supreme Court in the space <strong>of</strong> four classes, 1951-1955. It starts with Jimmy<br />
Andersen, Class <strong>of</strong> ’51; Jim Dolliver, Class <strong>of</strong> ’52; Keith Callow, also the Class <strong>of</strong> ’52; <strong>Carolyn</strong><br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>, Class <strong>of</strong> ’53. Is that right?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: Yes.<br />
Hughes: Bob Brachtenbach, Class <strong>of</strong> ’54; Robert Utter, also Class <strong>of</strong> ’54, and Charles Smith,<br />
Class <strong>of</strong> ’55. So you had your own “fabulous five” while you were on the court. There was<br />
Andersen, <strong>Dimmick</strong>, Dolliver, Brachtenbach and Utter. And Callow was arriving while you<br />
were departing for the federal bench in 1985. Then Charlie Smith came on three years<br />
later. …That’s a pretty formidable “Husky mafia.” Not to mention an interesting assortment<br />
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