In Memory

Paul Smith Warwick - Class Of 1955

Paul Smith Warwick

Aug 11, 1937 - Feb 2, 2013


Paul Warwick died on February 2, 2013 in Bellingham, WA.  He is a member of the CHS Football Hall of Fame.  He is survived by his wife, Jenny Vincent, CHS '58.



Born in Seattle, beloved only son of Mike and Dorothy, Paul grew up in Claremont, California. He attended Princeton University on a football scholarship and graduated with a degree in Philosophy in 1959, then immediately embarked on his long and happy marriage with Jenny.

He studied English Literature at Claremont Graduate School and Indiana University, specializing in the Romantic poets. In later years he earned a TESOL certificate at Seattle University. His career included teaching at University of Montana and Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, from which he retired in 2003. He also worked for a time as a housing consultant in San Francisco and as a Buddhist retreat center director in Vermont. Indeed, for the last 40 years, Paul's central vocation was as a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, teacher, and meditation instructor, most recently at the Shambhala Center in Bellingham, where services were held for him on 2/5/13.

Paul had a passion for life, family, friendship, conversation, teaching, poetry, philosophy, mountains, water, boats, football, photography, good food, and every kind of beauty. He met death as he had lived his life--fearlessly, consciously, and in the arms of his family.

He is survived by his wife, Jenny, his daughters Julia, Katie, and Anna, sons-in-law Lynn and Peter, grandchildren Celsiana and Dashiell, and many other extended family members and dear friends. Donations may be made in his memory to the Shambhala Center,http://www.bellingham.shambhala.org/