Washington coaching legend Jim Lambright’s brain donation pays dividends years after his death

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The Seattle Times

SEATTLE — The brain behind the University of Washington’s most dominant defense sits on a black mat in the basement of the Harborview Research and Training Building in downtown Seattle. It has been cut into a series of thin beige slices, some removed to be studied under a microscope. It is 3:23 p.m. on Friday, May 13, and the Buster Alvord Laboratory for Neuropathology Research is hosting a family reunion. “This is him,” UW Medicine Division of Neuropathology and Fellowship director C. Dirk Keene says, removing a blue towel to reveal Jim Lambright’s brain. Lambright, of course, is synonymous w…

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