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From VTX Livewire, Worldwide News, Dec. 1989:
In memoriam: Dorothy Rowe
"We are saddened to announce that Dorothy Rowe passed away Nov. 30," said
President Ken Olsen, about one of Digital's most ardent supporters and a
member of the Board of Directors.
"She hadn't been well for quite some time, and had been in the hospital for
a few days," said Ken. "People were becoming optimistic that she was
getting well again, but she died in her sleep in the morning.
"Dorothy has been a friend, an advisor, and a director of Digital from the
very start of the company. She was our first treasurer and, as a senior
vice president of American Research and Development Corp., she was also a
defender of Digital in the risk capital company that financed us.
"We will all remember Dorothy as the bright, cheerful, and helpful person we
knew for most of the history of Digital.
"I want to thank everyone who was helpful to Dorothy over the years. In
particular, Jim Derby, supervisor of Digital's Van/Fleet Department, who,
besides driving, and taking care of Dorothy at Digital functions, on his own
time did much to help her while she was incapacitated."
Dorothy's relationship with Digital began in 1957 when American Research and
Development Corp., the company she worked for, invested $70,000 to start
Digital.
Following her service as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II,
she joined ARD in 1949 as an office manager. In 1954 she became treasurer of
ARD and eventually retired in 1975 as senior vice president.
"Dorothy played a key role in Digital's history because a year or two after
ARD started us, some of the male senior vice presidents wanted to sell
Digital because it was a hot property," said Ken. "It was Dorothy who told
Gen. Doriot, the president of ARD, 'I'll quit, if you sell Digital.' So we
are forever in her debt."
Dorothy was named to the board in 1962 and served on the Audit, Compensation
and Stock Option Committees.
Besides Digital, Dorothy served as a board member of several well-known
Massachusetts companies and vice president of the French Library in Boston.
In 1985 she was awarded and an honorary doctorate of law degree from Emerson
College for her work as "a pioneer in the challenging world of business."
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