Mary Maxwell Gates
Mary Maxwell Gates | |
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Born | Mary Ann Maxwell July 5, 1929 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Died | June 10, 1994 Seattle, Washington, U.S. | (aged 64)
Alma mater | University of Washington (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Civic activist, non-profit executive, banker, schoolteacher |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Mary Ann Gates (
She served on the boards of various major corporations including the First Interstate Bank,
.Personal life
Mary Ann Maxwell was born in
She graduated from Seattle's
She had three children, one of whom is Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.[1][2]
Career
In 1975, Governor Daniel J. Evans appointed Gates to the board of regents for her alma mater, where she led the movement on the board to divest the University of Washington's holdings in South Africa to protest apartheid. In addition, Gates served on the UW Foundation Board of Directors, the UW Medical Center Board, and the UW School of Business Administration's Advisory Board.
Gates also served for many years on the boards of several major corporations: First Interstate Bank of Washington; Unigard Security Insurance Group; Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company, which became USWEST Communications; and KIRO Incorporated.
Beyond the Seattle area, Gates was appointed to the board of directors of the national
Death
Gates died at age 64 on June 10, 1994, at her home in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle after suffering from breast cancer for several months.[8] Since then, her family has established two endowments in her name at the University of Washington. The UW's Mary Gates Hall is named in her honor and houses the UW's Undergraduate Academic Affairs, the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity, the Career Center, and the Information School.[1] A street on the northeast section of campus, formerly Union Bay Place, is named for her.
Following her death, it was disclosed that she was the target of a kidnapping attempt several years earlier.[9][10]
References
- ^ a b c d Andrews, Paul (June 10, 1994). "Mary Gates dies – cancer claims longtime Seattle civic leader and mother Of Microsoft founder Bill Gates". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Mary Gates, 64; helped her son start Microsoft". New York Times. (obituary). June 11, 1994. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ "Long cancer battle claims Mary Gates". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 11, 1994. p. A10.
- ^ "rites planned tomorrow for J.W. Maxwell". Seattle Times. 1951.
- ISBN 978-0-88730-629-7. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
- ^ Ancestry of Bill Gates Archived June 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. wargs.com
- ^ "Wedding day photos". Tacoma Public Library. May 11, 1951. Retrieved May 2, 2016.[dead link]
- ^ Mary Maxwell Gates dies on June 10, 1994. Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Gates' family secret". Milwaukee Journal. March 17, 1995. p. A2.
- ^ "Gates says mother was kidnap victim". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. March 17, 1995. p. 28.