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Jun 26, 2012 · Mimi Gardner Gates '81 Ph.D. shares her passion for philanthropy and the arts with Maxim Thorne and Yale students. Ms. Gates visited Yale on April 19, 2012 t...
Sep 16, 2020 · William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94. ... Two years later he married Mimi Gardner, then the director of the ...
Gates was born on November 30, 1925 in Bremerton, Washington. He studied at the University of Washington. He was married to Mary Maxwell until her death in 1994. Gates was to Mimi Gardner. With Maxwell he had three children. Gates Sr. died on September 14, 2020 from Alzheimer's disease at his home near Puget Sound, Washington at the age of 94.
In 1996, Gates married his second wife Mimi Gardner Gates (b. 1943), who was director of the Seattle Art Museum. In 2018, it was revealed that Gates was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He died on September 14, 2020, aged 94, at his beach home on Hood Canal in Washington state.
With his unparalleled history of service to the University of Washington, Bill Gates Sr. made an enduring impact on our community, state and world. From his days as a student to his many years as a regent and benefactor, he demonstrated extraordinary generosity to the UW and everyone we serve.
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