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Jun 10, 2011 · Tweet. On June 10, 1994, Mary Maxwell Gates, mother of Microsoft co-founder William H. Gates III and a woman widely admired for her civic activism, dies of breast cancer at age 64. Gates was the first female president of King County's United Way, the first woman to chair the national United Way's executive committee, and the first woman to be a ...
Oct 18, 2022 · Mary Maxwell Gates earned a position of power in the business world which few women were able to obtain in her time. Gates was the first woman to chair the national United Way’s executive committee.
Mary Maxwell Gates. Mary Gates, a member of the UW Board of Regents for eighteen years (1975-1993), was a leader who promoted voluntary service and philanthropy, both locally and nationally. At her memorial service in June of 1994, then-UW President William P. Gerberding spoke of her capacity for “infectious, effervescent joy,” and her ...
Jun 11, 1994 · Mrs. Gates's father, Willard Maxwell, was a vice president of Pacific National Bank, which later became First Interstate. Her husband, William H. Gates Jr., is a lawyer in Seattle.
Sep 1, 1994 · The University of Washington lost one of its closest friends and biggest supporters when Mary Maxwell Gates, ’50, a civic leader and longtime UW regent, died June 10 of cancer. “A light has gone out in our community, and a portion of the heart and soul of this University has vanished,” said UW President William P. Gerberding.
Bill Gates l. William Henry Gates II [1] (November 30, 1925 – September 14, 2020), better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader. He was the founder of the law firm Shidler McBroom & Gates (a predecessor of K&L Gates ), [2] and also served as president of both the Seattle King County and Washington ...
May 10, 2024 · Bill Gates’ parents, Bill Sr. and Mary Maxwell, encouraged him to be curious and generous
