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{{Short description|American businesswoman and executive (1953–2011)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Patricia C. Dunn
| name = Patricia C. Dunn
| birth_date = {{birth date |1953|03|27}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|03|27}}
| birth_place = [[Burbank, California]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Burbank, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|12|04|1953|03|27}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|12|04|1953|03|27}}
| death_place = [[Orinda, California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Orinda, California]], U.S.
| other_names = Pat Dunn
| other_names = Pat Dunn, Patricia Cecile Dunn-Jahnke
| alma_mater = [[UC Berkeley]]
| alma_mater = [[UC Berkeley]]
| spouse = William Jahnke
| spouse = William Jahnke
| children = 3
| children = 3
}}
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'''Patricia C. Dunn''' (March 27, 1953 – December 4, 2011),<ref name=lublin2011>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204903804577080643471538180|publisher=Wall Street Journal|title=WSJ.com: "Former H-P Chairman Patricia Dunn Has Died"|last=Lublin|first=Joanne S.|date=December 5, 2011|work=Wall Street Journal Online|accessdate=December 5, 2011}}</ref> also known as '''Patricia Cecile Dunn-Jahnke''', was the [[Non-executive director|non-executive]] chairman of the board of [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP) from February 2005 until September 22, 2006, when she resigned her position.
'''Patricia C. Dunn''' (March 27, 1953 – December 4, 2011)<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/business/patricia-c-dunn-dies-at-58-led-hewlett-packard-during-spying-case.html|date=2011-12-05|title=Patricia C. Dunn Dies at 58; Led H.P. During Spying Case|last=Darlin|first=Damon|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2021-04-04}}</ref> was the [[Non-executive director|non-executive]] chairman of the board of [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP) from February 2005 until September 22, 2006, when she resigned her position.


On October 4, 2006, [[Bill Lockyer]], the California attorney general, charged Dunn with four felonies for her role in the [[HP spying scandal]]. Some members of the press reported that Dunn had been scapegoated.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} On March 14, 2007, [[California Superior Court]] Judge Ray Cunningham dismissed the charges against her in the "interest of justice".
On October 4, 2006, [[Bill Lockyer]], the California attorney general, charged Dunn with four felonies for her role in the [[HP spying scandal]]. Some members of the press reported that Dunn had been scapegoated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Darlin |first=Damon |date=2006-09-09 |title=H.P. Chairwoman Aims Not to Be the Scapegoat |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/09/technology/09hewlett.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On March 14, 2007, [[California Superior Court]] Judge Ray Cunningham dismissed the charges against her.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in [[Burbank, California]], Dunn grew up in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], where both of her parents were involved in the casino industry. Her father was the entertainment manager for the Dunes and Tropicana hotel-casinos, and her mother was a model and entertainer. When Dunn was only eleven, her father died. Her mother subsequently moved the family to California.<ref>Stewart, J., "The Kona Files", ''New Yorker,'' February 19 & 26, 2007, p. 154.</ref>
Born in [[Burbank, California]], Dunn grew up in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], where both her parents were involved in the casino industry. Her father was the entertainment manager for the Dunes and Tropicana hotel-casinos, and her mother was a model and entertainer.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Noguchi|first=Yuki|date=October 6, 2006|title=A Lifelong Fighter's Toughest Round|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2006/10/06/a-lifelong-fighters-toughest-round/32ca8919-cd24-4912-8ad2-70d39ac6e6d6/|access-date=August 2, 2020}}</ref> When Dunn was only eleven, her father died.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robertson|first=Jordan|date=2011-12-05|title=Patricia Dunn, controversial former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman, dies at 58|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/patricia-dunn-controversial-former-hewlett-packard-chairwoman-dies-at-58/2011/12/05/gIQAQ4HoXO_story.html|access-date=2020-08-03|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Her mother subsequently moved the family to California.<ref>Stewart, J., "The Kona Files", ''New Yorker'', February 19 & 26, 2007, p. 154.</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
After graduating from [[Terra Linda High School]] in 1970, Dunn entered the [[University of Oregon]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pattie Dunn|url=http://www.tlhs1970.org/|access-date=2020-08-03|website=www.tlhs1970.org}}</ref> but dropped out to support her mother by working as a housecleaner.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Anders|first1=George|last2=Murray|first2=Alan|date=2006-10-09|title=Behind H-P Chairman's Fall, Clash With a Powerful Director|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116036136420086488|access-date=2020-08-03|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> She resumed college and graduated from [[UC Berkeley]] in 1975 with a B.A. in Journalism.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2011-12-06|title=Patricia Dunn, Former Haas Board Member and CEO of Barclays Global Investors, Passes Away|url=https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/patricia-dunn-former-haas-board-member-and-ceo-barclays-global-investors-passes-away/|access-date=2020-08-03|website=Berkeley Haas School of Business|language=en-US}}</ref>
Dunn entered the [[University of Oregon]] in 1970, but later had to drop out to support her mother by working as a housecleaner. She resumed college and graduated from [[UC Berkeley]], where she graduated in 1975 with a B.A. in Journalism.


==Career==
==Career==
After college, Dunn began working as a temporary secretary at [[Wells Fargo & Co.]]. She eventually became CEO at [[Barclays Global Investors]], the company that acquired the asset management division of Wells Fargo. Later she joined the HP Board of Directors. In 2001, the Financial Women of San Francisco named Dunn the "Financial Woman of the Year."
After college Dunn began working as a temporary secretary at [[Wells Fargo & Co.]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Bailey|first=Brandon|date=2011-12-05|title=Former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn dies after battle with cancer|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/12/05/former-hewlett-packard-chairwoman-patricia-dunn-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/|access-date=2020-08-03|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US}}</ref> She eventually became CEO at [[Barclays Global Investors]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Dash|first=Eric|date=2005-02-11|title=From a Woman in Front of the Curtain to One Preferring to Work Behind It|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/11/technology/from-a-woman-in-front-of-the-curtain-to-one-preferring-to-work.html|access-date=2020-08-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> the company that acquired the asset management division of Wells Fargo. In 1998 she joined the HP Board of Directors.<ref name=":2" /> In 2001 the Financial Women of San Francisco named Dunn the "Financial Woman of the Year".


She eventually succeeded [[Carly Fiorina]] as chairman of the board. Dunn was non-executive Vice Chairman of [[Barclays Global Investors]] since 2002, resigning on October 6, 2006, the day after her criminal indictment (see below). Additionally, she was Director and Executive Committee member of Larkin Street Youth Services in [[San Francisco]], on the board of the Conference Board's Global Corporate Governance Research Center, and an advisory board member of [[UC Berkeley]] [[Haas School of Business]].<ref name="HP">[http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/investor/board.html HP Board members biographies]</ref>
Dunn became non-executive chair of the HP board in February 2005 when [[Carly Fiorina]], the CEO and chair of the HP board, left the company.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-02-09|title=Hewlett-Packard's Chief Executive, Carly Fiorina, Steps Down|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/09/business/hewlettpackards-chief-executive-carly-fiorina-steps-down.html|access-date=2020-08-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Dunn was also non-executive Vice Chairman of Barclays Global Investors from 2002 to October 2006. Additionally, she was Director and Executive Committee member of Larkin Street Youth Services in [[San Francisco]], on the board of the Conference Board's Global Corporate Governance Research Center, and an advisory board member of [[UC Berkeley]] [[Haas School of Business]].<ref name=":0" />


===HP Internal Spying Scandal===
===Scandal===
Dunn was at the center of the [[2006 HP Spying Scandal]] because she directed investigations of board-level leaks of information to reporters in 2005–2006.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bianco|first1=Anthony|title=The Big Lie: Spying, Scandal, and the Ethical Collapse at Hewlett-Packard|ISBN=978-1586488031|year=2010|location=New York|publisher=Public Affairs|oclc= 939019518}}</ref> HP hired companies which, while investigating the leaks, obtained the personal telephone records of HP board members and reporters who covered HP through a practice called [[Pretexting#Recent_examples|pretext]]ing.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Poletti|first1=Therese|last2=Quinn|first2=Michelle|date=2006-09-06|title=HP engulfed in extraordinary boardroom fight|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15447483.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007143422/https://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15447483.htm|archive-date=October 7, 2006|access-date=2020-08-03|website=San Jose Mercury News}}</ref> It is illegal under California law to use deceit and trickery to obtain private records of individuals. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}
Dunn was at the center of a [[2006 HP Spying Scandal|controversy]] regarding her effort to investigate board-level leaks to reporters in 2005/2006.<ref>The comprehensive story of HP spying scandal along with critical discussion on involving corporate governance and ethical issues is available at {{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/62262162/HP-Pretexting-Scandal|title=HP Pretexting Scandal by Faraz Davani|publisher=Scribd|date=2011-08-14|accessdate=2011-08-15|first1=Faraz|last1=Davani}}</ref>


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HP announced on September 12, 2006, that [[Mark Hurd]] (the company's CEO) would replace Dunn as Chairman in January but she would continue as a board member. Ten days later, however, Dunn resigned (effective immediately) both from her position as chairman ''and'' from the board. In an official statement, Dunn noted "I accepted the responsibility to identify the sources of those leaks, but I did not propose the specific methods of the investigation{{nbs}}... Unfortunately, the people HP relied upon to conduct this type of investigation let me and the company down. I continue to have the best interests of HP at heart and thus I have accepted the board's request to resign."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-10-29|title=Patricia Dunn Resigns from HP Board|url=http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2006/060922a.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029073126/http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2006/060922a.html|archive-date=October 29, 2006|access-date=2020-08-03|website=HP.com}}</ref>
HP hired companies which, while investigating the leaks, obtained the personal telephone records of HP board members and reporters who covered HP through a practice called [[pretexting]].<ref>[http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15447483.htm "HP engulfed in extraordinary boardroom fight"], ''San Jose Mercury News'', 2006-09-06</ref> It is illegal under California law to use deceit and trickery to obtain private records of individuals. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}


On October 4, 2006, Dunn and four others were charged by California [[attorney general]] [[Bill Lockyer]] with four [[felon]]y counts: [[fraud]]ulent use of wire, radio or television transmissions; taking, copying, and using computer data without authorization; [[identity theft]]; and [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]]. Lockyer issued [[arrest warrant]]s for all five of those so charged.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Woellert|first=Lorraine|date=October 5, 2006|title=Former HP Chair Dunn Indicted|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-10-05/former-hp-chair-dunn-indictedbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice|access-date=2020-08-02|newspaper=Bloomberg.com}}</ref> Dunn was scheduled to have been arraigned on November 17, 2006.
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On September 12, 2006, HP announced that [[Mark Hurd]], a former CEO, would replace her as Chairman after the HP board meeting on January 18, 2007, but that Dunn would continue as an HP board member after January 18, 2007, a position she had held since 1998. Even so, on September 22, 2006, in a press conference, Dunn resigned, effective immediately, from both her position as chairman and from the board of directors of HP. In an official statement, Dunn noted "I accepted the responsibility to identify the sources of those leaks, but I did not propose the specific methods of the investigation ... Unfortunately, the people HP relied upon to conduct this type of investigation let me and the company down. I continue to have the best interests of HP at heart and thus I have accepted the board’s request to resign."<ref>[http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2006/060922a.html "Patricia Dunn Resigns from HP Board"]</ref> Hurd replaced her as Chairman.


On March 14, 2007, the judge in the case dropped all criminal charges against her in the "interests of justice".<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 15, 2007|title=Why California's Hewlett-Packard Case Fell Apart|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/why-californias-hp-case-fell-apart/|access-date=2020-08-03|website=New York Times|language=en}}</ref> The dropping of the criminal charges by Judge Cunningham came after Dunn refused to take a plea of one misdemeanor in exchange for four felonies before the preliminary hearing.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Richtel|first=Matt|date=2007-03-14|title=Case Dropped in H.P. Spying|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/business/15dunn.html|access-date=2020-08-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
On October 4, 2006, Dunn and four others were charged by California [[attorney general]] [[Bill Lockyer]] with four [[felony]] counts: [[fraud]]ulent use of wire, radio or television transmissions; taking, copying, and using computer data without authorization; [[identity theft]]; and [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]]. Lockyer had issued [[arrest warrants]] for all five of those so charged.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aud2XbLOFANc Ex-Hewlett-Packard Chair Dunn Charged in Leak Case]</ref> Dunn was scheduled to have been arraigned on November 17, 2006. On March 14, 2007, the judge in the case dropped all criminal charges against her in the "interests of justice". The dropping of the criminal charges by Judge Cunningham came after Dunn refused to take a plea of one misdemeanor in exchange for four felonies before the preliminary hearing. Bill Lockyer, the man who had been criticised for bringing the case against Dunn in the first place, defended his bringing of the case in a letter to the editor of the [[Wall Street Journal]]. HP General Counsel [[Ann Baskins]] resigned on September 28, 2006. Baskins, who advised Dunn about "tightening control over Board members", was not indicted by Lockyer. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}


==Private life==
==Personal life==
Dunn married William Jahnke, a former head of [[Wells Fargo|Wells Fargo Investment Advisors]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Stone|first=Madeline|date=March 16, 2015|title=The Hawaii home belonging to late HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn-Jahnke is on the market for $33 million|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/hawaii-home-of-late-hp-chairwoman-patricia-dunn-jahnke-is-on-the-market-for-33-million-2015-3|access-date=2020-08-03|website=Business Insider}}</ref> The couple owned a [[winery]] in [[Australia]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Murray Street Vineyards, Barossa Valley|url=https://barossawinetour.com.au/attractions/murray-street-vineyards/|access-date=2020-08-03|website=Barossa Valley Wine Tours|language=en-AU}}</ref> a home in [[Hawaii]],<ref name=":3" /> and a home in [[Orinda, California]].
Dunn had survived [[breast cancer]] and [[melanoma]], but had been diagnosed with advanced (Stage IV) [[ovarian cancer]] in January 2004. [[Chemotherapy]] treatment led to remission until August 2006, when she underwent surgery to remove liver [[metastases]].{{fact|date=February 2015}}


Dunn was married to William Jahnke, a former head of [[Wells Fargo|Wells Fargo Investment Advisors]]. The couple owned a [[winery]] in [[Australia]], a home in [[Hawaii]] and property in [[Orinda, California]]. Jahnke reported his wife had died from ovarian cancer at her home in [[Orinda, California|Orinda]] on December 4, 2011, aged 58. She is survived by her husband, three adult children, ten grandchildren, a brother and a sister.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robertson |first=Jordan |title= Patricia Dunn Dead: Former HP Chair Dies At 58 After Long Cancer Bout |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=2011-12-05 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/patricia-dunn-dead-former-hp-chair_n_1130574.html |accessdate=2012-05-24}}</ref>
Having survived [[Breast cancer|breast]] and [[Melanoma|skin cancer]], Dunn was diagnosed in January 2004 with [[Ovarian_cancer#Staging|advanced ovarian cancer]].<ref name=":1" /> [[Chemotherapy]] led to remission until August 2006, when she underwent surgery to remove [[Metastasis#Organ-specific_targets|liver metastases]].{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} On December 4, 2011, she died at home in Orinda<ref name="nytobit" />{{snd}}survived by her husband, three adult children, ten grandchildren, a brother, and a sister<ref>{{cite news|last=Robertson|first=Jordan|title= Patricia Dunn Dead: Former HP Chair Dies At 58 After Long Cancer Bout|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=2011-12-05|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/patricia-dunn-dead-former-hp-chair_n_1130574.html|access-date=2012-05-24}}(bad link)</ref><ref name="wsj_dunn2011">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204903804577080643471538180|title=Former H-P Chairman Patricia Dunn Has Died|website=wsj.com|first=Joann S.|last=Lublin|date=December 6, 2011|access-date=December 29, 2019}}(subscription required for full article)</ref>{{snd}}at age 58.
William Jahnke described his late wife as "tenacious", outliving the three-year life expectancy for her type of ovarian cancer by almost five years.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204903804577080643471538180 ''Wall Street Journal'' article about Dunn's death]</ref>


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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Murray|first=Alan|title=Revolt in the Boardroom: The New Rules of Power in Corporate America|ISBN=978-0060882471|year=2007|location=New York|publisher=Collins|oclc=76937352}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111125131/http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/7/hp 2006 Separate videos of Fiorina and Dunn after HP pretexting scandal] 2006-10-08
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111125131/http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/7/hp 2006 Separate videos of Fiorina and Dunn after HP pretexting scandal] 2006-10-08
*[https://wondery.com/shows/business-movers/episode/8364-the-hp-spying-scandal-the-hp-way/ The HP Spying Scandal], Lindsay A. Graham,<!--not the senator--> 2022, via [[Wondery]] (podcast)


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Latest revision as of 03:22, 7 April 2024

For other people with the same name, see Pat Dunn (disambiguation).

Patricia C. Dunn
Born(1953-03-27)March 27, 1953
Burbank, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 4, 2011(2011-12-04) (aged 58)
Orinda, California, U.S.
Other namesPat Dunn, Patricia Cecile Dunn-Jahnke
Alma materUC Berkeley
SpouseWilliam Jahnke
Children3

Patricia C. Dunn (March 27, 1953 – December 4, 2011)[1] was the non-executive chairman of the board of Hewlett-Packard (HP) from February 2005 until September 22, 2006, when she resigned her position.

On October 4, 2006, Bill Lockyer, the California attorney general, charged Dunn with four felonies for her role in the HP spying scandal. Some members of the press reported that Dunn had been scapegoated.[2] On March 14, 2007, California Superior Court Judge Ray Cunningham dismissed the charges against her.

Early life[edit]

Born in Burbank, California, Dunn grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, where both her parents were involved in the casino industry. Her father was the entertainment manager for the Dunes and Tropicana hotel-casinos, and her mother was a model and entertainer.[3] When Dunn was only eleven, her father died.[4] Her mother subsequently moved the family to California.[5]

Education[edit]

After graduating from Terra Linda High School in 1970, Dunn entered the University of Oregon,[6] but dropped out to support her mother by working as a housecleaner.[7] She resumed college and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1975 with a B.A. in Journalism.[8]

Career[edit]

After college Dunn began working as a temporary secretary at Wells Fargo & Co.[9] She eventually became CEO at Barclays Global Investors,[10] the company that acquired the asset management division of Wells Fargo. In 1998 she joined the HP Board of Directors.[10] In 2001 the Financial Women of San Francisco named Dunn the "Financial Woman of the Year".

Dunn became non-executive chair of the HP board in February 2005 when Carly Fiorina, the CEO and chair of the HP board, left the company.[11] Dunn was also non-executive Vice Chairman of Barclays Global Investors from 2002 to October 2006. Additionally, she was Director and Executive Committee member of Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco, on the board of the Conference Board's Global Corporate Governance Research Center, and an advisory board member of UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.[8]

Scandal[edit]

Dunn was at the center of the 2006 HP Spying Scandal because she directed investigations of board-level leaks of information to reporters in 2005–2006.[12] HP hired companies which, while investigating the leaks, obtained the personal telephone records of HP board members and reporters who covered HP through a practice called pretexting.[13] It is illegal under California law to use deceit and trickery to obtain private records of individuals. [citation needed]

HP announced on September 12, 2006, that Mark Hurd (the company's CEO) would replace Dunn as Chairman in January but she would continue as a board member. Ten days later, however, Dunn resigned (effective immediately) both from her position as chairman and from the board. In an official statement, Dunn noted "I accepted the responsibility to identify the sources of those leaks, but I did not propose the specific methods of the investigation ... Unfortunately, the people HP relied upon to conduct this type of investigation let me and the company down. I continue to have the best interests of HP at heart and thus I have accepted the board's request to resign."[14]

On October 4, 2006, Dunn and four others were charged by California attorney general Bill Lockyer with four felony counts: fraudulent use of wire, radio or television transmissions; taking, copying, and using computer data without authorization; identity theft; and conspiracy. Lockyer issued arrest warrants for all five of those so charged.[15] Dunn was scheduled to have been arraigned on November 17, 2006.

On March 14, 2007, the judge in the case dropped all criminal charges against her in the "interests of justice".[16] The dropping of the criminal charges by Judge Cunningham came after Dunn refused to take a plea of one misdemeanor in exchange for four felonies before the preliminary hearing.[17]

Personal life[edit]

Dunn married William Jahnke, a former head of Wells Fargo Investment Advisors.[18] The couple owned a winery in Australia,[19] a home in Hawaii,[18] and a home in Orinda, California.

Having survived breast and skin cancer, Dunn was diagnosed in January 2004 with advanced ovarian cancer.[9] Chemotherapy led to remission until August 2006, when she underwent surgery to remove liver metastases.[citation needed] On December 4, 2011, she died at home in Orinda[1] – survived by her husband, three adult children, ten grandchildren, a brother, and a sister[20][21] – at age 58.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Darlin, Damon (December 5, 2011). "Patricia C. Dunn Dies at 58; Led H.P. During Spying Case". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Darlin, Damon (September 9, 2006). "H.P. Chairwoman Aims Not to Be the Scapegoat". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  3. ^ Noguchi, Yuki (October 6, 2006). "A Lifelong Fighter's Toughest Round". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Robertson, Jordan (December 5, 2011). "Patricia Dunn, controversial former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman, dies at 58". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Stewart, J., "The Kona Files", New Yorker, February 19 & 26, 2007, p. 154.
  6. ^ "Pattie Dunn". www.tlhs1970.org. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  7. ^ Anders, George; Murray, Alan (October 9, 2006). "Behind H-P Chairman's Fall, Clash With a Powerful Director". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Patricia Dunn, Former Haas Board Member and CEO of Barclays Global Investors, Passes Away". Berkeley Haas School of Business. December 6, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Bailey, Brandon (December 5, 2011). "Former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn dies after battle with cancer". The Mercury News. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Dash, Eric (February 11, 2005). "From a Woman in Front of the Curtain to One Preferring to Work Behind It". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  11. ^ "Hewlett-Packard's Chief Executive, Carly Fiorina, Steps Down". The New York Times. Associated Press. February 9, 2005. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  12. ^ Bianco, Anthony (2010). The Big Lie: Spying, Scandal, and the Ethical Collapse at Hewlett-Packard. New York: Public Affairs. ISBN 978-1586488031. OCLC 939019518.
  13. ^ Poletti, Therese; Quinn, Michelle (September 6, 2006). "HP engulfed in extraordinary boardroom fight". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on October 7, 2006. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
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Business positions
Preceded by Chairman of Hewlett-Packard
2005–2006 		Succeeded by
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