William H. Gates, Sr.

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William H. Gates (2004)

William Henry Gates (also: William Henry Gates II , publicly known as Bill Gates Sr. , born November 30, 1925 in Bremerton , Washington ; † September 14, 2020 on the Hood Canal , Washington) was an American lawyer , philanthropist and author . His son is Microsoft co- founder Bill Gates .

Private life and schooling

William Henry Gates II was the son of William Henry Gates I (also William Henry Gates Sr., 1891-1969) and his wife Lillian Elizabeth Rice (1891-1966). The marriage was concluded on July 14, 1913 in Tacoma . The great-grandparents of William Henry Gates II came from the USA, Germany and England .

After high school , he joined the Army and changed his name to William Gates Jr. in order not to be considered an elitist . He fought in World War II and was honorably discharged from the Army in November 1946.

In 1951 he married Mary Maxwell (1929-1994), whom he had met at the University of Washington . The marriage had three children: Kristianne, Bill and Libby. After the death of his first wife, he married Mimi Gardner (* 1943), who was the director of the Seattle Art Museum , in 1996 .

In 2018 it became known that he suffers from Alzheimer's . He died on September 14, 2020 at the age of 94.

Education

William Henry Gates II attended the University of Washington (UW) and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 in 1949 and a law degree in 1950. He joined the fraternity at Chi Psi Fraternity.

job

William Henry Gates II co-founded the law firm Shidler & King (later Preston Gates & Ellis LLP) in 1964 and worked there until 1998 (now known as K&L Gates).

Gates served on the board of directors of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). From 1969 to 1970 he was President of the Seattle / King County Bar Association and later the Washington State Bar Association (1986)

Gates later added the "Sr." suffix to his name to differentiate himself from his more famous son, Bill Gates Jr. He was one of the co-chairs of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , alongside Warren Buffett and the two namesake themselves. He, along with the other chairmen, set the strategic direction for the tens of billion dollar foundation.

Gates was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Washington and from 2003 director of Costco Wholesale and founding coordinator of the Pacific Health Summit. He was honorary chairman of the World Justice Project .

author

Gates was co-author of the book Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime ( Eng . : Pointing out for life: Thoughts on the gifts of a life).

Awards and recognitions

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert D. McFadden: Bill Gates Sr., Who Guided Billionaire Son's Philanthropy, Dies at 94. In: The New York Times . September 15, 2020, accessed on September 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c life data , nndb.com, accessed on September 17, 2020 (English).
  3. ^ Ancestry of Bill Gates , last accessed June 4, 2017.
  4. ^ Pierce County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1876-1947 , Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, last accessed June 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Great-grandfather: William H. Rice (January 1862/3 - after 1920) and James Willard Maxwell, founders of the National City Bank in Seattle (September 8, 1864 - after 1930) and Belle Oakley, New York, (April 1872 - after 1930 ) and Ida Medcalf, Washington, (October 1881 - after 1930).
  6. ↑ Great-grandmother: Rebecca Eppinhauser (October 1869 - after 1920).
  7. ↑ Isabella (...) (February 1871/2 - after 1920) and William J. Thompson (May 1869 - after 1930).
  8. ↑ Stephen Manes, Paul Andrews, Gates - how Microsoft's mogul reinvented an industry and made himself the richest man in America , New York a. a. 1993, ISBN 0-385-42075-7 . Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews (1993). Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself The Richest Man in America. Touchstone. ISBN 0-385-42075-7 .
  9. ^ Bill Gates Reveals His Father Suffers From Alzheimer's Disease. Retrieved April 26, 2020 (English).
  10. ^ Robert D. McFadden: Bill Gates Sr., Who Guided Billionaire Son's Philanthropy, Dies at 94. In: The New York Times . September 15, 2020, accessed on September 16, 2020 .
  11. ^ Bill Moyer's interviews with Bill Gates , Public Broadcasting Service , interview of May 9, 2003, last accessed June 4, 2017.
  12. ↑ Biography , gatesfoundation.org, accessed on September 17, 2020 (English).
  13. ^ As co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , About the Summit ( Memento March 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), p. 1, accessed June 4, 2017.
  14. ^ Bill Gates; Mary Anne Mackin, Showing up for life: thoughts on the gifts of a lifetime , New York 2010, Broadway Books, ISBN 978-0-385-52702-6 .
  15. ↑ United Way of America , entry, last accessed June 4, 2017.
  16. ↑ United Way of America , entry, last accessed June 4, 2017.
  17. ↑ Mark Ray: What It Means to Be an Eagle Scout , Scouting Magazin often the Boy Scouts of America, accessed June 4, 2017.
  18. ^ Mr. William Henry Gates Sr. , American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  19. ^ William H. Gates Hall. . In: Daily Journal of Commerce. July 24, 2003, accessed September 17, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Gates, William H. Sr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gates, William Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and philanthropist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremerton , Washington , United States
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 2020
Place of death on the Hood Canal , Washington , United States