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Dorothy Davidson, Huntsville business leader and philanthropist, dies after long illness AL.com 52 mins ago Lee Roop, al.com
Dorothy Davidson, CEO of Huntsville technology company Davidson Technologies and one of the city’s best-known and beloved philanthropists, died Tuesday after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, Laughlin Service Funeral Home confirms.
Davidson’s husband, Julian, founded Davidson Technologies, and she took over the company when he died in 2013. The company provides engineering services to the defense and aerospace sectors, and Davidson was a mathematician with a long career supporting American defense organizations and companies.
The couple was well known for large donations to educational and civic institutions including Auburn University; the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, where their name is on the hall that houses the Saturn V; and the newest exhibit hall at the Huntsville Museum of Art also named for them.