Don Kiehl

I'll always remmeber Patty becasuse she was the person, sitting behind me in 7th grade English class, who passed the news to me that President Kennedy had been shot.  She was cryting and I asked her why.  And she told me.

Don Kiehl

Bonnie MacEvoy

Patty was a dear friend to me; I was in her wedding and we stayed in touch.  She became a lawyer and worked at the L.A. U.S. Attorney's Office against abuse to animals among other things.  All while making cupcakes for her family.  She has 3 lovely sons and passed way too young.

Bonnie MacEvoy

https://www.theacorn.com/articles/patricia-doroshows-memory-will-be-preserved-in-book/

Jon Nelson

I don’t think u could find a nicer or kinder person then Patty. Here beauty new got in the way of how she treated people, n god knows she was a beauty. We emailed back n forth a few times years ago and she was so happy with her family and life. They say the good die young and in this case it is absolutely true. Jon Nelson

Debbie Cross (Stout)

Patty was, as others have commented, one of the nicest, kindest girls I had the pleasure of growing up with. 

Michael Lipson

      I didn't know Patty very well.  We had a single class together at Stanford Junior High.

However in 2007 when i saw her name on the old Classmates.com website, i felt comfortable

enough to reach out and convey my regards...and she was thoughtful enough to write back.

That was the only exchange we had.  She died the following year.

     I thought that i'd share the letter that she sent me with everyone here.  I think that it

speaks for itself as a testament to her personal gifts and a life that sadly, was cut too short.

     "Hi Michael.  I really enjoyed reading your email. Thanks so much for getting in touch with me.

I do remember you but not specifically in class.  I found the funniest part the end of your note

where you concede you were shocked to learn that I had a brain.  I think this was a sign

of the times.  My parents knew I was smart and had me tested to see if I should skip a grade

or two, but didn't want to do something that might affect me socially.  As for career plans for

their daughter, they had none.  They told me that if I married a smart man, they might be able

to help him through college.  I quickly learned that in order to be popular, I didn't want to act like

I was too smart.  I was so bored in school you had no idea.   I wanted to get out and run

the world.  My way to escape was to plan ahead for how I could support myself and get

the best education I could.  That is what I did on 2 nickels.  I qualified for 

every scholarship and studied constantly.  I got every job offer I went after and wasn't afraid

to go directly to the best lawfirms in the United States to ask for those.  That is how I came

to work for the former Secretary of State, William P. Rogers.  That alone opened a whole

new world to me: my friends became young journalists in Washingtopn D.C, young

Ivy League lawyers, investment bankers, etc.  What a change from my old friends at home.

I worked extremely hard and strived to be the best at everything.  I soon developed an

outstanding First Amendment practice, representing Newsweek, Dallas Morning News,

AP, George F. Will, and others.  I expanded my practice when I left Rogers and Wells for

Skadden Arps Slate and Flom, a highly respected NY lawfirm and the best in the U.S.

in the area of mergers and acquisitions.  There, as a young, petite 30 something woman,

I managed and ran some of the biggest hostile takeovers of the 1980's. (Saul Steinberg v. Disney,

Diamond Shamrock, etc.) I flew into shareholders meetings in Texas to advise my clients

(wearing their ten gallon hats) how to run their meetings and which votes to disapprove

from the insurgent groups.  Life was very large, very big, but lots of fun, and very lucrative

for a young single woman.   I can go on and on about my life, but I was never the stupid

little girl you knew in Junior High School.   Take care."

     My best, Patricia

Howard Higgins

It's sad few of us appreciated Patty's brains, as much as her looks.

I remember that in junior high that she was considered THE prettiest girl in school. 

I knew she would go far.   Great Job Patty.

Howard

Bonnie MacEvoy

And don't forget her humor.  I remember Patty as the person who made me laugh until I cried and wet my pants. She was a gremlin; a soulful one.

Zoeann Scott (Dorame)

Patty was a casual friend of mine beginning in 7th grade through high school.  It wasn't a surprise that Patty was voted "Best Smile" at Stanford Junior High 9th grade yearbook!  She always had that beautiful smile for everyone...and, having had some conversations with her on a personal level, I realized how very intelligent she was.  She was kind, personable, accepting, and driven, as is obvious by her post high school life.  One of those we lost too soon.

Zoeann Scott Dorame

Eve Resnik (Beutler)

It was wonderful reading Patty’s letter, Michael. Thank you for that, I remember Patty when I was st Prisk elementary. We used to do coloring together except she could stay within the lines. Then she moved. I don’t know where she went but I knew she left Prisk and I cried for weeks. Arriving at Millikan , there she was. I had no idea what happened but when I spoke with her she was so sweet. She was so beautiful that I couldn’t believe she even spoke to me, a weirdo,a skinny, sickly , sallow kid. Honestly, I also never knew how brilliant she was. So many of us didn’t know what our lives were really like. I know she lost her boyfriend, Tony, when he stood up on the Matterhorn ride at Disneyland . What a tragedy. I’m so sad she died at such a young age and equally happy to hear of her accomplishments, especially having had a son she loved deeply. What a lesson in judging a book by its cover,no matter how exquisite. Thank you Patty for all the moments of joy you brought to my life.