Faye Allen dies at 90
Jun 3, 2012, 1:52 PM | Updated: Jun 4, 2012, 11:27 am
Faye Allen, mother of Paul G. Allen, died June 3 from Alzheimer complications. She was known as a champion for literacy, as well as public schools and libraries. (PRNewsFoto/Vulcan Inc.)
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The mother of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died Sunday
at age 90.
Faye Allen was a former Seattle schoolteacher who is known
best for
her vocal support of public libraries and public
education. She helped
establish charity funds for many of the city’s resources
through her
family’s philanthropy.
Mrs. Allen taught fourth grade for years. Her Family and
friends said that
some students used to reach out to her years later to
thank her for giving
them a love of reading.
Her son, Paul Allen, says that his mother’s Alzheimer’s
diagnosis
inspired him to found the Allen Institute for Brain
Science in 2003. He
hoped that, through the institute’s mission to tackle
“projects at the
leading edge of science,” that he could someday find a
cure for his
mother’s disease.
She died on the morning of June 3 of complications from
Alzheimer’s
disease.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
