Dr. Catherine Dower passed away peacefully on Friday, February 17 in Holyoke.
She is remembered as a dedicated professor and partner of Westfield State University. She began her close relationship with us in 1956, and, last year, after she offered the University’s first $1 million gift, she became the first woman to have a campus academic building named in her honor. We will long be proud of Dr. Dower, and the Catherine Dower Center for the Performing and Fine Arts.
Dr. Dower was an inspiration to the hundreds of students she worked with over the years; she encouraged them to have big dreams. Westfield State University will hold a celebration of Dr. Dower’s life later this spring.
Contributions in her memory can be made to the Westfield State Foundation Inc., in support of the Catherine Dower Music Scholarship, Office of Institutional Advancement, P.O. Box 1630, Westfield, MA 01086-1630.
