Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Dorothy Terrell Dorothy Terrell
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Other authors / contributors: | Terrell, Dorothy, 1945- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea. Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. Recorded Boston, Massachusetts 2007 April 11. Recorded Miami Beach, Florida 2017 March 9. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Corporate executive Dorothy Ann Terrell was born on June 12, 1945 in Hallandale, Florida. She graduated from Florida A&M University cum laude with her B.A. degree in English in 1966. In 1967, Terrell moved to Boston, Massachusetts and worked as a counselor for Reverend Leon Sullivan's Opportunities Industrial Corporation (OIC). In 1973, Terrell joined the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office for Children. In 1984, Terrell managed the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) plant in Roxbury, Massachusetts and served as DEC's group manager of interconnect/packaging. Terrell joined Sun Microsystems, Inc. in 1991 functioning as president of Sun-Express, through 1997. At Sun Microsystems, she grew revenues to over $300 million per year. Terrell was senior vice president of Worldwide Sales for NMS Communications and president of Platform Services Group. President and CEO of Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), she also worked for First Light Capital, a venture capital firm.
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