It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of a dear beloved friend, colleague, and esteemed professional in the realm of marketing continuing education, Dorothy Angela Durkin.
Dorothy died Monday evening, August 15, of cardiac arrest. At this time, the family requests that their privacy be respected as they grieve for their loss. Any questions should be directed to her assistant, Bri Lopez, briseida.lopez@nyu.edu or 212-998-7076.
As a tribute to her life and the 41 years of service to NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and to the field of marketing continuing education, we are sharing this photographic video.
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Please feel free to comment or share thoughts of comfort for her family.
Sincerely,
Rebecca MB. Pearson,
Dorothy Durkin’s Webmaster
NYU SCPS, Office of Strategic Development
“The key to great marketing … is ideas –not technology. While we eagerly gather data from every encounter with the customer, and while the Internet and information technologies give us unprecedented opportunities to gather data, such systems are not all knowing, all seeing, or all powerful. Certainly, they are not as powerful as a good idea.” — Dorothy Durkin, 2001
To everyone who has or will visit this website, thank you for using the knowledge she organized. And, Rebecca, thank you for doing the hard work of wrangling the materials into a such an elegant and accessible resource. I trust it will be available for some time to come.