Senior forecaster for the D-Day invasion of Nazi Europe, and postwar a senior executive with Texas Instruments.
Dotson, Cecil Pitts Cecil Pitts Dotson was born in Dallas, Texas, to Jennie Belle Pitts Dotson and Cecil Garland Dotson on Dec. 28, 1923, and died June 22, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents and their other children, Leighton Garland Dotson and Katherine Frances Dotson. He and his wife, Beverly, were married on Jan. 28, 1971 in Dallas. He is survived by his widow, Beverly; his three children, Glenn Dotson of Lake Kiowa, Texas; Rita Dotson Ganz Noah of Dallas; Sugie Dotson of Dallas; step-daughter Anna Dayton and husband Philippe Gandiol of Davis, CA; and 5 granddaughters: Amanda Medaris and husband Henry of Dallas; Kimberly Dotson of Dallas (daughters of Glenn Dotson); Robin Cline, Alison Cline and Christina Cline (daughters of Sugie Dotson); and three great-grandchildren. Cecil graduated from Dallas Technical High School in 1940 as class president and with highest honors. He entered North Texas Agricultural College (NTAC) but WWII led him to drop out in 1943 to join the Army Air Corps, where he served with the 9th Air Force Bomber Command in East Anglia, England, as a meteorologist. He was the Senior Weather Forecaster for the Command, and in this role took it upon himself to fly a number of B-26 combat missions over Europe to observe the effects of weather on the operations. For this, Cecil received the Air Medal. The 9th Air Force's unique tactic of flying P-51 weather observers into enemy territory before bombing missions resulted in a high mission success rate. Cecil received a special commendation and a Bronze Star for his part in Eisenhower's weather-based decision for the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Europe. Captain Dotson was discharged from the U.S. Army Air Forces in January 1946. Returning to Dallas, Cecil continued his education and graduated from SMU in 1948 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with High Honors as well as induction into Sigma Tau School of Engineering Honor Society. Cecil worked at several local companies, including Guiberson and GSI in 1950, soon to become Texas Instruments, but was employed in a traveling job when he ran into Pat Haggerty, then Executive VP of TI. Pat remembered Cecil from his GSI days and recognizing his abilities, talked Cecil into coming back to TI in 1953. Cecil returned to Texas Instruments as head of the Methods Improvement Branch, and set up schools for Work Simplification. He was moved up to the new Transistor Division in 1954 as Manager of Manufacturing and was then promoted to VP in 1956. In 1959, he was chosen by management to be Chairman of the Board of TI Ltd., with the task of setting up the first off-shore semiconductor factory in Bedford, England. The Dotson family lived in Europe for three years. He was soon head of TI's International Operations, and in 1968, was promoted to Senior VP, leading a fact-finding mission to Asia to establish TI's first plants in that part of the world. He was Senior VP and Manager of Corporate Resources and Services when he retired in March 1973 after 22 years of service. He was universally admired for his honesty, humor, and extraordinary abilities to get tough jobs done. Cecil played an important role in the meteoric rise of TI in its early days. Cecil's retirement centered around skiing and golfing, and Vail became the family's second home. His TI management skills came into play as president of his condo association, a post he held for 25 years. As his interest shifted primarily to golf, the recreational base moved to Naples, Florida. His life-time golfing goal was to play all the great courses of the world. Although he never achieved this impossible dream, he played many of the best US and famous Scottish and European links. Cecil was a kind and considerate person with a vast intellect and wit, and will be fondly remembered by many. He served his country, his family and his friends well, and wherever Cecil passed, he left better than he found. There will be a Memorial Service held at Northway Christian Church, 7202 W. Northwest Hwy. on Friday, July 2, 2010, at 3:30 PM. Memorial contributions may be directed to UT Southwestern Medical Center, P.O. Box 910888, Dallas, TX 75391-0888 or online at www.utsouthwestern.edu/ donatenow to support the cancer research at Simmons Cancer Center.
Dotson, Cecil Pitts Cecil Pitts Dotson was born in Dallas, Texas, to Jennie Belle Pitts Dotson and Cecil Garland Dotson on Dec. 28, 1923, and died June 22, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents and their other children, Leighton Garland Dotson and Katherine Frances Dotson. He and his wife, Beverly, were married on Jan. 28, 1971 in Dallas. He is survived by his widow, Beverly; his three children, Glenn Dotson of Lake Kiowa, Texas; Rita Dotson Ganz Noah of Dallas; Sugie Dotson of Dallas; step-daughter Anna Dayton and husband Philippe Gandiol of Davis, CA; and 5 granddaughters: Amanda Medaris and husband Henry of Dallas; Kimberly Dotson of Dallas (daughters of Glenn Dotson); Robin Cline, Alison Cline and Christina Cline (daughters of Sugie Dotson); and three great-grandchildren. Cecil graduated from Dallas Technical High School in 1940 as class president and with highest honors. He entered North Texas Agricultural College (NTAC) but WWII led him to drop out in 1943 to join the Army Air Corps, where he served with the 9th Air Force Bomber Command in East Anglia, England, as a meteorologist. He was the Senior Weather Forecaster for the Command, and in this role took it upon himself to fly a number of B-26 combat missions over Europe to observe the effects of weather on the operations. For this, Cecil received the Air Medal. The 9th Air Force's unique tactic of flying P-51 weather observers into enemy territory before bombing missions resulted in a high mission success rate. Cecil received a special commendation and a Bronze Star for his part in Eisenhower's weather-based decision for the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Europe. Captain Dotson was discharged from the U.S. Army Air Forces in January 1946. Returning to Dallas, Cecil continued his education and graduated from SMU in 1948 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with High Honors as well as induction into Sigma Tau School of Engineering Honor Society. Cecil worked at several local companies, including Guiberson and GSI in 1950, soon to become Texas Instruments, but was employed in a traveling job when he ran into Pat Haggerty, then Executive VP of TI. Pat remembered Cecil from his GSI days and recognizing his abilities, talked Cecil into coming back to TI in 1953. Cecil returned to Texas Instruments as head of the Methods Improvement Branch, and set up schools for Work Simplification. He was moved up to the new Transistor Division in 1954 as Manager of Manufacturing and was then promoted to VP in 1956. In 1959, he was chosen by management to be Chairman of the Board of TI Ltd., with the task of setting up the first off-shore semiconductor factory in Bedford, England. The Dotson family lived in Europe for three years. He was soon head of TI's International Operations, and in 1968, was promoted to Senior VP, leading a fact-finding mission to Asia to establish TI's first plants in that part of the world. He was Senior VP and Manager of Corporate Resources and Services when he retired in March 1973 after 22 years of service. He was universally admired for his honesty, humor, and extraordinary abilities to get tough jobs done. Cecil played an important role in the meteoric rise of TI in its early days. Cecil's retirement centered around skiing and golfing, and Vail became the family's second home. His TI management skills came into play as president of his condo association, a post he held for 25 years. As his interest shifted primarily to golf, the recreational base moved to Naples, Florida. His life-time golfing goal was to play all the great courses of the world. Although he never achieved this impossible dream, he played many of the best US and famous Scottish and European links. Cecil was a kind and considerate person with a vast intellect and wit, and will be fondly remembered by many. He served his country, his family and his friends well, and wherever Cecil passed, he left better than he found. There will be a Memorial Service held at Northway Christian Church, 7202 W. Northwest Hwy. on Friday, July 2, 2010, at 3:30 PM. Memorial contributions may be directed to UT Southwestern Medical Center, P.O. Box 910888, Dallas, TX 75391-0888 or online at www.utsouthwestern.edu/ donatenow to support the cancer research at Simmons Cancer Center.
Senior forecaster for the D-Day invasion of Nazi Europe, and postwar a senior executive with Texas Instruments.
Dotson, Cecil Pitts Cecil Pitts Dotson was born in Dallas, Texas, to Jennie Belle Pitts Dotson and Cecil Garland Dotson on Dec. 28, 1923, and died June 22, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents and their other children, Leighton Garland Dotson and Katherine Frances Dotson. He and his wife, Beverly, were married on Jan. 28, 1971 in Dallas. He is survived by his widow, Beverly; his three children, Glenn Dotson of Lake Kiowa, Texas; Rita Dotson Ganz Noah of Dallas; Sugie Dotson of Dallas; step-daughter Anna Dayton and husband Philippe Gandiol of Davis, CA; and 5 granddaughters: Amanda Medaris and husband Henry of Dallas; Kimberly Dotson of Dallas (daughters of Glenn Dotson); Robin Cline, Alison Cline and Christina Cline (daughters of Sugie Dotson); and three great-grandchildren. Cecil graduated from Dallas Technical High School in 1940 as class president and with highest honors. He entered North Texas Agricultural College (NTAC) but WWII led him to drop out in 1943 to join the Army Air Corps, where he served with the 9th Air Force Bomber Command in East Anglia, England, as a meteorologist. He was the Senior Weather Forecaster for the Command, and in this role took it upon himself to fly a number of B-26 combat missions over Europe to observe the effects of weather on the operations. For this, Cecil received the Air Medal. The 9th Air Force's unique tactic of flying P-51 weather observers into enemy territory before bombing missions resulted in a high mission success rate. Cecil received a special commendation and a Bronze Star for his part in Eisenhower's weather-based decision for the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Europe. Captain Dotson was discharged from the U.S. Army Air Forces in January 1946. Returning to Dallas, Cecil continued his education and graduated from SMU in 1948 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with High Honors as well as induction into Sigma Tau School of Engineering Honor Society. Cecil worked at several local companies, including Guiberson and GSI in 1950, soon to become Texas Instruments, but was employed in a traveling job when he ran into Pat Haggerty, then Executive VP of TI. Pat remembered Cecil from his GSI days and recognizing his abilities, talked Cecil into coming back to TI in 1953. Cecil returned to Texas Instruments as head of the Methods Improvement Branch, and set up schools for Work Simplification. He was moved up to the new Transistor Division in 1954 as Manager of Manufacturing and was then promoted to VP in 1956. In 1959, he was chosen by management to be Chairman of the Board of TI Ltd., with the task of setting up the first off-shore semiconductor factory in Bedford, England. The Dotson family lived in Europe for three years. He was soon head of TI's International Operations, and in 1968, was promoted to Senior VP, leading a fact-finding mission to Asia to establish TI's first plants in that part of the world. He was Senior VP and Manager of Corporate Resources and Services when he retired in March 1973 after 22 years of service. He was universally admired for his honesty, humor, and extraordinary abilities to get tough jobs done. Cecil played an important role in the meteoric rise of TI in its early days. Cecil's retirement centered around skiing and golfing, and Vail became the family's second home. His TI management skills came into play as president of his condo association, a post he held for 25 years. As his interest shifted primarily to golf, the recreational base moved to Naples, Florida. His life-time golfing goal was to play all the great courses of the world. Although he never achieved this impossible dream, he played many of the best US and famous Scottish and European links. Cecil was a kind and considerate person with a vast intellect and wit, and will be fondly remembered by many. He served his country, his family and his friends well, and wherever Cecil passed, he left better than he found. There will be a Memorial Service held at Northway Christian Church, 7202 W. Northwest Hwy. on Friday, July 2, 2010, at 3:30 PM. Memorial contributions may be directed to UT Southwestern Medical Center, P.O. Box 910888, Dallas, TX 75391-0888 or online at www.utsouthwestern.edu/ donatenow to support the cancer research at Simmons Cancer Center.
Dotson, Cecil Pitts Cecil Pitts Dotson was born in Dallas, Texas, to Jennie Belle Pitts Dotson and Cecil Garland Dotson on Dec. 28, 1923, and died June 22, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents and their other children, Leighton Garland Dotson and Katherine Frances Dotson. He and his wife, Beverly, were married on Jan. 28, 1971 in Dallas. He is survived by his widow, Beverly; his three children, Glenn Dotson of Lake Kiowa, Texas; Rita Dotson Ganz Noah of Dallas; Sugie Dotson of Dallas; step-daughter Anna Dayton and husband Philippe Gandiol of Davis, CA; and 5 granddaughters: Amanda Medaris and husband Henry of Dallas; Kimberly Dotson of Dallas (daughters of Glenn Dotson); Robin Cline, Alison Cline and Christina Cline (daughters of Sugie Dotson); and three great-grandchildren. Cecil graduated from Dallas Technical High School in 1940 as class president and with highest honors. He entered North Texas Agricultural College (NTAC) but WWII led him to drop out in 1943 to join the Army Air Corps, where he served with the 9th Air Force Bomber Command in East Anglia, England, as a meteorologist. He was the Senior Weather Forecaster for the Command, and in this role took it upon himself to fly a number of B-26 combat missions over Europe to observe the effects of weather on the operations. For this, Cecil received the Air Medal. The 9th Air Force's unique tactic of flying P-51 weather observers into enemy territory before bombing missions resulted in a high mission success rate. Cecil received a special commendation and a Bronze Star for his part in Eisenhower's weather-based decision for the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Europe. Captain Dotson was discharged from the U.S. Army Air Forces in January 1946. Returning to Dallas, Cecil continued his education and graduated from SMU in 1948 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with High Honors as well as induction into Sigma Tau School of Engineering Honor Society. Cecil worked at several local companies, including Guiberson and GSI in 1950, soon to become Texas Instruments, but was employed in a traveling job when he ran into Pat Haggerty, then Executive VP of TI. Pat remembered Cecil from his GSI days and recognizing his abilities, talked Cecil into coming back to TI in 1953. Cecil returned to Texas Instruments as head of the Methods Improvement Branch, and set up schools for Work Simplification. He was moved up to the new Transistor Division in 1954 as Manager of Manufacturing and was then promoted to VP in 1956. In 1959, he was chosen by management to be Chairman of the Board of TI Ltd., with the task of setting up the first off-shore semiconductor factory in Bedford, England. The Dotson family lived in Europe for three years. He was soon head of TI's International Operations, and in 1968, was promoted to Senior VP, leading a fact-finding mission to Asia to establish TI's first plants in that part of the world. He was Senior VP and Manager of Corporate Resources and Services when he retired in March 1973 after 22 years of service. He was universally admired for his honesty, humor, and extraordinary abilities to get tough jobs done. Cecil played an important role in the meteoric rise of TI in its early days. Cecil's retirement centered around skiing and golfing, and Vail became the family's second home. His TI management skills came into play as president of his condo association, a post he held for 25 years. As his interest shifted primarily to golf, the recreational base moved to Naples, Florida. His life-time golfing goal was to play all the great courses of the world. Although he never achieved this impossible dream, he played many of the best US and famous Scottish and European links. Cecil was a kind and considerate person with a vast intellect and wit, and will be fondly remembered by many. He served his country, his family and his friends well, and wherever Cecil passed, he left better than he found. There will be a Memorial Service held at Northway Christian Church, 7202 W. Northwest Hwy. on Friday, July 2, 2010, at 3:30 PM. Memorial contributions may be directed to UT Southwestern Medical Center, P.O. Box 910888, Dallas, TX 75391-0888 or online at www.utsouthwestern.edu/ donatenow to support the cancer research at Simmons Cancer Center.
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