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Dorothy Lowe spent 36 years educating the children of Princeton in a career started in the 1950s after her graduation from East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce.

During her 36-year career, Mrs. Lowe's classroom teaching assignments included fourth through sixth grades, and when she began her career, PISD had only one campus, which held all 12 grades plus all of the athletic facilities.

“I knew when I started teaching that I had to teach 5th grade, because I had Dorothy Lowe for a 5th-grade teacher, and she was my favorite teacher,” said Dianne Schmidt, who described herself as a former student, co-worker and long-time friend of Mrs. Lowe. “She treated each of us as individuals. She was interested in not only us, but our families. She made us feel important and smart and like we could do anything.”