In Memory
People: April 30, 2002
In Remembrance Of Robert De Lorenzi
by Bara Vaida
Robert de Lorenzi, president and CEO of Patriot Computer Group and chief technology officer (CTO) for President Bush's transition team, died April 14 while recovering from recent surgery.
Many friends and family in the northern Virginia high-tech community attended an April 18 memorial service for de Lorenzi. Rep. Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican who attended the memorial, also entered words in theCongressional Record honoring de Lorenzi's service to the community.
De Lorenzi, who also was chief information officer for the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, came to the transition team through the recommendation of Northern Virginia Technology Council President Bobbie Kilberg. The NVTC, which represents northern Virginia companies, has established a Bob de Lorenzi Telework Innovation Award to honor telework ideas submitted by students of George Mason University.
Dennis Martin (1979)
One evening in the early-to-mid '90's while on the road on business, I decided to test the new internet search engine technology just to kill time with my new laptop in my hotel room. Of all the people with unique last names in the Class of '79, the only one that came up in a search was a Robert De Lorenzo, and it had an email address. I emailed him, asking if he was in fact the '79 Class president from SAHS and to my delight, he responded...amazed that I had found him and expressing his interest in contacting others from SAHS but not having had the time to start at that time. I don't know if he ever did, as I got busy with life and didn't maintain the connection after that. Then some years later, I did a search again, and learned of his passing. How I regretted not maintaining the SAHS connections in the years following graduation, but thanks to Facebook and this site, it's gotten easier to reconnect. Class of '79 Forever.