Distributor mourns loss

A Powell Electronics product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jul 7, 2003

David McCarthy, Area Director of the Mid-South Region for Powell Electronics, passed away on Saturday 28th June 2003 after a long illness.

David McCarthy, Area Director of the Mid-South Region for Powell Electronics, passed away on Saturday 28th June 2003 after a long illness.

He was 54.

McCarthy joined the Powell Washington team in Beltsville, MD as an inside salesman in 1978, after having taught at Parkland Junior High School in Rockville, MD for almost four years.

In 1979, McCarthy helped open a new Powell branch office in Cary, NC, and was appointed Branch Manager.

For the next 24 years, under McCarthy's direction, the Cary, NC office was one of Powell's most successful operations, in terms of both its business and its people.

In July 1997, McCarthy became Area Director of the Mid-South Atlantic states, responsible for sales, marketing, and financial operations in Maryland, the Virginias, and the Carolinas, including Powell's branch operations in Maryland and North Carolina.

He served in this position for the remainder of his career with Powell.

Ernie Schilling, President of Powell Electronics, said: "Dave's talents went far beyond his accomplishments as a successful businessman.

Always the educator, he was constantly teaching and mentoring the people he oversaw in Powell's Raleigh office, as well as his fellow managers within the Powell Electronics family.

We're deeply saddened by this loss".

McCarthy is survived by his wife Pat and two children.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions in his name to the American Cancer Society.