Obituaries

Maurice F. Row Sr.FBI Official

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Maurice Franklin Row Sr., 96, a retired FBI official, died of congestive heart failure Aug. 10 at a nursing home in Poquoson, Va. He was a former resident of Annandale.

Mr. Row worked at the FBI for more than 40 years, retiring in 1974 as deputy assistant director of its computer systems division. He was responsible for the early development of computerization at the agency, starting with IBM punch card equipment in 1940 through the installment of its first small computer in the 1950s and the establishment of the National Crime Information Center, which links virtually every law enforcement agency in the United States.

He also established, with the General Accounting Office, one of the first fully automated payroll systems in the federal government. He helped introduce the use of computerized records as evidence in federal and state courts.

Mr. Row lectured on fiscal and automation matters at federal agencies and universities. He was a past officer of the FBI's employee health insurance group. After he retired, he formed a consulting firm that dealt with health insurance for other federal agencies.

He was born in Junior, W.Va., and graduated from Bridgewater College in Virginia. He joined the FBI as a messenger in 1934.

He was a past officer of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI and a member of the Anacostia Masonic Lodge, the Valley of Alexandria Scottish Rite, the Kena Temple of the Shrine and many other organizations.

His wife, Winifred Row, died in 1989. Two of their sons died before him, Maurice Row Jr. in 1991 and Lawrence Row in 1996.

Survivors include two children, Ronald Row of Arvada, Colo., and Roberta Anderson of Poquoson; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Nirina RazanadahySaks Fifth Avenue Employee

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Nirina Razanadahy, 38, a saleswoman and makeup artist at Saks Fifth Avenue in Washington, died July 25 at Montgomery General Hospital.