Dorothy Austin Alevizatos (Dee) died peacefully in Baltimore County after a short illness on Friday, October 2, 2026, surrounded by her family. The Lutherville resident was 89 years old.

Born in Baltimore, Dee was the younger of two children of Dr. Charles Summerfield Austin, Jr, and Dorothy Martha Buschman Austin. The family lived in Roland Park and owned and operated Austin Pharmacy. Dee was a student leader and athlete at Eastern High School before she ventured south to attend Westhampton, the women's college of the University of Richmond. When her father became ill three years later, Dee returned to Baltimore to be with her mother, earned her B.A. from Goucher College in 1959, and took a job as a first grade teacher in south Baltimore. She taught elementary school through 1963.

In June 1960, Dee married Aristides C. (Ted) Alevizatos, M.D., at St. Michael's and All Angels Church in Baltimore. It was love at first sight when the two met on New Year's Eve 1953. To spend more time together while dating, Dee attended medical school classes on Saturdays with Ted; the yearbook noted that, "Ted claims the distinction of having the most medically educated fiancée." They had four children: Christen A. Alevizatos, M.D., (Amy), the late Mark A. Alevizatos, Dorothy C. A. von Hollen, and Alexandra A. Kirtley (Roger). After Ted completed his Army service, the family lived in Homeland and Roland Park among a crew of young families who became lifelong friends. In 1977, they made the bold decision to move to Pear Hill, a small farm in what was then considered the far away town of Sparks, Maryland.

Dee balanced her famously colorful and elegant taste in clothing, interiors, and art with a passion for gardening, animals, and sports. On their farm, the city-born and bred Dee cultivated a large and flower-filled rock garden and found herself breeding Jack Russell terriers, corralling steers, picking horses' hooves, feeding baby chipmunks with an eye dropper, and inviting pet ducks inside for a waddle around the kitchen. She was always thrilled by sporting competitions, and she could often be seen—and heard—cheering on her children from the sidelines, a habit she continued at her grandchildren's pursuits. To the amazement of their peers, Dee's children and grandchildren loved to call her and rehash in detail the points, plays, and highlights of tennis matches and football, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse games.

The consummate volunteer, Dee chaired church Christmas bazaars and the Volvo Tennis Championships for the Junior League of Baltimore before she segued into chairing the women's committees of the Maryland Historical Society and Walters Art Museum. She worked tirelessly to raise funds to support several institutions, including Mercy Medical Center's Annual Fund. She and Ted loved the visual and performing arts, and for almost fifty years, they were annual subscribers to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Opera Company, and the theatre.

Dee and her family were inveterate travelers, visiting all the regions of the United States and Europe (including Russia) as well as Egypt, Kenya, the Holy Lands, India, and East Asia. She and Ted enjoyed trips with the Maryland Wine and Food Society and two incredible Mediterranean cruises on the original Sea Cloud, the famous three-masted barque.

Close to her heart was a wide swath of extended family and friends, to whom she was devoted and loved to celebrate. Dee remembered every birthday, anniversary, or milestone with a card or gift and hosted parties for "the big ones." She forged strong and supportive friendships later in life through various bridge groups, and each of those friends—old and new—were especially dear to her. Dee's family is grateful for the thoughtful and comprehensive care she received from doctors and nurses at Mercy, Union Memorial, Hopkins, and St. Joseph's hospitals as well as the personal care she received from caregivers at home. As the saying goes, she never met a stranger.

Dee was a longtime and active member of St. David's Church in Roland Park, where she loved to sing and found great solace in the Episcopal liturgy. She was also a member of L'Hirondelle Club of Ruxton, the Mount Vernon Club, and the Woodland Garden Club. In addition to her husband and three children, Dee is survived by her grandchildren Kayla J. A. Dixon (Colin), Braeden A. Alevizatos, Sarah C. Alevizatos, and Ryan C. Alevizatos, Caspar A. von Hollen and Konrad P. von Hollen, and Caroline S. Kirtley and Henry A. Kirtley; great-grandchildren Juliet Sugarman, Ava Dixon, and Kassandra Dixon; sister-in-law Beverly S. Austin, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son Mark Austin Alevizatos, her brother Charles S. Austin, III, and her siblings-in-law Evan Alevizatos Chriss (Ceres), Chrysanthe A. Pappas (Alexander), and Betty Jean Alevizatos.

A Funeral Celebration will be held at St. David's Church, 4700 Roland Ave, Baltimore, MD 21210, on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 11 AM with a reception immediately following in the church's Great Hall. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Dee's memory to The Austin/Alevizatos Fund at The Calvert School, 105 Tuscany Road, Baltimore, MD, 21210.