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Apple board member Jerome York passes away

by Megan Lavey-Heaton Mar 18th 2010 at 12:45PM


[Apple has updated its home page with the tribute above.]

Apple board member Jerome York died today after reportedly suffering a brain aneurysm on Wednesday.

York, 71, has been on Apple's Board of Directors since 1997. His former positions include chief financial officer at IBM and Chrysler, chief executive officer of Micro Warehouse and a vice chairman of Tracinda. At the time of his death he was the chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital. York was a graduate of West Point, MIT and the University of Michigan; he started his career at Chrysler as an engineer and worked his way up to the executive suite.

We offer our condolences to Mr. York's family and friends.

[Via MarketWatch]

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N900

Pretty sad. This guy worked hard from day 1, and he's an MIT man. He'll be missed.

March 18 2010 at 6:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark Cuda

That's really sad. I think it's classy that they put up that blurb on their homepage. Even in a time of strong promotion of the ipad, Jerry came first :)

March 18 2010 at 5:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Izzy

Sad. (fills out application)

March 18 2010 at 1:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Aaron

That's very, very sad. :(

March 18 2010 at 1:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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