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Disk Drive Pioneer Al Sugart Dies

Associated Press News Wire (ap@telecom-digest.org)
Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:08:54 -0600

Alan Shugart, the co-founder of hard drive maker Seagate Technology
LLC, has died, the company said Wednesday. He was 76.

Shugart helped pioneer the multibillion dollar hard drive industry, in
which Seagate now holds the leading market position. He founded the
company in 1979 and left in 1998.

Described by some as a maverick, Shugart was well known for his
colorful personality that included an effort to get his dog to run for
Congress. The unsuccessful ploy became the topic of one of his three
books, "Ernest Goes to Washington (Well, Not Exactly)."

Shugart died Tuesday at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula,
said Seagate spokeswoman Julie Stills. He was admitted last week and
died of complications from heart surgery he underwent six weeks ago.

He was still working until the day of his death, checking e-mails for
his company, Al Shugart International, a startup incubator based in
Santa Cruz, Stills said.

He is survived by his wife, Rita, four daughters, a son, and seven
grandchildren.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.

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