Hap Horn

Harrison Stratton "Hap" Horn (March 11, 1927 – June 30, 2004) was a member of the original Macintosh development team at Apple Computer.Harrison Stratton "Hap" Horn, San Jose Mercury News. 2004-08-13.
==Early life and education==
Horn was born in March 1927 in . He entered the (MIT) in 1944 and spent a year in the . He received a BSEE from MIT in 1949. Horn was elected a senior member of the (IEEE) in 1956 and received a MS in engineering services from Stanford University in 1961 as a honors cooperative program scholar. While at Stanford, he also invented the . Horn married Cecelia M. "Cele" Schwarz, a native of , in Monterey, California. They had a daughter, Ginger, and stepsons John and Chris.Talking about ‘Oldies’, I am one (PDF) by Cecelia (Schwarz) Horn ‘44, HixNews vol.5 no.10 p.3, . 2005-08.News, Notes and Memories (PDF) by Cecelia M. Horn née Schwarz, Hicksville High School Newsletter vol.4 no.12, . 2004-09.
==Career==
Horn began his work during the era of s and co-founded Howall, where he consulted for corporations such as and Data Technology. Prior to joining Apple, Horn was an employee at and Hewlett-Packard.
===Apple Computer===
Horn joined the Macintosh team in 1982, where he was a linear circuit designer and worked on fixing the problematic "Twiggy" drive. According to a first-hand account by journalist Michael Moritz, division manager Steve Jobs and engineering manager Bob Belleville colluded to take up Horn on one of his threats to quit. Horn left Apple in 1983 and continued work as a contractor until retiring to Los Altos, California.Return to the Little Kingdom p.66 by Michael Moritz. The Overlook Press. 2009.Macintosh Insiders (PDF) by Owen L. Linzmayer, Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company p.107, No Starch Press. 2004. Horn's signature is among those molded into the case of the original Macintosh 128K.
==Death==
Hap and Cele remained married for 34 years until he passed away in June 2004 in Palo Alto, California.
==References==
Category:Former Apple employees
Category:Former HP employees