Monday, 28 February 2005
By Jason Walsh
Jef Raskin, creator of the Apple Macintosh died on Saturday aged 
61.Raskin was born in New York in 1943. He studied philosophy, 
mathematics, data processing and electronics. His formal education was 
in arts  at the University of San Diego. Later, he taught data 
processing and fine art.

Raskin joined Apple as employee number 31 in 1978 to manage the 
publications department. In 1979, Raskin began what was to become the 
Apple Macintosh.

Raskin is survived by his wife of 23 years, Linda Blum; his children, 
Aza,  Aviva, and Aenea; and his children in all but name, Jenna and 
Rebecca.  A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

You can read Dogmatika's interview with Raskin here

From:  http://www.dogmatika.com/content/view/115/27
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