The Mike Markkula collection of early Apple Computer material consists of material produced or collected by Markkula during his time at Apple Computer, Inc. in various capacities from CEO to chairman of the board. Ranging in date from 1977 to 1998, the collection includes Apple marketing, public relations, dealer and consultant materials, manuals, and software. There is also a small amount of software and manuals produced by companies other than Apple.

Armas Clifford (Mike) Markkula, Jr. was born February 11, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. Markkula attended Glendale Junior College for two years before transferring to the University of Southern California where he earned his bachelor’s (1964) and master’s degrees (1966) in electrical engineering. While an undergraduate student Markkula began working at Hughes Aircraft Company in the Research and Development Laboratory. He continued with Hughes until graduation, when he accepted a position with Fairchild Semiconductor as a product marketing manager. After approximately four years Markkula left Fairchild to join Intel as a marketing director. In 1974 at the age of 32 Markkula retired on the basis of stock options.

11.0 Linear feet, 6 record cartons, 2 periodical boxes, 2 oversize boxes

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The collection is open for research.