Bill Atkinson, a pioneering computer engineer and programmer at Apple, instrumental in the creation of the Macintosh computer in January 1984, died June 5. Atkinson, 74, passed away at his home in ...
Bill Atkinson, who died Thursday at 74, was an early engineer at Apple whose exceptional skill and ingenuity lives to this day in the fine details of graphic design. Given the limited resources of a ...
Atkinson’s family announced that he passed away last Thursday due to pancreatic cancer. Employee number 51 at Apple, Atkinson worked on the Macintosh, MacPaint, and HyperCard.