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Alan F. Shugart
Pages 274-277

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... HUGHES SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY ALAN F SHUGART, pioneer of the multibillion-dollar computer hard-drive industry and co-founder of Seagate Technology, died December 12, 2006, at the age of 76, of complications from heart surgery six weeks earlier.
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From page 276...
... In 1989, Seagate acquired Imprimis Technology in Minneapolis from the Control Data computer company, giving Seagate research and manufacturing capability for recording heads and highend drives. He diversified Seagate into different aspects of the data-storage business, including data backup and removable flash memory.
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From page 277...
... He left Seagate in July 1998 to run his own company, Al Shugart International, an incubator for start-up companies. Al campaigned for the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which outlawed frivolous lawsuits and limited securities-fraud class actions against corporate executives.
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