Steve Appleton, the chief executive and chairman of Micron, died Feb. 3 in a small, experimental fixed-wing plane crash, the company said. He was 51.
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Micron Technology Inc. Steve Appleton speaks at the Reuters Semiconductor Industry Summit in San Francisco, California in this November 2, 2005 file photo.
President Bush, right, is introduced by Micron Chief Executive Officer Steve Appleton before he spoke about the economy at Micron Technology, a computer chip manufacturing company, in Manassas
In this photograph provided by Micron Technology Inc., Steve Appleton, Steve Appleton, CEO of U.S. chip maker Micron Technology exits his race vehicle on Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, in La Paz, Mexico after winning the Baja Challenge class of the SCORE Tecate Baja 1000 race. With his brother Chris as co-driver, Appleton finished the 1,047-mile course down the Baja Peninsula in 25 hours and 25 minutes. He started 16th in the field of 20 vehicles entered in the Baja Challenge, the entry-level class of the desert road race.
FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2005 file photo, Steve Appleton, CEO and chairman of Micron Technology Inc., looks out through the engine compartment of his stunt jet airplane inside the hanger where he keeps several different types of aircraft in Boise, Idaho. Appleton, has died in a small plane crash Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Boise. He was 51.
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