[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 163 (Thursday, October 27, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1953]
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                 IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF MR. STEVE JOBS

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 27, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Steve Jobs, the 
former CEO of Apple Incorporated.
  Mr. Jobs was born February 24, 1955 and graduated from Homestead High 
School in Cupertino, California. Steve would then attend lectures at 
Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California, where he met future 
business partner Steve Wozniak. After attending Stanford, Steve was 
hired by Atari where he created the circuit board for the game 
``Breakout.''
  Mr. Jobs' invention of the personal computer happened in his family 
garage, where the company name ``Apple'' stemmed from his favorite 
fruit and where the technological word byte was also created. His 
vision included condensing computers to box size and having them 
introduced into the masses. In order to initiate their new company, 
Jobs sold his Volkswagen Micro Bus and business partner Steve Wozniak 
sold his HP scientific calculator to raise funds to begin Apple.
  Later on in life Steve purchased The Graphics Group which later 
became Pixar. In 1995 he was executive producer for the Pixar movie 
``Toy Story.'' Years later Disney would buy Pixar and Steve would sit 
on the Disney committee for Disney's Pixar animation business. He was a 
pioneer and innovator. In August of 2011 Steve resigned as CEO of Apple 
to concentrate on his health. He died on October 5th, 2011 as the 
former founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Incorporated.
  The work Steve accomplished throughout his life was invaluable 
towards personalizing the computer and paved the way for the future of 
the technological world. In 2007, Steve was inducted into the 
California Hall of Fame and was recognized by Forbes as the most 
powerful person in business. Billions of people have benefited from Mr. 
Jobs' work which ranges from the Mac computer and iPhone, to the many 
Disney Pixar films.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me remembering Mr. Steve Jobs 
as we honor his work and life as an innovator and offer condolences to 
his family and friends.

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