Auburn Grad Replaces Steve Jobs As Apple CEO

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http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20090115/NEWS/90115015

Auburn grad takes helm at Apple

Associated Press • January 15, 2009

SEATTLE - An Auburn graduate is the new head man at Apple.

Tim Cook will run the California-based company while co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs takes a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

Jobs made the announcement Wednesday.

A native of Alabama, the 48-year-old Cook graduated from Auburn University in 1982 with an engineering degree. He is said to still be a huge fan of Auburn's football team.

Before joining Apple in 1998, Cook worked at IBM Corp. for 12 years and spent a short time at Compaq Computer.

It's a road Cook has been down before, having run Apple for two months in 2004 while Jobs recovered from surgery for pancreatic cancer.

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Sponsorships?  Athletic Complex Electronic Equipment?  Tigers Unlimited donations reaching unparalled heights?

The sky's the limit, for 6 months, at least.

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As long as we don't get some jacked up ugly neon orange uniforms... (see:  Ducks, Oregon)