Jeff Harbers

26 Jun 2006

Very sad news today in the Seattle PI -- Jeff Harbers died when his single-engine plane crashed on takeoff in Big Timber, Montana this weekend. Jeff was an incredibly bright, humorous, and effective manager of the Office group at Microsoft in the 1980's. I worked under Jeff when I was on the Excel for Windows team in the mid 80's. Though it's nearly twenty years since I've been in touch with Jeff, I remember him well, and I know he will be missed.

Posted by John on Monday, June 26, 2006 at 5:38 PM

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