You may not know his name, but Steve Jobs was so desparate to hire Bill Atkinson that he went to extraordinary lengths to ...

Bill Atkinson died on June 5 after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 74. Atkinson was one of the earliest Apple employees, ...

A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present ...

As Apple employee No. 51, Atkinson transformed abstract computer science into intuitive visual experiences that millions ...

My first meeting with Bill Atkinson was unforgettable. It was November 1983, and reporting for Rolling Stone, I had gained ...

Atkinson's legacy includes creating and designing foundational Apple apps like MacPaint, QuickDraw and HyperCard.

The engineer behind much of the Mac's early graphical user interfaces, QuickDraw, MacPaint, Hypercard and much more, William ...

Atkinson’s family announced that he passed away last Thursday due to pancreatic cancer. Employee number 51 at Apple, Atkinson ...

Bill Atkinson, an engineer who played a key role in the development of the Macintosh and other landmark Apple products, has ...

Atkinson's family announced the news on Facebook on Sunday.

You may not know his name, but Steve Jobs thought well enough of Bill Atkinson that he went to enormous trouble to recruit him for Apple. It was to prove a smart move.

Apple pioneer and nature photographer Bill Atkinson died at the beginning of June as a result of cancer. He was 74 years old.