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An HIG Alumni List

By Eric A. Hulteen
Edited on Thursday 14 May 2026

Who's Included

This page contains the names of everyone (to a close approximation) who ever worked in HIG -- the Human Interface Group at (what was then) Apple Computer, Inc. that existed from 1985 - 1994. The principle source of these names is the "HIG Phone List". This list was compiled from 46 of those documents dated between 3/6/89 and 5/27/94. In addition, I've added the names of people that I know were in HIG prior to the HIG Phone List and, as well, from looking at the annual HIG group photographs (see below).

I've tried to err on the side of being too inclusive rather than restrictive. As a result, the list includes interns, contractors, visiting scholars, and some temps. If there's someone you think should be on or off this list then send me email.

Permanent Employees and Summer Interns

By Last Name By First Name
  1. Abbott, Robert
  2. Abkowitz, David
  3. Arent, Michael
  4. Ascher, David
  5. Balthaser, Neil
  6. Bauersfeld, Penny
  7. Bishop, Durrell
  8. Chen, Michael
  9. Cheng, Lili
  10. Cohen, Jonathan
  11. Cooper, Eric
  12. Degen, Leo
  13. DiGiano, Chris
  14. Don, Abbe
  15. Ellenbogen, Jesse
  16. Erickson, Tom
  17. Fujikawa, Norio
  18. Gaver, William
  19. Gomoll, Kathleen
  20. Gould, Eric J.
  21. Greene, Angela
  22. Grisedale, Sally
  23. Hastings, Mark
  24. Hill, Charlie
  25. Hodges, Avril
  26. Honigberg, Lee
  27. Hooper/Woolsey, Kristina
  28. Houde, Stephanie
  29. Hulteen, Eric A.
  30. Husic, Freda
  31. Ito, Mimi
  32. Karimi, Shifteh
  33. Kemink, Joost
  34. Knapp, Lewis
  35. Kreitman/Rosendahl, Kristee
  36. Kurtenbach, Gordon
  37. Leahy, Frank
  38. Maddux, Scott
  39. Mander, Richard
  40. McClard, Anne Page
  41. Mead/Sazegari, Sara
  42. Miller, Kenny
  43. Mills, Michael
  44. Mountford, S. Joy
  45. Mullen, Deb
  46. Narine, Tracy
  47. Nicol-Thomas, Anne
  48. O'Sullivan, Daniel
  49. Palevich, Jack
  50. Price, Blaine
  51. Ritter, Ruth
  52. Ropa, Amanda
  53. Rosen, Joseph
  54. Rowell, James
  55. Sacher, Heiko
  56. Salomon, Gitta
  57. Schmucker, Kurt
  58. Sciammarella, Eduardo
  59. Sellen, Abi
  60. Sellman, Royston
  61. Shen, David
  62. Silver, Nancy
  63. Small, Ian
  64. Smith, Dave C.
  65. Standley, Dabney
  66. Stifelman, Lisa
  67. Strub, Hank
  68. Sullivan, John
  69. Teodosio, Laura
  70. Thomas, Greg
  71. Thompson-Rohrlich, John
  72. Tobias, James
  73. Tognazzini, Bruce
  74. Tycz, Jeff
  75. van Achterberg, Jay
  76. Venolia, Dan
  77. Vertelney, Laurie
  78. Vronay, David
  79. Wagner, Annette
  80. Withey, Kate
  81. Wong, Yin Yin
  82. Yawitz, Mitch
  83. Young, Gary
  84. Young, Peter
  1. Abbe Don
  2. Abi Sellen
  3. Amanda Ropa
  4. Angela Greene
  5. Anne Nicol-Thomas
  6. Anne Page McClard
  7. Annette Wagner
  8. Avril Hodges
  9. Blaine Price
  10. Bruce Tognazzini
  11. Charlie Hill
  12. Chris DiGiano
  13. Dabney Standley
  14. Dan Venolia
  15. Daniel O'Sullivan
  16. Dave C. Smith
  17. David Abkowitz
  18. David Ascher
  19. David Shen
  20. David Vronay
  21. Deb Mullen
  22. Durrell Bishop
  23. Eduardo Sciammarella
  24. Eric A. Hulteen
  25. Eric Cooper
  26. Eric J. Gould
  27. Frank Leahy
  28. Freda Husic
  29. Gary Young
  30. Gitta Salomon
  31. Gordon Kurtenbach
  32. Greg Thomas
  33. Hank Strub
  34. Heiko Sacher
  35. Ian Small
  36. Jack Palevich
  37. James Rowell
  38. James Tobias
  39. Jay van Achterberg
  40. Jeff Tycz
  41. Jesse Ellenbogen
  42. John Sullivan
  43. John Thompson-Rohrlich
  44. Jonathan Cohen
  45. Joost Kemink
  46. Joseph Rosen
  47. Kate Withey
  48. Kathleen Gomoll
  49. Kenny Miller
  50. Kristee Kreitman/Rosendahl
  51. Kristina Hooper/Woolsey
  52. Kurt Schmucker
  53. Laura Teodosio
  54. Laurie Vertelney
  55. Lee Honigberg
  56. Leo Degen
  57. Lewis Knapp
  58. Lili Cheng
  59. Lisa Stifelman
  60. Mark Hastings
  61. Michael Arent
  62. Michael Chen
  63. Michael Mills
  64. Mimi Ito
  65. Mitch Yawitz
  66. Nancy Silver
  67. Neil Balthaser
  68. Norio Fujikawa
  69. Penny Bauersfeld
  70. Peter Young
  71. Richard Mander
  72. Robert Abbott
  73. Royston Sellman
  74. Ruth Ritter
  75. S. Joy Mountford
  76. Sally Grisedale
  77. Sara Mead/Sazegari
  78. Scott Maddux
  79. Shifteh Karimi
  80. Stephanie Houde
  81. Tom Erickson
  82. Tracy Narine
  83. William Gaver
  84. Yin Yin Wong

Visiting Scholars and Contractors

By Last Name By First Name
  1. Baecker, Ron
  2. Brennan, Susan
  3. Buxton, Bill
  4. Casey, Ted
  5. Chen, James
  6. Cohen, Donna
  7. Crampton-Smith, Gillian
  8. Laurel, Brenda
  9. Mann, Donna
  10. Mitchell, Peter
  11. Pea, Roy
  12. Ruttenberg, Alan
  13. Sulzen, James
  14. Wellington, Rob
  1. Alan Ruttenberg
  2. Bill Buxton
  3. Brenda Laurel
  4. Donna Cohen
  5. Donna Mann
  6. Gillian Crampton-Smith
  7. James Chen
  8. James Sulzen
  9. Peter Mitchell
  10. Rob Wellington
  11. Ron Baecker
  12. Roy Pea
  13. Susan Brennan
  14. Ted Casey

HIG Group Photos

These are small scans of the annual HIG group photographs. If you're in one of these pictures and you want to have a larger version of the image then send me email.

1987 1987 human interface group photo 1988 1988 human interface group photo
1989 1989 human interface group photo 1990 1990 human interface group photo
1991 1991 human interface group photo 1992 1992 human interface group photo
1993 1993 human interface group photo