Albert S. Hoagland

Never forgotten

I am saddened to learn of Prof. Hoagland's passing. He was the guiding force behind the Institute for Information Storage Technology at Santa Clara University, where I was privileged enough to be one of his graduate students. He opened many doors for me and other students, as well as contributed greatly to the industry and to my career in the Magnetic Recording industry. He will be missed.

I am a cousin of Albert and I am 89 years old I remember Charles,Bob,his brothers and I stayed at the Berkeley Home 843 Indian Rock hows that for Memory Rest in Peace Albert Charles Delaney

Mr. Hoagland had the most wonderful smile and laugh. I will miss our conversations about sports, flying, his work and his love for California. Rest in Peace dear Al.

Al Hoagland was one the most important and respected magnetic recording / storage experts in history. He was also an incredibly humble person, who not only made the original magnetic disk drive (RAMAC) possible but lectured, taught and documented the technology extensively across the industry. He was also one of the key people who created the Storage Special Interest Group in the Computer History Museum. His legacy will last forever and he will be very much missed. Tom Burniece

Al was a lovely man who was a silent pioneer of hard disk history. Here at the Computer History Museum, he was a wonderful contributor to our hard disk history efforts. We will miss you, Al!

My condolences to Al's family. He was a good friend and colleague over the years. I worked with him at SCU and was involved in the RAMAC IEEE milestone as well as the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the hard disk drive in 2006, among other activities. I think he may have been the last of the people to pass who worked on the RAMAC magnetic storage system. May his memory persist!

My condolences to the family. Al Hoagland was one of the giants of the hard disk drive industry (I created a wikipedia page as a tribute. It is still in draft form): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Al_Hoagland