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Harry Hollack Obituary
Harry passed away on September 1, 2020 after a long, difficult illness. He was born on July 27, 1944 in Butler, Pennsylvania, the oldest son of Harry and Sonia Hollack.
Harry earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. After a lengthy career with Texas Instruments in Houston, Texas, he joined Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California. Harry moved to Arizona in 1979 to lead the start-up of Intel's first wafer fabrication facility (Fab 6) in Chandler, Arizona. He ran that operation for many years excelling in the career he loved, semiconductor manufacturing. Before retiring, he also worked for Motorola and Primarion and started FlipChip Technologies. He advocated for vocational education and assisted the State of Arizona in that endeavor. Harry earned the Distinguished Citizen Award from the University of Arizona's College of Engineering and Mines and Alumni Association for his contributions in assisting the college with its improvement in management and planning processes. He holds three U.S. patents. Harry was a natural leader and motivated others "to hold hands and walk through walls" to get results.
Harry enjoyed hiking, biking, swimming, sailing, fly fishing, reading, singing and baking desserts for others to enjoy. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne, two daughters, Jennifer (Ken) Raboin and Rebecca (Tom) Carlson, four beautiful granddaughters, and brother, Robert, of Butler, Pennsylvania.
He will be remembered for his intelligence, positive energy, openness, loyality, big heart, and expressive blue eyes. As one of his friends said, "Harry was one of a kind. A good kind". Harry often reminded others "life is not a dress rehearsal" and that is how he lived his life. May he rest in peace and forever know how much he was loved.
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Peter Elenius
January 22, 2021
I had the opportunity to start Flip Chip Technologies (FCT) with Harry in 1996. He was past the "Hollering Harry" stage by that time but we all heard stories from friends in Intel. He successfully made the transition from large company to startup and was key to the initial success of FCT. I recently had the opportunity to use one of his favorite sayings/principals, "No Change is Innocuous.”
Richard Billo
January 9, 2021
As a young man, my first job was at Intel. Harry was my boss’s boss,and I was within earshot of Harry everyday for the four years I worked in Chandler. He once said “show me a good loser and I will show you a loser”. No truer words were spoken and I have lived by them and many other truisms I learned from Harry.
Gwen Kretz
September 20, 2020
A good man. I respected Harry more then any other manager at intel. You always knew where you stood with him. He was genuine. He had a big heart and always went above and beyond. God bless his family and may he RIP.
Steve Ballard
September 20, 2020
Harry was one of a kind. In '82 I moved from Intel Oregon to Arizona. We met ... I was a nobody ... from that moment forward, whenever we saw one another he said "Hi Steve, how are you doing" ... point is he knew a thousand people by first name and was always ready to take ~10 minutes to talk. SO personable. Oh yeah, if you were across the room, "Hollering Harry" would still say hello :) Truly a man who believed in each employee, and yelled at us all the same. Respects to Harry and his family!
lori stanzyk
September 20, 2020
I am so sorry to hear of his passing... Rip Harry... you've earn it.
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