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Durcan to take over at Micron
MICRON Technology yesterday announced that Mark Durcan, 51, had been appointed chief executive replacing Steven Appleton, who was killed Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed at an airport near the company headquarters in Boise, Idaho.
Durcan had been Micron’s president and chief operating officer. On Saturday he was also appointed to the company’s board.
The company remains shaken by the loss of its leader. Appleton was one of the most prominent figures in the semiconductor industry.