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Jon A. Shirley was born in San Diego in 1938, graduated from The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and then attended MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was with Tandy Corporation for 25 years in many positions, last as vice president Computer Merchandising when he left in 1983 to move to Seattle and become president, chief operating officer and a director of Microsoft Corporation. He retired from Microsoft in 1990 but remains a director. He is also a director of Manzanita Capital, a private financial services company in Seattle. Mr. Shirley is chairman of the board of trustees of the Seattle Art Museum, a trustee of The Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington, trustee of The Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and a member of The Chairman's Council of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Mr. Shirley and his wife Mary live in Medina, Washington, and are active collectors of contemporary art in addition to collecting, restoring, showing and racing vintage Ferraris. Mr. Shirley joined the Microsoft Board on August 13, 1983. | 