Honoring Steve Appleton

Steve Appleton Public Memorial Service: Feb. 23, 2012

A plaque at the Steve Appleton Tennis Complex.	President Bob Kustra speaks at the memorial service.
Steve Appleton (back, center) and his tennis team.	Boise State Tennis Coach Greg Patton remembers Appleton. ;
The "Missing Man" flyover.

Remembering Steve Appleton

Sympathy cards may be sent to the following address:

Micron Technology, Inc.
Attn: The Appleton Family
8000 S. Federal Way, MS 1-406
P.O. Box 6
Boise, ID 83707-0006

Read about Steve Appleton and his 2005 Achievement Award from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

What They’re Saying

“Boise State lost one of its own today. A former Bronco tennis player who never forgot his alma mater, Steve graduated in business and went on to lead one of the nation’s premier companies and enrich in so many ways the community he called home. He played a critical role in transforming Boise State into a research university serving the tech economy of Idaho. I valued his friendship, his generous support, and especially the advice and counsel he provided me personally as we navigated our way through the recent recession. Our thoughts and prayers are with Dalynn, his children and his family as well as his colleagues at Micron.”

— President Bob Kustra, Boise State University

“Steve Appleton epitomized everything that is majestic about collegiate tennis. He loved how it enabled him to play for his teammates even in an individual sport. He spoke of how his quest to become the Big Sky Doubles champion in 1978 taught him life lessons of preparedness, discipline, goal setting, competitiveness and plain, old-fashioned work ethic. They served him well in his rise from a student line worker at the young Micron Company to becoming CEO of this Fortune 100 company. His contributions to the State of Idaho, to Micron and to his alma mater of Boise State are legendary. Both his passion and compassion made him a champion of business, philanthropy and life. He will be greatly missed as the visionary leader who shaped our State, Boise State University, and the lives of our student-athletes.”

— Greg Patton, Boise State Men’s Tennis Coach

Boise State Background

Steve Appleton came to Boise State University in 1978 on a tennis scholarship. He was captain of the tennis team his senior year and won the Big Sky doubles championship. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management in 1982. In 2001, he received the university’s prestigious Silver Medallion award for his service to the university and in May 2007 he was awarded an honorary doctorate.

Appleton served as co-chair of the university’s most recent comprehensive fundraising campaign for scholarships, programs and buildings. He also was a Boise State University Foundation board member from 1995-2002 and was a lifetime Chaffee Guild member.

He was instrumental in the development of Boise State’s College of Engineering, which offered its first classes in 1996, and construction of the Appleton Tennis Complex on the Boise State campus. His support has been invaluable to both the College of Business and Economics and the College of Engineering.

In 1999, he established the Micron Foundation, which has led to several generous donations to Boise State programs and initiatives, including the Micron Business and Economics Building at the corner of University and Capitol, slated to open later this year, and doctoral programs in the departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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