Apple’s senior VP of software and services Eddy Cue has joined the Board of Trustees at Duke University in North Carolina. The announcement was made via a press release from the institution.
Cue earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and economics at Duke University. Both of Cue’s sons Adam and Spencer also studied Computer Science at Duke University.
Cue joins six other new trustees joining the board on a six-year term. The new trustees are Michael J. Bingle, vice chairman of Silver Lake Group; Eddy H. Cue, senior vice president of internet software and services at Apple; Nancy-Ann DeParle, managing partner and co-founder of Consonance Capital Partners; and Grant H. Hill, basketball hall of famer and founder of Hill Ventures. They will each serve six-year terms.
Additionally, three observers were appointed to the board: Vikas J. Patel, owner of and principal physician at North Carolina Dermatology Associates; Doha Ali, a 2021 Duke graduate who studied economics and sociology; and Gerardo A. Párraga, a 2021 law school graduate.
Cue has returned to Duke many times to assist students in technology fields, and in 2017 he spoke to the Duke Technology Scholars, which is an effort designed to inspire more Duke women undergraduates to choose careers in computer science and electrical and computer engineering.
Cue helped create the Apple online store in 1998, the iTunes Store in 2003, and the App Store in 2008. He also played a key role in developing Apple’s award-winning iLife suite of applications.
