Harry "Eats" Horii passed away of natural causes on April 28, he

was 93. Born in 1928 in Redondo Beach, California, he was the

seventh of eight children born to Rikimatsu and Konobu Horii

from Hiroshima, Japan. In 1942 his family was ordered to relocate

to the Gila River Internment Camp in Arizona. After World War II

ended (and back in California), he graduated from Redondo Union

High School. In 1949 he married Chita Iwamoto (they had met

while in camp). The newlyweds moved to Detroit, Michigan, where

he received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State Uni-

versity. The couple returned to Los Angeles in 1954, when he was

offered a position at North American Aviation (later Rockwell). This

was the beginning of a highly decorated forty year career in the

American Manned Space Programs, including all the Apollo flights

and the Space Shuttle Orbiter programs. As an engineering special-

ist, a supervisor, and eventually heading a team of 400 engineers

in the Avionics Systems Department, he received many company

and NASA awards - including Rockwell's highest honor in 1971,

the President's Space Division Award, and in 1990, NASA's Dis-

tinguished Public Service Medal (the highest award given to a non-

government employee). He was an avid fisherman, who enjoyed

golfing and photography. He was there when anyone needed DIY

building wiring, or any electrical repairs. In early 2018 his beloved

wife of 68 years died, and in 2021 his younger brother Robert Horii

passed. He is survived by his older sister Louise Kawamoto (105)

and his son David, along with many nieces and nephews.