Sunnyvale, California Harry Raymond Elliott, 90, of Sunnyvale, California, died on Sunday, April 9, 2023, from heart failure at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California.

He was born July 19, 1932 in Takoma Park, Maryland, the first born of four children to parents Fred and Margaret (Partington) Elliott. Harry attended elementary and middle school in Maryland until his family moved west to Oregon after World War II. He attended high school at Portland Union Adventist Academy, where he graduated as Senior Class President in 1950. After high school he opened Elliott Radio Shop at 28th Ave and Barbur Blvd in Portland. Subsequently he received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Walla Walla College in June 1956, and a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Seattle University in 1961.

While studying at Walla Walla College, Harry met Eva Elizabeth Bradford, and the two became engaged in 1954. In September, 1955, Harry and Eva married in Longview, Washington. During their sixty-eight-year marriage they had three children: Becky, Brad, and Scott.

While working for NASA at Edwards Air Force Base in the 1960s, Harry invented a compact analog computer that enabled the rocket powered X-15 aircraft to set new records for speed and altitude. From the 1970’s he oversaw Quality Assurance at Lockheed’s facility in Sunnyvale on behalf of the Air Force’s Plant Representative Office (AFPRO). He also dabbled in real estate and took up investing, which he pursued full-time after his retirement from engineering in September, 1994.

Harry enjoyed a lifelong interest in photography, especially exploring photographic novelties such as his Stereo Realist, a camera that took binocular-vision slides that could be viewed in three dimensions.

Harry was predeceased by his brother, Richard. He is survived by his wife, Eva, brother James, sister Margie, daughter Becky and her husband Randy, and his sons Brad and Scott.

Memorial services will be held at the Sunnyvale Seventh-day Adventist Church at 653 W Fremont on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at 4:00 pm.