Editing Seymour Cray (section)

==Personal life==
Cray married Verene Voll in 1947. They had known each other since childhood. She was the daughter of a [[Methodism|Methodist]] minister, as was Cray's mother, and Verene worked as a nutritionist.{{sfn|Murray|1997|pp=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/44 44,48]}} They had three children.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Evavold |first=Ross |date=13 October 1996 |title=Seymour Cray Remembered |url=https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ |work=[[Chippewa Herald]] |pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156529/ 1A], [https://newspapers.com/article/chippewa-herald-telegram-seymour-cray-j/21156310/ 7A] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Murray|1997|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/68 68]}} Cray and Voll divorced around 1978.{{sfn|Murray|1997|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/151 151]}} He later married Geri M. Harrand.{{sfn|Murray|1997|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/205 205]}} Cray was the grandfather of [[Andrew Cray]], an LGBTQ rights activist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Columnist |first=John Andersen |date=2023-06-20 |title=Andrew Cray stood up for justice |url=https://lacrossetribune.com/chp/opinion/columnists/john-andersen-andrew-cray-stood-up-for-justice/article_8d3cad5e-097c-11ee-8089-0fe4d0f597a6.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=La Crosse Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

Cray avoided publicity. There are a number of unusual tales about his life away from work, termed "Rollwagenisms", from then-CEO of Cray Research, John A. Rollwagen. Cray enjoyed [[skiing]], [[windsurfing]], [[tennis]], and other sports. Another favorite pastime was [[Hobby tunneling|digging a tunnel]] under his home; he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by [[elf|elves]]" while he worked in the tunnel: "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."<ref name="time-elves">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html|title=Technology: Just Dig While You Work|date=1988-03-28|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|access-date=18 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521163217/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967095,00.html|archive-date=2008-05-21}}</ref><ref name="pcw-elves">{{cite journal|last=Howard|first=Toby|title=Seymour Cray - An Appreciation|journal=[[Personal Computer World]]|url=http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/writing/PCW/cray.htm|date=February 1997|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref>

One story has it that when Cray was asked by management to provide detailed one-year and five-year plans for his next machine, he simply wrote, "Five-year goal: Build the biggest computer in the world. One year goal: One-fifth of the above." And another time, when expected to write a multi-page detailed status report for the company executives, Cray's two-sentence report read: "Activity is progressing satisfactorily as outlined under the June plan. There have been no significant changes or deviations from the June plan."{{sfn|Murray|1997|p=[https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/76 76]}}

Cray was mortally wounded in a rollover accident caused by a reckless driver while Cray was merging his [[Jeep Cherokee (XJ)|Jeep Cherokee]] onto [[Interstate 25 in Colorado|Interstate 25]], near the [[United States Air Force Academy|Air Force Academy]] in Colorado.<ref>{{cite news| date = September 25, 1996| title = Cray's Condition Improves | page = 1 | newspaper= Chippewa Harold | location = Chippewa Falls, WI| url =  https://www.newspapers.com/image/417624584/ | first = Robert | last = Johnson}}</ref> Cray died of his injuries on October 5, 1996, two weeks after the accident and one week after his 71st birthday.<ref>{{cite news |last=[[Associated Press]] |first= |date=September 23, 1996 |title=Cray's Founder Critically Injured in Car Crash |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/0924cray.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Cray.Pepper.html |title=Seymour Cray |author=Jason Pepper |access-date=2010-05-01}}</ref>