Kent Christopher Diamond
Feb. 13, 1962-Feb. 19, 2016
Redmond, Washington

Kent Christopher Diamond, 54, a former Microsoft manager, died suddenly from heart failure Feb. 19 on a vacation in Hawaii. He lived with his family in Redmond, Washington.

Diamond was born in Mountain View and graduated from Gunn High School. He went to the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated with a double major in economics and computer science. He later earned a law degree from the University of Washington's School of Law.

At Microsoft, he began as a software engineer and worked on their operating system software in the U.S. and Japan, and soon became a manager in the company.

After early retirement, he spent more than a year in Africa touring and then worked with the people of southern Sudan through the U.N. He contributed some time to Legal Aide, he tutored and coached his children's teams, and was an avid golfer.

He is survived by his wife, Susan, and his teenage children, Karin and Colin, all of Redmond; his mother, Diana Diamond of Palo Alto; and his brothers, Bruce (Marcy) of San Jose, Scott of Portland, Oregon, and Mark (Pat) of Los Altos.

His father, Horace Williams "Bill" Diamond, preceded his son in death.