text: who is candy clark in the context of apple computer lore? who is candy clark in the context of apple computer lore? in february 1981, steve wozniak crashed his private plane. as a result, he had temporary short-term memory loss. he had no recollection of the accident and, for a while, did not even know he had been involved in a crash. he began to piece together clues from things people said to him. he asked his girlfriend, candy clark (an early apple employee who worked in the accounting department) whether he had been involved in an accident of some kind. when she told him of the event, his short-term memory was restored. wozniak also credits computer games (running on an apple ii) for aiding him in restoring those "lost" memories.  woz did not return to apple after recovering from the plane crash. instead, he married clark (he says "superwoman") and returned to the university of california, berkeley under the name "rocky (raccoon) clark", finally earning his undergraduate degree in 1987. in 1983 he decided to return to apple product development, but he wanted to be no more than just an engineer and a motivational factor for the apple workforce.  in 1982 and 1983, wozniak also sponsored the two us festivals, which were a celebration of evolving technologies and a marriage of music, computers, television and people.