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A Team Emerges at Stanford

Bill and Dave chatting with Noel Porter and others in 1955. Enlarge
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Date: 1955

Bill and Dave met for the first time at Stanford’s freshman football tryouts, but they became close as upperclassmen, through a mutual friend and future vice president at Hewlett-Packard, Noel “Ed” Porter (center, with Dave to his right). Porter also served as mayor of Palo Alto from 1955–1960.

Tags: 1950s • 1955 • Bill Hewlett • Dave Packard • Noel Ed Porter • Palo Alto • Stanford University

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