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Lucile Packard and Flora and Bill Hewlett at a social event in 1946.
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Flora Hewlett’s Role In HP Growth
Like Lu Packard (left), Flora Hewlett (center) played an informal but pivotal role in HP’s success. A Berkeley-educated biochemist, her work as an editor for the Annual Review of Biochemistry provided ...
Dave Packard as a young man posing beside a car.
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Fred Terman: Father of Silicon Valley
In the early 1930s, the talents of four Stanford undergraduates — Bill Hewlett, Dave Packard, Barney Oliver and Noel “Ed” Porter — caught the eye of legendary engineering professor Fred Terman. Terman ...
Front of the Medal of Excellence in Applied Sciences inscribed to Bill Hewlett.
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Free University Recognizes Hewlett
Hewlett-Packard was founded on the idea that engineering and science could be used to drive business and improve people’s lives. This medal of excellence in applied sciences from the Free University o ...
Bill Hewlett helping to unveil a sculpture to celebrate Hewlett-Packard SA's 25th anniversary in 1983.
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Going Global: HP S.A. in Geneva
Hewlett-Packard S.A. in Geneva was Hewlett-Packard Company’s first foreign subsidiary, created to handle European sales and marketing. Setting a tone for the rest of the company’s global expansion, HP ...
Hewlett-Packard's first patent, for Bill Hewlett's oscillator, granted on January 6, 1942.
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Hewlett-Packard’s First Patent
Hewlett-Packard filed for its first product patent — on Bill Hewlett’s oscillator model — in 1939. It was granted on January 6, 1942.
A letter from Bill Hewlett discussing Hewlett-Packard’s “open door policy” and its importance to the company culture.
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Hewlett-Packard’s Open Door Policy
This letter from Bill Hewlett discussed Hewlett-Packard’s “open door policy” and its importance to the company culture.
The National Medal of Science in its case.
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Hewlett’s National Medal of Science
The National Medal of Science is the United States’ highest scientific honor. Bill Hewlett received the 1983 medal for his work in engineering. President Ronald Reagan formally gave it to him at a Whi ...
Bill Hewlett, Linda Standley and Paul Ely attending an employee meeting in 1974.
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HP Discusses Equal Opportunity
In 1974, Hewlett-Packard leaders Bill Hewlett, Linda Standley and Paul Ely answered direct questions from employees about the company’s equal opportunity employment practices. Standley, who worked in ...
Photo of the restored Hewlett-Packard house with a plaque indicating its listing in the National Historic Register.
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HP House: Restored & Recognized
Gleaming after its full restoration, the Hewlett-Packard house welcomed a new addition to the front of the property: a historical marker recognizing the site as the Birthplace of Silicon Valley. The s ...
Front-facing photo of the HP 200A oscillator, Hewlett-Packard's first product.
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HP’s First Product: The 200A
The 200A oscillator used a design breakthrough Bill Hewlett had developed at Stanford to offer a greater level of accuracy than the best oscillators then available on the market for a fraction of the ...