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HP’s Board Meeting in Beijing
Following an easing of trade restrictions between the U.S. and China, Hewlett-Packard’s board of directors held a meeting in Beijing in 1983. It was reportedly the first of its kind by an American com ...
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HP’s Excellence in Wartime Production
Hewlett-Packard received the coveted Army-Navy “E” Award for excellence in wartime production four times for its work during World War II. Dave Packard accepted the first award on behalf of the compan ...
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HP’s First Equal Opportunities Manager
Hewlett-Packard always had a nondiscrimination policy in hiring, but its understanding of how best to address racial inequality evolved continuously throughout its existence. In 1968, CEO Dave Packard ...
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HP’s First Female Employee
By 1940, Hewlett-Packard had gotten large enough to hire a full-time administrative assistant named Helen Perry. Perry, seen here with Dave Packard, was Hewlett-Packard’s first female employee. (Befor ...
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HP’s Moscow Office Matryoshka Doll
Hewlett-Packard opened its Moscow office in 1973, and unlike most Western technology companies, it maintained operations there from that point forward. This matryoshka (Russian nesting doll) set repre ...
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IEEE Computer Entrepreneur Award
Bill and Dave jointly received the Computer Entrepreneur Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) in 1995. The award was granted, “For entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, ...
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Industrialists of the Year
Bill and Dave were named California’s Industrialists of the Year in 1973 for their “devotion and dedication to improving the quality of American life both inside and outside of their company.” The awa ...
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Leaders with a Lighter Side
Bill and Dave might have taken their work seriously, but they didn’t take themselves too seriously. They regularly participated in comedy skits at company events, such as this one from the dedication ...
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Lucile Salter Packard
Dave Packard married Lucile “Lu” Salter in 1938, not long before the couple moved from Schenectady, New York, to Palo Alto so Dave and Bill Hewlett could start Hewlett-Packard together. Lu would be cr ...
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Made in Malaysia: HP in Malaysia
Hewlett-Packard Malaysia (HPM) started as a semi-conductor Manufacturing Division on September 6, 1972.