William Reddington Hewlett
- William Reddington Hewlett
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name = William Reddington Hewlett
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caption = Hewlett (left) andAlan Tripp in a 1993 photograph at Tripp's first SCORE! Center
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birth_date =May 20 ,1913
birth_place =Irving, Texas
death_date =January 12 ,2001
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footnotes = William Redington Hewlett (May 20 ,1913 –January 12 ,2001 ) was the co-founder, withDavid Packard , of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). He was born inIrving, Texas but moved toSan Francisco at the age of 3 years. He attended Lowell High School and was accepted atStanford University as a favor to his late father, Albion Walter Hewlett, who had died prematurely of a brain tumor in 1925.Hewlett received his
Bachelor's degree fromStanford University in 1934, an MS degree inEECS (course 6) from MIT in 1936, and the degree ofElectrical Engineer from Stanford in 1939. He was a member of theKappa Sigma Fraternity during his time at Stanford and MIT.Hewlett attended classes taught by Fred Terman at Stanford and became acquainted with David Packard during his undergraduate work at Stanford. He and Packard began discussing forming a company in August of 1937, and formally incorporated Hewlett-Packard Company on
January 1 ,1939 . Also in 1939 he married Flora Lamson, and the couple eventually had five children: Eleanor, Walter, James, William and Mary.He was President of HP from 1964 to 1977, and served as CEO from 1968 to 1978, when he was succeeded by
John A. Young . He remained chairman of the executive committee until 1983, and then served as vice chairman of the board until 1987.In 1966, he and his wife founded the
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation . Flora Hewlett died in 1977. In 1978, Hewlett married Rosemary Bradford.In 1995 he received the
Lemelson-MIT Prize Lifetime Achievement Award.External links
* [http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/IW010122hnhewlett/ "Bill Hewlett Remembered"] by Bob Lewis (InfoWorld, January 22,2001)
* [http://www.thoemmes.com/encyclopedia/hewlett.htm Thoemmes Encyclopedia] article on William Hewlett
* [http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/bios/hewlett.html Official biography at HP website]
* [http://www.hewlett.org/AboutUs/wmHewlettBio.htm Official biography at Hewlett Foundation website]
* [http://www.hpalumni.org/hp_way.htm The HP Way]
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