Bill Hewlett
20 May 1913 – 12 January 2001
Bill Hewlett was an American engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded the Hewlett-Packard Company with David Packard in a Palo Alto garage in 1939. The firm's first product was a resistance-capacitance audio oscillator derived from his graduate research, and he served as its president and chief executive over three decades. With his wife Flora he established the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 1966.
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Life events
William Redington Hewlett was born on 20 May 1913 and moved to California as a child.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took his bachelor's degree in 1934, having met fellow student David Packard there.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed a master of science in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1936.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe partnership was formalised on 1 January 1939 and worked out of a garage on Addison Avenue in Palo Alto.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHP's first product grew out of his graduate work; Walt Disney Studios bought eight units for the production of Fantasia.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe served during the Second World War while Packard ran the company, returning to HP afterwards.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took the presidency in 1964 and later served as chief executive officer from 1969 to 1978.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe philanthropic foundation was created with his wife Flora and their eldest son in 1966.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the United States' highest science honour in 1985.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died of heart failure on 12 January 2001 at the age of 87.
Source: en.wikipedia.org