William Reddington Hewlett (May 20, 1913 – January 12, 2001) was the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan but moved to San Francisco at the age of 3 years. He attended Lowell High School and was accepted at Stanford University as a favor to his late father, Albion Walter Hewlett, who had died prematurely of a brain tumor in 1925. Jump to: navigation, search 20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... David Packard ( September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was a cofounder of Hewlett-Packard. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search City nickname: A-squared, Tree Town Location Location of Ann Arbor within Washtenaw County, Michigan. ... Lowell High School is a prestigious public magnet school in San Francisco, California. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ...

Hewlett received his Bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1934, a Master's degree from MIT in 1936, and an Engineer degree from Stanford in 1939. A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts three or four years. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a widely renowned leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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 1937 and formally incorporated Hewlett-Packard Company on January 1, 1939. In 1939, he also 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. Jump to: navigation, search 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... John A. Young succeeded William Hewlett as president of Hewlett-Packard in 1977,and as chief executive officer in 1978. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1966, he and his wife founded the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Flora Hewlett died in 1977, and in 1978 Hewlett married Rosemary Bradford. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a foundation that has been making grants since 1966 to address current social and environmental issues. ...

In 1995 he received the Lemelson-MIT Prize Lifetime Achievement Award. Jump to: navigation, search 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lemelson-MIT Prize, endowed in 1994 by Jerome H. Lemelson, and administered through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is awarded to inventors from the United States for outstanding achievement. ...

External links

• Bill Hewlett Remembered by Bob Lewis (InfoWorld,January 22,2001)
• Thoemmes Encyclopedia article on William Hewlett
• Official biography at HP website
• Official biography at Hewlett Foundation website