William R. Hewlett Biography

William R. Hewlett biography

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NAME: William R. Hewlett
OCCUPATION: Engineer
BIRTH DATE: c. 1913
DEATH DATE: c. 2001
EDUCATION: MIT
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ann Arbor

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William R. Hewlett was an engineer and co-founder of computer company Hewlett-Packard

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William R. Hewlett

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Synopsis

William R. Hewlett graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1936 and with his friend David Packard formed Hewlett-Packard in 1939 in Palo Alto, California, first producing resistance-capacitance audio oscillators in a garage. He was actively involved in the company until 1987 and died in 2001.

Profile

Electrical engineer; born in Ann Arbor, Mich. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1936). With his friend, David Packard, he formed Hewlett-Packard in 1939 in Palo Alto, Calif., first producing resistance-capacitance audio oscillators in a garage. He was actively involved in the company until 1987.