William R. Hewlett biography
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.