18 Facts About Bill Hewlett

William Redington Hewlett was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company.

Bill Hewlett was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his father taught at the University of Michigan Medical School.

In 1916 the family moved to San Francisco after his father, Albion Walter Bill Hewlett, took a similar position at Stanford Medical School, located at the time in San Francisco.

Bill Hewlett was accepted at Stanford University as a favor to his late father who died of a brain tumor in 1925.

Bill Hewlett received his bachelor's degree from Stanford in 1934, a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 1936, and a post-masters engineering degree in electrical engineering from Stanford in 1939.

Bill Hewlett joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity during his time at Stanford.

Bill Hewlett attended undergraduate classes taught by Fred Terman at Stanford and became acquainted with David Packard.

Bill Hewlett incorporated in 1947 and tendered an initial public offering in 1957.

Bill Hewlett was president of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1954.

Bill Hewlett, impressed with Jobs' initiative, offered him a summer job assembling frequency counters.

Bill Hewlett served in the Army during World War II as a Signal Corps Officer.

Bill Hewlett then led the electronics section of the Development Division, a new part of the War Department Special Staff.

Bill Hewlett was a Director for Hexcel Products Incorporated from 1956 to 1965, and worked on their executive committee.

Bill Hewlett was a Director of Chase Manhattan Bank from 1969 to 1980.

Bill Hewlett was elected to the board of directors for Chrysler Corporation in 1966, a position he held until 1983.

Bill Hewlett married Flora Lamson in 1939, and had 5 children with her: Eleanor, Walter, James, William and Mary.

Bill Hewlett died of heart failure in Palo Alto, California on January 12,2001 at the age of 87, and was interred at Los Gatos Memorial Park, San Jose, California.

In 1999, the William R Hewlett Teaching Center at Stanford was named in his honor.