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Bill Hewlett

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William Redington Hewlett (May 20, 1913 to January 12, 2001) was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and moved with his family to San Francisco in 1916 after his father took a position at Stanford Medical School. He attended Lowell High School, 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 from Stanford in 1939. He is also known for Hewlett's oscillator.

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1913 1
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Source Wikipedia: Bill Hewlett
Source Wikipedia: Bill Hewlett

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1. Wikipedia: Bill Hewlett
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    William Redington Hewlett ( HEW-lit; May 20, 1913, January 12, 2001) was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).
  • Associated With: Electronics Industry, Lead: associated industry
    William Redington Hewlett ( HEW-lit; May 20, 1913, January 12, 2001) was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).
  • Associated With: Entrepreneurship, Article body: entrepreneurship
    Entrepreneur Walk of Fame (2011)
  • In Group: Company Founders and Co-founders, Lead section
    William Redington Hewlett ( HEW-lit; May 20, 1913, January 12, 2001) was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).
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Companies Founded: Hewlett-Packard, Lead: founded-by
Quote, Companies Founded: Hewlett-Packard, Lead: founded-by
It was founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939 in a one-car garage in Palo Alto, California.
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