July 1963 First Edition of Measure Magazine

• Packard welcomes first edition of Measure magazine; with growth of company, need for more sophisticated medium than informal, face-to-face communication to inform the 6,000 employees of the company’s plans, policies and important developments of operating groups. 2
• Sanborn 350 8-channel recording system helps NASA monitor astronauts. 3
• Hewlett interview focuses on international operations. 4 6
• Noel Porter, vice president of operations, discusses corporate business outlook and progress. 7
• Geneva technical seminar focuses on Mymec instruments. 7
• Lahana Sales Division has new facility near Denver. 8 9
• Robinson Sales mobile lecture lab brings instrument demonstrations to customers.10
• Boonton contest winner measures Q of coil. 10
• First-half earnings and sales up. 10
• Harrison Laboratories Division to build in Berkeley Heights, N.J. 11
• Organization chart. (insert)

August 1963 Fragile: Electronic Instrument

• Packard discusses order policy and predicting customer orders. 2
• RMC Sales Division profiles Robert Asen, founder, Milt Lichtenstein and Charles Sargent. 3 5
• Packaging challenges for electronic instruments. 6 8
• Noel Porter discusses third-quarter financial results, record high earnings. 8
• HP’s Wescon trade show participation is most extensive in company’s history. 9
• Loveland timing device used to time Soap Box Derby. 7
• HP rated 408 in Fortune 500 list. 9
• YHP department heads visit Stanford Plant; YHP joint venture up for final approval by Japanese government. 10
• Sanborn treadmill debuts. 10
• New Connecticut sales office opens in Middletown, Conn. 10
• HP sailor exercises right-of-way over freighter in SF Bay. 12

September 1963 Wescon ’63: The Big Show

• Packard discusses people as company’s most valuable asset. 2
• HP at Wescon trade show is biggest and best ever. 3
• HP opens new offices and plants Colorado Springs, Harrison Laboratories Division in N.J., Moseley Co., Paeco building in Palo Alto, YHP, Hachioji, Japan. 4 5
• Air consolidation shipment program launched. 6
• HP Germany featured on TV report in Frankfurt. 6
• Robinson Sales Division has soap box winner. 6
• Noel Porter reports on division activities. 7
• HP Associates holds semiconductor lectures. 7
• Crossley sales division covers a million square miles. 8 10
• HP measures Chicago White Sox pitchers’ speeds using 522B electronic counter. 12

October 1963 Yokogawa and HP Join Hands

• Packard explains the Yokogawa-HP formation as important milestone in company growth. 2
• Founding of YHP from merger of Yokogawa Electric Works (YEW) and HP brings together most respected names in electronic measuring instruments. 3 7
• HP instruments used in Naval Observatory project for new long-range clock synchronization technique. 7
• Corporate travel desk takes worry out of travel planning. 8
• HP finance holds seminar to discuss accounting practices. 8
• Instrument Society of America (ISA) honors Hewlett and Packard for contributions to electronic measurement. 8
• Noel Porter discusses operations outlook. 9
• HP oscilloscope and generators donated to U. of Denver. 9
• 20 HP mountain climbers celebrate 100th anniversary of Harvard professor’s survey expedition of Sierras. 10
• HP female skydiver is member of Hi-Sky Club. (women) 12

November 1963

• Packard discusses divisionalization of company to improve operating efficiency. 2
• Sanborn equipment monitors surgery. 3 4
• Horman open house in Rockville, Md., attracts most visitors in history. 5
• Bedford, England, designs and builds first instrument, 5090A standard frequency receiver. 5
• Decentralized order processing system is explained. 6 7
• HP corporate vice president and secretary, Frank Cavier, visits USSR. 8
• Seminar held in Geneva for leadership training. 8
• Sales divisions participate in EER trade show. 8
• Noel Porter presents preliminary year-end ’63 results. 9
• HP booth at IEEE Toronto draws 3,000. 9
• YHP get training in instruments to be produced in Japan. 10
• Harrison labs is getting new plant. 10
• HP Stockholm, Sweden, technical fair held. 10
• Shotgun recoil measured. 12

December 1963

• Packard reflects on year; Christmas message. 2
• Machine shop lapping machines provide precision parts. 3
• General-purpose test cart accepts any HP instrument. 4
• Cost-reduction seminar held at Loveland, Colorado. 4
• Yewell exhibits at NEREM show and receives most sales leads and inquiries ever. 5
• Training the trainers sessions for managers held. 5
• Month-by-month 1963 year-end review; year of significant progress. 6 7
• New sales offices open in Lahana, Lipscomb, Neely. 8
• W. Noel Eldred discusses marketing activities and takes stock of past year. 9
• Loveland Junior Achievement learns business. 9
• Dymec division has $1 million month. 10
• HP package wins award. 10
• HP equipment survives fire at Indianapolis airport. 10
• HP summer employee does charity year round. 12

January 1964

• Packard says most important item on management meeting agenda is future plans and objectives. 2
• HP’s eastern air consolidation shipping program is described. 3‑4
• 1963 board meeting results show sales up, earnings dip. 5
• Packard goes to White House as member of Business Council to discuss matters of nation’s economy. 5
• IBM equipment used to provide statistics on international operations. 6‑7
• Noel Porter, vice president of operations, discusses new markets. 8
• RMC sales helps Sperry gyroscope. 9
• 1964’s major trade shows listed. 9
• HP’s vendors night helps educate and build relationships. 10
• Neely sales region expands to Hawaii. 10
• Robinson installs telephone line “tie-line” to connect branches to switchboard at local rates. 10
• HP oscilloscope featured on cover of Univ. Florida football program. 12

February 1964      

• Packard emphasizes that quality is critical. 2
• Management meeting in Monterey says to look ahead. 3
• Sales seminar in Palo Alto discusses company forecasts of market and product areas for next five years. 4
• Sanborn employee, Anthony Barbera, retires after 43 years. 4
• Student donates instrument to U. of Michigan physics department. 5
• HP equipment tests jet navigational equipment; 8925A DME/ATC  Boonton. 5
• Shinto rite precedes Yokogawa-HP construction. 6‑7
• Noel Porter, vice president of operations, discusses making jobs easier, reducing costs and improving quality. 8
• Order processing network expands to RMC-NYC and Yewell, Mass. 8
• New digital voltmeter 3440A introduced. 9
• Retirement fund grows by over $1.7 million. 9
• MIT radio astronomy uses HP signal generator, Dymec oscillator synchronizer.  9
• X-Y recorders test vibration of space capsule. 10
• Phonocardiogram is long-distance EKG, Sanborn viso-cardiette. 12

March 1964 Platinum Twist for HP Meters

• Packard emphasizes importance of retirement planning. 2
• Platinum alloy eliminates friction and ensures repeatability of HP meters. 3‑4
• Statistics of HP commuter habits, experiences worldwide. 5‑7
• Barney Oliver, vice president of R&D, discusses electronics markets and future: military market trends, new competitive aspects, technological deployment and need to adapt. 8
• HP meets “impossible deadline” of filling record order of $2.1 million for 140B oscilloscopes. 9
• First-quarter results show gain over previous year. 9
• HP Eastern Service Center begun in Rockaway, N.J. 10
• Boonton Radio Division holds engineer seminar. 10
• Colorado Springs plant construction on schedule. 10
• Smithsonian and HP study radiation and light on plants. 12

April 1964      IEEE: A New Booth and Togetherness

• Packard discusses competition at IEEE trade show. 2
• HP products highlight of IEEE show in New York City. 3‑5
• Sanborn Division transducers cut energy. 6‑7
• Noel Porter, vice president of operations, reviews progress of HP divisions. 8
• Savings bond drive set. 8
• Mechrolab, Mountain View, becomes HP subsidiary. 9
• President Lyndon B. Johnson and Dave Packard meet for second time to discuss business and nation’s economy. 10
• German sales office moves outside of Frankfurt. 10
• HP inter-Americas is fully operational. 10
• Dave Packard moves from president to chairman of the board and chief executive officer (CEO); Hewlett moves from executive vice president to president. 11
• HP instruments help calibrate radio station receivers. 12

May 1964                  Birth of a Salesman 

• Packard discusses impact of salesmen on HP. 2
• HP salesman profiles; sales is a strenuous, demanding, exciting experience. 3‑5
• Profile of Boonton Radio Co. in Rockaway, N.J., and worldwide markets. 6-7
• Noel Porter discusses first half performance, which shows improvement in sales and profits. 8
• HP Italy opens sales office in Milan. 8
• HP sponsors Junior Achievement event. 9
• Sanborn medical equipment demonstrated in Europe. 10
• HP equipment used to take ECGs of trapped salmon. 10
• HP sponsors four-day symposium for calibration and repair of electronic instrumentation. 10
• HP instruments shown in Chicago at biology meeting. 11
• UK-2 space lab satellite uses HP instruments. 12

June 1964      Sister City Salute

• Packard discusses first-half results, one of the best in 25-year history. 2
• HP Sanborn sends electrocariographs to sister city in San Jose, Costa Rica. 3
• Quality control program at HP described. 4‑7
• YHP exhibits at Tokyo trade center for first time. 8
• Thirteen students of HP employees win scholarship. 8
• First-half sales and earnings are best in HP history. 8
• First of its kind symposium at HP receives fan mail. 9
• Two HP engineers at RMC make IEEE news. 9
• Advanced R&D physics headed by Don Hammond, quantum electronic and electroacoustics. 9
• New YHP employees shown construction progress at facility in Hachoiji. 10
• HP employee wins one million trading stamps. 10
• Stiles sales division show in Tampa. 10
• Harry Smith, traffic manager at Sanborn, becomes first 45-year veteran. 11
• Spectrum analyzer used at San Francisco Airport. 12

July 1964      Promises of Tomorrow Guide Work Today 

• Packard discusses growth of international business. 2
• HP Associates heavily committed to R&D and manufacture of solid-state devices. 3‑4
• Mobile “travelabs” demonstrate HP instruments. 5
• HP atomic clock 5060A cesium beam flies around world to synchronize clocks. 6‑7
• Noel Porter presents divisional progress. 8
• RMC goes to NY World’s Fair. 8
• Signal generator 618B dropped from 26 feet but still works. 9
• Valparaiso Univ. gets HP scope. 9-10
• Computer logic card testing uses HP equipment. 9
• Construction in Boeblingen, Germany, on schedule. 10
• New Sanborn ECG debuts. 10
• Bivins and Caldwell divisions become Southern Sales Division. 11
• Marketing sales seminar provides opportunity for field sales to meet manufacturing representatives. 11
• HP employee organizes city band in Mountain View, Calif. 12

August 1964        Four HP Women

• Packard discusses new products that aren’t hurt by defense cutbacks. 2
• HP explores ocean depths onboard Atlantis II with Dymec 2010J data acquisition system. 3
• Wescon trade show held in L.A.; exhibits focus on value. 4
• Four HP women around the world in product manufacturing; women capable of living in “man’s world.” (women) 5‑7
• Noel Porter reports on division progress. 8
• Special issue of Measure planned for 25^th anniversary. 8
• Button lights without bulb, uses fluorescent paper. 9
• Marketing growth highlighted. 10
• Dymec has record quarter. 10
• HP champions in running and sailing. 12

September-October 1964            25^th Anniversary

• 25^th anniversary focuses on present, not nostalgic past. 1
• HP leads in test and measurement equipment; Fred Terman, vice president of Stanford, discusses beginnings of HP. 2-4
• Technology leadership of HP products. 5‑7
• Francis L. Moseley on mergers and acquisitions. 8‑13
• 1964 statistics, manufacturing plants, sales offices. 14‑16
• HP financing growth from profits on pay-as-you-go basis. 17‑19
• HP people and management’s determination to recognize personal growth of its 7,100 employees. 20‑22
• HP’s role in future of electronics industry is forecast. 23‑24

November 1964                  Our Valuable Identity 

• Packard pleased with progress of European operations. 2
• New microwave spectrometer, 8400A, introduced. 3
• Importance of trade show exhibits for HP sales. 4
• YHP employee keeps flame for Olympics. 5
• Demonstration board shows hypothetical chemical processing system for Dymec. 5
• Value of HP logo and corporate identity program emphasized. 6‑7
• Noel Porter looks at FY 64, another record performance. 8
• HP to acquire Delcon Corp. of Palo Alto, which manufactures ultrasonic detection and test devices. 8
• Four new plant openings: Colorado Springs; Harrison          Laboratories, N.J.; YHP; Boeblingen, Germany. 9
• Geneva conference held on use of data processing equipment. 9
• Travelab sinks in newly paved parking lot in Canada. 9
• General Motors tests vibration with HP instrument. 10
• HP refurbishes old equipment at Stanford plant. 10
• Boston science museum shows Sanborn equipment. 12

December 1964                        Christmas 1964

• Packard and Hewlett extend 1964 holiday wish. 2
• New plants open in Colorado Springs; Harrison Laboratories, N.J.; YHP; Moseley, Pasadena, Calif. 3‑4
• Three engineers promoted to Senior Staff Engineers by board: Arthur Fong, Arthur Miller, Brunton Bauer. 5
• HP contract for air freight shipping is a first. 5
• Christmas card examples from around the world. 6-7
• “Happy Wagon” van is mobile lab for HP spectrum analyzer. 8
• YHP designs sounding instrument on NASA rocket. 9
• Sales division has open house at Horman Division. 9
• Boonton debuts 8925A DME/ATC test set in London. 9
• W. Noel Eldred, vice president of marketing, discusses plans for company’s marketing operation. 10
• Marketing managers meet on future of HP’s sales program. 10
• 45-year veteran retires at Sanborn. 11

January 1965

• Packard discusses year-end review projections; good year for the company. 2
• Newly acquired, Delcon Division, equipment detects ultrasonic sounds. 3
• Barney Oliver, vice president of R&D, heads IEEE in 1965. 4
• Plant addition dedicated in Boeblingen, Germany. 5
• Two new Neely offices open: Seattle, Wash. and Portland, Ore. 5
• Loveland Colorado Division highlighted; now 200 employees. 6 7
• Ray Wilbur, vice president of personnel, discusses effects of decentralization on employees. 8
• Two instruments receive Industrial Research magazine award: spectrum analyzer and ECG. 8
• HP oscilloscope used in training Navy men for space. 9
• Hewlett visits Moscow and discusses trade with Russia. 10
• New HP line for atomic measurements. 10
• Christmas at Denver orphanage. 10
• 1964 month-by-month year-end review. 12

February 1965 Dollars for Progress

• Packard discusses management meeting and importance of improving profits. 2
• Process of creating HP annual report is explained. 3 5
• Dymec data acquisition system used in Canadian paper industry; speeds tests. 6 7
• Datamec, manufacturer of digital magnetic tape units, becomes HP subsidiary. 8
• South Queensferry, Scotland, site chosen. 8
• Two sales divisions to consolidate at Neely facility. 9
• Noel Porter, vice president of operations, discusses growth in early 1965. 9
• Winter sales seminars held in Colorado and California. 10
• Worldwide HP engineers attend meeting at Stanford. 10
• Retirement fund gets $2 million for 1964 contributions. 10
• Quotations of Lincoln and Washington on their birthday. 12

March 1965 Our Need to Know

• Keeping in touch with technology and how quickly information becomes obsolete. 2 4
• W. Noel Eldred, vice president of marketing, discusses importance of thinking regional. 5
• Profile of HP in Boeblingen, Germany. 6 7
• F&M Avondale, Pa., becomes subsidiary. 8
• First-quarter best in history; sales up 11 percent, orders up 24. 8
• New Neely-San Carlos, Palo Alto sales office. 9
• HP atomic cesium beam clocks fly around world to synchronize clocks. 9
• New auto-viscometer from Mechrolab introduced. 9
• Packard discusses growth and management changes. 10 11
• New YHP publication bridges understanding. 12

April 1965 Competition: It’s Getting Tougher

• HP’s competition at IEEE trade show, New York. 2 3
• Air consolidation shipping program expands to Colorado. 4
• HP launches machinist apprenticeship program. 5 7
• OSCAR, Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio, satellite flies again; HP designs telemetry system. 8
• Noel Porter, vice president of operations, says signs point to great first half. 9
• New HP catalog has 900 products. 10
• HP contest winners announced; contest to guess how many instruments in HP catalog. 10
• Packard discusses challenges of IEEE. 11
• HP equipment flies in Gemini capsule with astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young. 12

May 1965 Curious, Creative Industrial Designers

• Industrial designers apply creative knowledge to develop practical design solutions. 2 4
• Ralph Lee, vice president of corporate manufacturing, forecasts for big changes in the next five years. 5
• F(requency) & T(ime) Division is profiled. 6 7
• Hewlett picked for General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs; elected to FMC’s board. 8
• “Early Bird” comsat satellite launched; HP provides instruments used as satellite simulator. 9
• Medical instrument shows held in Mexico City and Lima, Peru. 10
• Barney Oliver, vice president of R&D, addresses ideologies versus ideas in human progress. 10
• College and university matching funds program for HP employees explained. 10
• East coast international operations office opens in Rockaway, N.J. 10
• New Paeco manufacturing plant underway in Belmont, Calif. 10
• Packard discusses retirement and profit sharing program. 11
• Electronic music system uses HP equipment. 12

June 1965 Ounce of Prevention

• More than a dozen HP industrial nurses treat employees and promote preventative medicine. 2 4
• Noel Porter, vice president of operations, discusses long-range planning for new capabilities and company growth. 5
• HP amateur radio operators featured. 6 7
• Sanborn Division holds medical sales seminar. 8
• HP introduces products in Europe: Dymec 2013A, 8614, oscillators, Moseley recorders. 8
• Importance of investing your money is emphasized and description of investing strategies. 9
• New Loveland, Colorado, building planned. 10
• Packard discusses profit margin effort. 11
• HP electronics explore oceans; President Lyndon Johnson quoted about oceans as links, not barriers, and untapped resource. 12

July 1965 A Child’s Wide-Eyed View

• HP kids go to New York World’s Fair. 2 4
• William Doolittle, vice president of international operations, discusses vigor in international marketing. 5
• Moseley division is highlighted; quality of electronic recorder emphasized. 6 7
• Sanborn product, 500 Viso-Cardiette, wins major design award from Product Engineering magazine. 8
• HP sidewalk display in Rome, Italy, shows Sanborn Division’s products. 8
• HP facility in South Queensferry, Scotland, breaks ground. 9
• HP instruments used on Mariner satellite. 10
• Packard discusses changes in medical plan; addition of long-term disability insurance. 11
• Russian’s copy HP advertisement for data acquisition product. 12

August 1965

• HP’s purchasing objectives and buying strategy likened to that of a housewife. (women) 2 3
• Datamec Calif., F&M Avondale, Pa., join HP. 4
• Noel Porter, vice president of operations, discusses innovations in products markets and planning. 5
• Variety of duties of HP receptionists described (women). 6 7
• Crossley sales division moves to Skokie, Ill. 8
• HP’s gage laboratory at Stanford plant is described. 9
• Two products win Wescon awards: Dymec 2539A, Moseley 17009A ribbonless printer for X-Y recorder. 10
• Chase Manhattan Bank appoints Packard to advisory committee. 10
• Poll by Electronics magazine proves HP name has drawing power among customers. 10
• Packard impressed by HP’s planning and preparation for Wescon trade show. 11
• Boonton Division baseball-playing grandmother featured (54 years old). (women) 12

September 1965 A Product Goes to Market

• Process, planning and teamwork of getting an HP product to market. 2 5
• Profile of Harrison Laboratories Division, Berkeley Heights, N.J. 6 7
• HP’s new disability insurance plan a hit with employees. 8
• Edwin van Bronkhorst, vice president and treasurer, reports financial growth. 9
• Neely backs Wescon student winner of best experiment. 10
• HP’s new high-speed communications system improves messages between America and Europe. 10
• Packard discusses third-quarter results. 11
• HP instruments used at Gas Company pumping station in W. Va. 12

October 1965 HP Scholarship Winner Goes to College

• Highlights of an HP scholarship winner going to school. 2 4
• Noel Eldred, vice president of marketing, discusses formation of Eastern sales region. 5
• Purpose and applications of profit are explained. 6 7
• Gas chromatography used in law enforcement applications. 8 9
• Loveland, Colorado, makes telephone test oscillator. 10
• HP displays at ISA show. 10
• Packard discusses R&D efforts. 11
• HP builds television oscilloscopes for Western Electric. 12
• November 1965 One Night at HP
• Profile of night shift at HP plants. 1 3
• Noel Porter, vice president of operations, says 1965 was a banner year; net profits up. 4
• Microwave Division introduces new plug-ins for magnetic tape recorder. 5
• Mechrolab division joins F&M division in Avondale, Pa. 5
• Measure readership survey shows 86 percent read company magazine. 5
• Profile of Dymec Division plant and products. 6 7
• Patent process and role explained. 8 9
• HP construction program is HP’s biggest; new buildings add half-million square feet. 10
• Packard discusses objectives for year ahead. 11

December 1965 Spirit of Christmas Giving

• Many HP employees give generously of time, talent, money. 2-5
• Month-by-month 1965 highlights. 6-7
• Delaware River study uses gas chromatography from F&M Avondale, Pa. 8
• New benefits of employee group insurance described. 8
• Ray Wilbur, vice president of personnel, reports on employment statistics -– 9,000 employees worldwide. 9
• Social Security benefits improved, tax rate increases. 10
• Packard and Hewlett give Christmas message. 11

January 1967 Introducing the 2116A

• New HP 2116A computer developed for use with measuring instruments. 2 3
• Interview with Bill Doolittle, vice president for international operations, discusses importance of Latin American market. 4 5
• Yokogawa-HP headquarters and manufacturing facilities profiled. 6 7
• Need for physical fitness in highly mechanized and automated society. 8-9, 12
• HP Palo Alto hosts 30 U.S. government officials. 10
• Colorado Springs gets Navy contract. 10
• Profit sharing distributes over $2 million. 10
• Year-end results are company record. 10
• Measure photo on textbook. 10
• New Neely Salt Lake office. 10
• HP Italy helps flood victims. 10
• Packard discusses 1966 year-end analysis. 11
• Calisthenics demonstrated. 12

February 1967 HP’s 1967 Catalog

• First annual HP catalog lists 593 pages of medical, chemical and electronic instrumentation. 2 4
• Unintentionally funny letters to HP. 5
• Inventory decisions directly impact number of job offers and level of profits. 6 7
• HP instruments fight pollution; F&M gas chromatograph. 8 9
• Montreal sales office opens. 10
• Annual management meeting in Monterey focuses on challenges of 1967 and beyond. 10
• Jack Beckett, HP’s government relations manager, in charge of Wescon. 10
• Yokogawa-HP responds to typhoon. 10
• Service awards presented. 10
• Boeblingen plant to expand. 10
• 1000th X-Y recorder sold. 10
• Stock dividend of 10 cents/share distributed. 10
• Packard discusses highlights of manager’s meeting. 11
• HP oscilloscope helps measure inside of human eye. 12

March 1967 Employees Scholarship Program

• HP employees’ scholarship drive launches this month; program started 15 years ago. 2 5
• HP displays new corporate exhibit structure for trade shows. 6
• Open-door policy for general managers, and managing by objective is described. 7 9
• First-quarter sales up 27 percent, earnings up 13. 10
• Profit-sharing retirement program boosted by over $3.7 million. 10
• Far East sales manager named. 10
• Clyde Coombs, engineering manager, authors textbook, Printed Circuits Handbook. 10
• YHP picks one employee to work in Palo Alto for a year. 10
• Nova Scotia sales office opens. 10
• Third product “showboat,” floating lab, demonstrates medical and chemical instruments in S. America. 10
• Portland sales office expands. 10
• Packard discusses company and individual growth. 11
• Delcon detector finds bad insulator and prevents serious power outage in Pacific Power & Light substation. 12

April 1967 What My Dad Does at HP

• Kid’s describe parents’ HP jobs through letters and pictures. 2 5
• HP pays $90,000 taxes every day, including hidden taxes in cost of everything the company buys, payroll deduction taxes, foreign taxes, and so on. 6 7
• Delcon Division role and products highlighted. 8 9
• Vacation policy adds one additional day of vacation for each year employed beyond five years. 10
• Mountain View division formed. 10
• Eastern sales region has new headquarters in Paramus, N.J. 10
• New building in Avondale plant to finish in a few weeks. 10
• Two new HP distributors named: Bogota, Colombia, and Manila, Philippines. 10
• YHP hosts WEMA tour. 10
• Packard discusses importance of Brazil and Latin America. 11
• HP exhibits new instruments at IEEE trade show in New York. 12

May 1967 Vacation ‘67

• Measure magazine researches “different” vacations within financial range of most people. 2 5
• Process engineering seeks new and better processes. 6 8
• Test Your HP IQ; 12,000 HP employees as of 1967. 9
• HP Australia formed with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. 10
• HP buys Varian group in Beverly, Mass. 10
• Packard picked for advisory committee by President Lyndon Johnson to study and recommend adjustments in top federal salaries. 10
• New Mexico sales office in Las Cruces. 10
• Ceylon distributor picked. 10
• Orlando, Fla., customer service expands. 10
• 30,000 square feet addition to Stanford plant, Palo Alto. 10
• New sales office in Dayton, Ohio. 10
• Packard discusses scholarships and savings bond drive. 11
• HP on cover of Peruvian electronic magazine, Electronica. 12

June 1967 SPECIAL ISSUE: Measurement’s New Dimension

• Electronic revolution, with the computer at its center, will be able to control universe; beginning of man’s interest in measuring; history of measuring system. 4 7
• Discovery of the electron and what it means to measuring; modern electronics as a branch of technology. 8 11
• Electronics and the future -– what is logically possible based on what is known; HP develops instruments that are more complex internally but easier to use. 12 14
• How measuring is used in the day of an average person. 15

July 1967 ICs: New Generation of Mighty Midgets

• Integrated circuits (ICs) and their use in HP products and consumer goods; ICs make it possible to reduce size of products and lead to lower prices. 2 5
• HP Olympics in Loveland and Colorado Springs; photos. 6 7
• Employee stock purchase plan is explained and the process of stock market; HP plan began in 1959. 8 9
• Colorado Springs division occupies new building. 10
• HP Laboratories moves to new Stanford plant. 10
• Two executives loaned to State of California. 10
• Hewlett elected Stanford trustee. 10
• Delcon Division wins Putnam Honors Award for ultrasonic translator detector. 10
• “Showboat,” lab on Santa Leonor ship, demonstrates instruments; headed for Latin American ports. 10
• Measure survey results; 94 percent of employees read it. 10
• Packard discusses managers’ meeting and how it strengthens interdivisional communication. 11
• HP electronic counter used at Colorado Springs HP Soap Box Derby; electronic timing equipment used at Pikes Peak Hill climb. 12

August 1967 Rapid Transit

• Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system to be built; HP testing equipment used in project. 2 5
• F&M scientific division Avondale, Pa., profiled. 6 7
• HP 175A scope used to check data-processing machines at Harrahs casino in Tahoe and Reno. 8 9
• Record sales month for orders at $24 million. 10
• Wescon trade show scheduled. 10
• Stock dividend of 10 cents/share distributed. 10
• Accountants win award for outstanding chapter of National Assoc. of Accountants. 10
• Customer service, in Mountain View, restructured to speed customer repairs. 10
• Hewlett goes to Europe for President’s Science Advisory Committee to improve technological cooperation. 10
• Fortune 500 ranks HP 341. 10
• Packard discusses handling customer needs and its effect on field engineers. 11
• Vintage HP instrument collection at Western Service Center. 12

September 1967 Wescon ‘67

• Customers are comparison shopping at Wescon trade show. 2 4
• Importance of making out a last will and testament. 5
• F&T glass-blowing team; important skills, materials and processes important. 6 7, 12
• HP central library holdings, processes and staff. 8 9
• Third-quarter sales and earnings reach record; sales up 22 percent, earnings up 20. 10
• HPSA breaks ground near Geneva. 10
• Frederick Horman (sales) dies. 10
• New Dallas sales office construction begins. 10
• HPSA Geneva establishing subsidiaries for Denmark, Norway and Finland. 10
• New Neely sales office opens. 10
• HP educational assistance program expands. 10
• HP headquarters near Orsay, France, starts construction. 10
• New Zealand subsidiary named. 10
• New distributor in Lisbon picked. 10
• Packard discusses Wescon challenges; electronics field becoming much more competitive.

October 1967 Mission: Tomorrow

• Planning for mankind’s future and the state of agricultural research; scientific research at UC-Davis highlighted. 2 5
• Mountain View division braces for growth in computer industry with two principal product lines: digital and analog magnetic tape recorders. 6 7
• Independent auditors check accuracy of company inventories. 8 9
• Emery Rogers to head Avondale division. 10
• Sanborn’s 50th anniversary; acquired by HP in 1961. 10
• South America’s sales subsidiaries. 10
• Oklahoma sales office opens. 10
• New Stanford building bought. 10
• Jean Chognard is new general counsel. 10
• Stan Selby named assistant to vice president for western operation, Colorado Springs; Bill Terry succeeds Selby as division general manager. 10
• 300-400 new retirement plan participants. 10
• Two new division names to reflect locations: F&M is Avondale Division and Dymec becomes Palo Alto Division. 10
• Packard discusses expanding in Europe and Japan. 11
• HP wins two industrial research awards for network analyzer and coaxial microwave switching modules. 12

November 1967 HP Communications System

• HP communication network is complex, sophisticated system; modes of communication discussed. 2 5
• HP vocabulary test; industry jargon. 6
• New facilities, photo roundup: Colorado Springs; Las Cruces, N.M.; Palo Alto; Point Claire, Quebec, Canada; Atlanta, Ga.; Mountain View; Avondale, Pa.; HP Associates, Palo Alto. 7 10
• Noise pollution concerns and measuring with 8051A loudness analyzer. 11-16
• International receives two largest orders in company history, from Mexico. 14
• Paramus, N.J., new sales office for Eastern Region. 14
• Sanborn Division renamed Waltham Division. 14
• Two new sections in corporate marketing: corporate systems engineering and corporate systems marketing. 14
• HP is Westinghouse Vendor of Month. 14
• HP Australia has new office. 14
• Packard discusses order-shipment gap. 15

December 1967 Contributions of HP People

• Citizenship contribution, community involvement by HP employees. 2 6
• Contributions from HPSA; by working as a team, people able to make contribution beyond their numbers. 7 10
• People helping people and volunteerism among employees. 11 13
• Packard and Hewlett objectives offer corporate challenges; acknowledging success of HP on individual contributions. 14-15

January 1968 HP’s Customer College

• HP customer training programs are growing due to many new products; last year’s customer training included 300 seminars and courses taken by 10,000 customers. 2 5
• Long-time employees reminisce about their careers at HP. 6 7
• 1967 HP highlights month-by-month. 8 9
• Electronic music synthesizers; some studios use HP equipment to test, develop, calibrate and power the synthesizers. 10 12
• HP catalog contains 2,163 products; one of everything would cost over $2.3 million. 13
• HP Germany finishes third building in Boeblingen. 14
• Eastern Sales Region moves into new building, Paramus, N.J. 14
• New sick leave plan makes employees eligible for sick time after only one year. 14
• Packard reviews 1967, a “reasonably good year.” 15
• Synthesized musical score. 16

February 1968 Profits: The Reward of Progress

• Packard discusses profits and problems, such as not meeting shipping targets or reducing costs. 2
•  Profits-sharing formula used at HP is explained. 3 4
•  Reducing scrap heap, which was 42 percent higher this year and costs $3 million; divisional programs to deal with scrap. 5 7
•  HP ways to search for the next big invention: creative science, cooperation with university research programs, government laboratories, geographical positioning, site selection. 8 10
•  New diode introduced with multimillion dollar annual sales potential. 11
•  Yokogawa-HP management changes. 11
•  HP asks Supreme Court to review its legal controversy with and General Accounting Office over fixed-price contracts negotiated with government. 11
•  FICA (Social Security) payments increase. 11
•  Stock purchase price to employees is $53.13. 11
•  Semiannual stock dividend of 10 cents/share announced. 11
•  New interest in the oceans as frontier for exploration and exploitation, including food resources. 12 15
•  Solid-state version of 200A (HP’s first instrument) makes debut. 16

March 1968 Problem Solving: HP’s New Desk Top Calculator

• Introduction of 9100A desktop calculator that can outperform many computers. 2 5
• Spring fever and HP employees’ recreation. 6-7
• Cutting overhead with systems approach –- improving methods as opposed to cost cutting. 8 10
• Holography, 3D photos; laser research at HP labs. 11 13
• Employee scholarship fund-raising campaign for employee’s children. 14
• Eleven divisions exhibit at IEEE trade show. 14
• J.B. Fulenwider elected to HP board. 14
• Microwave Division to sell thin-film microcircuits. 14
• HP engineer gets patent on automobile carburetor. 14
• First-quarter earnings down 11 percent, sales up 7. 14
• Astronaut Stuart Roosa tours Loveland, Colo., division. 14
• Packard discusses Santa Clara site selection and building. 15

April 1968 Electronic Highways

• HP instrumentation used in FAA air traffic control (ATC) centers. 2 5
• HP shows 50 new instruments at IEEE trade show in New York. 6 7
• Interview with Hewlett about HP’s warranty policy and reducing warranty failures. 8 10
• HP in South Queensferry, Scotland; expectations exceeded about building a plant there. 11 13
• Two computers introduced: 2114A, 2000A. 14
• HP opens district marketing office in Richardson, Texas. 14
• HP denied Supreme Court hearing regarding Government Accounting Agency decisions. 14
• Regional sales offices relocating: Paramus, N.J.; Burlington, Mass., Rockville, Md. 14
• Medical instruments go on display in Lima, Peru. 14
• Packard says reassignments between divisions of both people and products are healthy. 15
• Fashion show at Colorado Springs benefiting CARE. 16

May 1968 Ahead: The Highway that Forgives

• Professor at U of Michigan tests electronic control of vehicles and found it feasible and economical; can transport large number of vehicles safely by eliminating human failings; traffic industry finds applications for HP instruments. 2 5
• Customers see reliability and workmanship as service from initial order to delivery; HP’s efforts to reduce workmanship error and improve quality control. 6 8
• Stock purchase price first quarter. 9
• New HP Systems group in Palo Alto for custom systems. 9
• New Canadian sales office opens in St. James, Manitoba, Canada. 9
• Telectra of Luanda, Angola, appointed distributor; Telecom Ltd. of Teheran, Iran, adds HP’s analytical product line. 9
• HP ad for 181A oscilloscope scores high readership. 9
• HP named Aerojet supplier of month. 9
• Lunchtime athletes, employee recreation. 10 11
• Analytical demonstration of gas chromatography in labs; Annemarie Wegmann. 12 14
• Packard discusses equal opportunity, non-discrimination policy, minority hiring and upgrading. (diversity) 15
• USC students use HP 1300 X-Y CRT monitor to study moon. 16

June 1968 The Listeners

• Listening to outer space, radio astronomy; HP products play important role in astronomical labs around the world: power suppliers, printers, voltmeters, counters, oscilloscopes, recorders. 2 5
• Running your own HP; parody shows money flow if you started your own one-man version of HP. 6 7
• Follow up with customers of HP medical sales. 8 9
• Humorous news at HP – HP “Laugh In.” 10
• Engineers and marketing test new approaches to competition: manufacturability, serviceability, economies of scale. 11 13
• Charlie Euston is new head of Analytical Instrumentation Council. 14
• Savings Bond drive underway. 14
• HP honored at U. of Texas for donating travel lab. 14
• HP talks to security analysts. 14
• Second-quarter shows record earnings; profit sharing totals $2.3 million. 14
• San Diego plant to open. 14
• Packard discusses meeting company’s challenges; product mix and market. 15
• Interstellar message in binary code. 16

July 1968 The Inequality Loop: How We Can Help Break It

• HP’s vice president of personnel, Swede Wild, talks about equal opportunity, inequality, minority hiring. (diversity) 2-7
• Keeping ahead of change; Eastern Sales Region talks about “account manager” concept of field sales organization. 8 10
• Target to improve management decision-making process; “management by objective,” sixth corporate objective. 11 13
• HP ranked 319 in Fortune 500. 14
• HP scholarships awarded to 33 employees’ children. 14
• New Neely sales office opens. 14
• 24 percent of employees invest in savings bonds. 14
• 366 summer hires provide relief to vacationing employees; 108 of summer hires are minorities. (diversity) 14
• Seventh Canadian office opens, St. James, Manitoba. 14
• Packard discusses managers’ meeting. 15
• First time in HP history, monthly sales (in May) were $25 million. 16

August 1968 Television: Miracle Still in the Making

• HP’s involvement in television; history of television. 2 5
• One target for 1968 is cutting administrative and operating costs; small changes can make a big difference. 6 7
• What to do with time off; HP employees contribute interesting vacation ideas, plans and experiences. 8 10
• Lead “girl” in wiring section, Mary Di Matteo, Waltham, Mass., leads through example, encouragement and experience. (women) 11 13
• Edmund Littlefield elected to board. 14
• HP shows new products at Wescon. 14
• Palo Alto division reorganizes. 14
• Stock dividend of 10 cents/share. 14
• HP Australia holds demonstration at New Zealand National Electronics Conference. 14
• Stock purchase price for employees. 14
• Packard discusses political involvement and encourages voting. 15
• Desktop calculator 9100A critical success and popular beyond expectation with buyers. 16

September 1968 Fastest ‘Rep’ in the West

• Western sales region’s Norm Neely and others man new HP product displays at WEMA. 2 4
• HP at Wescon showcases broad sampling of products. 5
• Mexico City Olympics to use HP in telecommunications effort. 6 7
• NASA’s “Red Shift” project tests Einstein’s theory of relativity; use HP atomic clocks. 8 9
• HP employee educational assistance program. 10 11
• One target for 1968 is improved work methods and productivity. 12 13
• Third-quarter sales up 12 percent, orders up 20. 14
• San Diego plant opens. 14
• Electronimex first distributor of HP in Manila, Philippines. 14
• Bah Bolon Trading is HP distributor in Bandung, Indonesia. 14
• HP Paris, France, opens. 14
• U.S. taxes increase; surcharge on federal income taxes. 14
• Santa Clara construction progress. 14
• Packard discusses third-quarter analysis. 15
• United Way giving. 16

October 1968 Now and Then

• Measure magazine follows new employee through her first day on the job. (women) 2 5
• Forty percent of accidents happen at home; safety precautions. 6 7
• Bonneville Salt Flats and HP 5532A automobile timing system. 8 10
• The come-back year, pre-tax profits up. 11 13
• HP demonstrates in SE Asia. 14
• Retirement program adds participants. 14
• Packard discusses change in organization decentralization, formation of group structure. 15
• HP 8020 fetal monitor to debut, 8020A, Boeblingen. 16

November 1968 Australia: The New, New World

• HP in Australia; problems of covering huge continent from offices in Melbourne and Sydney. 2 5
• New group structure presented to deal with company growth and operational complexity. 6 7
• “News style” industrial advertising; ads reflect HP as multifaceted technical company. 8 9
• SLOPPS (systematized, lineal, optional phrase selection system) alphabetic approach to meaningful phrases. 10
• Employees behind night shift building services. 11 13
• John Young named vice president of company and in charge of Electronics Product Group. 14
• New team to coordinate medical products. 14
• Rockaway and Harrison divisions renamed New Jersey Division. 14
• Packard discusses targets for 1969. 15
• Board member Luis Alvarez wins Nobel Prize. 16

December 1968 Christmas

• Packard and Hewlett share Christmas thoughts. 2 3
• Christmas of 50 years ago remembered by employees. 4 7
• $2.7 billion toy market in 1968. 8 9
• HP employees involved in community activities. 10 13
• Record year-end results in sales and earnings. 14
• HP purchases new Cupertino manufacturing plant. 14
• New San Diego site purchased. 14
• Magnavox buys HP test system. 14
• FICA (social security) payments to increase. 14

January 1969 Soft Landing in San Diego

• San Diego site selected for new manufacturing plant. 2 5
• Definition of “software” –- it instructs the computer; development and marketing of software. 6 8
• Seven most frequent work injuries; accident prevention program. 9 11
• 1968 month-by-month highlights. 12 13
• Profit sharing for 1968 distributed $5.2 million. 14
• Industrial Research magazine picks three HP products among year’s most significant: 9100A, HPA’s strip line, 204C oscillator. 14
• New Neely sales office built. 14
• Singapore, Malaysia, marketing office opens. 14
• Packard bids farewell before assuming position as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense. 15 16

February 1969 Apollo 8 Launch

• Role of HP atomic cesium clocks in Apollo 8 lunar flight, NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab. 2 5
• Mission of Systems Division is to create and market multidivisional, multifunctional products. 7 8
• Airborne mobile lab displays HP products. 9
• Model making and custom work, machine shop, manufacturing division. 10 12
• Ten most wanted instruments; new instruments from HP catalog. 13
• Noel Eldred and Ralph Lee elected executive vice presidents. 14
• Ed Porter named vice president of operations. 14
• Operations Group formed. 14
• HP Australia opens Perth office. 14
• Stock dividend of 10 cents/share. 14
• Annual report mailed. 14
• Hewlett discusses changes with Packard assuming position as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense. 15

March-April 1969 Special Double Issue: Changing Look of HP

• 30th anniversary issue describes changes in company’s products, markets, technology, organizational structure, job responsibilities and awareness of social pressures. 2-27
• Bill Terry from Colorado Springs on change. 3 4
• Managing resources, Wayne Briggson. 5
• Change of sale, Jim Prestridge. 6
• Planning, Austin Marx. 7
• Changing markets, Bob Brunner; International scope, Dick Alberding; Data products, Bill Davidow; Medical equipment, Dean Morton; analytical, Emery Rogers; calculator marketing, Jack Dunn. 8-14
• Changing technology, integrated circuits, Marco Negrete; software, Roy Clay; testing, John Doyle; engineers, Art Fong; HP Laboratories, Bob Burmeister; data products, Tracy Storer; industrial design; F&T; GmbH R&D, acoustics lab. 15 21
• Changing environment, community responsibility, service; college recruiting; minority, racial concerns; social responsibility. (diversity) 22 27
• Changing communication, questions and answers. 28 31

May 1969 Open for Business

• Data Products Group in Cupertino, Mountain View, Palo Alto set priorities: sell today and plan strategy for tomorrow. 2 5
• Blind employee, Paul Reid, in tool and die. 6
• Challenges of manufacturing the CRT cathode ray tube. 7 9
• Four HP recreation areas described/photos. 10 12
• Microwave link wins Queen’s award South Queensferry, Scotland. 13
• Cupertino plant opens. 13
• Brian Moore named new general manager of Delcon Division. 13
• HP’s Wescon exhibit wins award for third place. 13
• George Bennett elected to board. 13
• First-quarter sales up 21 percent, earnings up 51. 13
• HPSA moves into new building. 13
• U.S. Savings Bonds; payroll savings plan offered. 13
• Hewlett discusses importance of IEEE show. 15
• HP products go to the moon on Apollo (NASA) project. 16

June 1969 The Racket Busters of Boeblingen

• Aircraft traffic noise, Boeblingen, Germany; 80500A aircraft noise monitoring system. 2 5
• Queen’s award for microwave link analyzers, South Queensferry, Scotland. 6
• Videotaping work methods at Waltham, Mass. 7
• 185,000 copies of HP Journal mailed monthly; magazine’s audience and competition. 8 10
• Computerized counter, 5360A, F&T, integrated circuit (IC) technology; HPA’s light emitting diodes (LEDs). 11 13
• Six-month sales up 19 percent. 14
• Santa Clara manufacturing facility opens. 14
• David Weindorf appointed new general manager of HPA. 14
• New Cleveland sales office opens. 14
• Hewlett discusses board meeting in Geneva. 15 16

July 1969 HP Jewels that do the Work of Giants

• Measure magazine looks at typical small field sales office in Oklahoma City. 2 5
• R&D process cartoons. 6
• New construction due to company growth. 7 9
• Microwaves of the future, integrated circuits, microcircuit manufacturing, microelectronics, solid-state physics. 10 13
• Profit sharing of $3 million distributed. 14
• HP scholarships awarded to 47 children of HP employees. 14
• Royal Swedish Air Force orders 16 model 9201H avionics autotesters. 14
• Loveland to add new building. 14
• HP computers control flow in California state water project. 14
• Measure magazine wins top merit award. 14
• Hewlett discusses management meeting, management by objective (MBO), management philosophy. 15
• HP 2005A system used aboard Scripps FLIPship for acoustic research. 16

August 1969 Headquarters Under Glass

• Photographer/employee, Bob Reade of Neely Sales Region visits HP corporate headquarters and offers impressions. 2 6
• Wescon, San Francisco, run by HP’s Jack Beckett, government relations manager. 7 9
• Seventh corporate objective and citizenship, social responsibility; each division determines its own role. 10 13
• Corporate systems enclosure wins merit award at Wescon. 14
• Stock dividend of 10 cents/share. 14
• HP systems becomes part of Electronic Products Group. 14
• Waltham transfers oscilloscope to San Diego plant. 14
• Hewlett discusses importance of R&D. 15
• Frederick Terman Award presented to Michael Athans, EE professor at MIT. 16

September 1969 The Giant Step

• HP cesium atomic clocks used in Apollo tracking stations and contributed to navigational accuracy of Apollo 11 spacecraft. 2 5
• Factory sales engineers serve as technical experts, expediters, troubleshooters to sales staff. 6 7
• Eliminating doped athletes; drug testing and gas chromatography at Italian bike race. 8 10
• Job Fair for minority hiring. (diversity) 11 13
• Third-quarter sales up 20 percent, earnings up 23. 14
• Restructuring European operations. 14
• ICON formed-combining HPIA, Hewlett Packard Inter-Americas and AAA, Asia, Africa, Australia. 14
• Hewlett discusses quality. 15
• The eagle and the egret, Saturn V lifts Apollo into space. 16

October 1969 Portrait of the Engineer

• Computer art is generated on plotters; HP instruments make graphic artistry and illustration possible. 2 4
• “Girls” on the production line; one out of every four people on the manufacturing payroll is a woman; interview with three women. (women) 5 7
• Recently revised statement of corporate objectives. (insert)
• HP 9100A computing calculator tests Boeing 747. 8 9
• Avondale, Pa., plant, site selection, commuting, environment, lifestyle, corporate culture. 10 13
• Leasco takes on seven HP 2000 time-shared computers. 14
• Waltham renamed Medical Electronics Division. 14
• Hewlett discusses revisions in corporate objectives. 15
• United Way drive launched. 16

November 1969 2300 Jobs Added in 1969

• 2300 people added to HP payroll during 1969; what just one HP job means to an individual, his family and community. 2 7
• Waltham, Mass., consultant trains nurses in use of HP medical equipment. 8 9
• HP-TV Network, corporate videotape studio permits widespread distribution of training and customer education materials. 10 13
• ICON, HP’s international organization, is restructured for more effective management of expanding overseas activities. 14
• Hewlett discusses plant safety due to series of recent serious accidents. 15
• “Watch” cow in front of HP Geneva. 16

December 1969 HP Program of Benefits

• Employee benefits offer protection and security of employees and their families: health insurance, life insurance, retirement plan, profit sharing, stock options, vacation. 5 7
• Amateur HAM radio operators at HP. 8 10
• HP New Jersey, site selection, environment, lifestyle, corporate culture. 11 13
• Stock split announced. 14
• Year-end sales up 21 percent, earnings up 22. 14
• John Doyle named general manager of Systems Division. 14
• Building to begin on manufacturing plant in San Diego. 14
• Hewlett discusses year-end financial results. 15
• Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, in 1863 draws prototype of accepted Santa Claus figure. 16

January 1970 1960-69: Fourfold Growth

• Retrospective by year of HP in the 1960s. 2 3
• 1969 growth and change with impact on future; annual report from heads of major operating groups. 4 8, 9 11
• 1970 model corporate organization chart (insert). 8
• HP’s board of directors. 12 14
• Hewlett discusses role of HP’s board of directors. 15

February 1970 Art with a Touch of Technology

• HP physicists and engineers collaborate with artist on environmental sculpture using lasers to be shown at Expo 70 in Japan. 2 4
• Avondale comeback to profitability; why was turnaround necessary and how it was accomplished. 5 7
• Change to segmentation; splitting marketing organizations into separate teams to focus on particular market. 8 9
• Region south of San Francisco (later known as Silicon Valley) as a place to live; people coming in record numbers, why. 10 13
• Automatic Measuring Division (AMD) started. 14
• Building 6 construction begun at Stanford Industrial Park. 14
• 1970 catalog distributed. 14
• Hewlett’s 1970 outlook. 15
• Norm Schrock honored as senior staff engineer; 28 years with HP. 16

March 1970 The Multiplier

• Computerized test systems, calculators, printed circuits, integrated circuits, instruments create new opportunities for HP and individuals. 2 5
• Automotive engineering, vibration analysis in Detroit. 6
• Winter activities of HP around the world. 7 9
• Latin America and HP’s intercontinental operations: Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Columbia. 10 13
• Stock purchase plan increases employee contribution to 10 percent of base pay. 14
• New regional computer data centers throughout U.S. 14
• Bob Boniface elected vice president. 14
• IEEE names Noel Eldred, executive vice president, to grade of Fellow (highest grade). 14
• Hewlett discusses changes in employee stock purchase program. 15
• Minnesota students receive satellite information. 16

April 1970 Put ‘em on a Pedestal

• New products shown at New York convention: 3480A digital voltmeter, 5326A timer/counter, 2570A coupler/ controller, 3721A correlator, 8620 microwave solid-state sweeper system, 183 oscilloscope, 8443 tracking generator/counter, GaAsP light-emitting diodes (LEDs). (products with women models). 2-5
• Arthur Clarke (“2001” author) receives HP 9100A calculator, on his Christmas wish list. 6-8
• Boeblingen-HP in Germany. 9-11
• HP Delcon cable fault finders locate faults on telecommunications lines. 12-13
• Hewlett discusses HP’s strengths: creativity, production capability, reliability and ruggedness (quality). 15
• Four electronic instruments and systems divisions form group; restructuring along product lines. 14
• Measuring jet lag with HP monitoring systems. 16

May 1970 HP Wives

• HP wives groups focus on “feminine tasks”: welcoming newcomers, fund-raising, making new friends; article differentiates them from womens organizations against male establishment and liberation movement. (women) 2 5
• Medical multitest, multiphasic (AML) lab features HP instruments. 6 7
• HP Associates’ new ideas for products featuring opto-electronic solid-state display, light-emitting diodes (LEDs). 8 10
• Bob Boniface, vice president of marketing, talks about customer service and regionalizing. 11 13
• Arthur Clarke, author of “2001,” meets HP people in Palo Alto. 14
• Marco Negrete, GM of Loveland, named consultant to U.S. Office of Science & Technology. 14
• IEEE gives advertising award to Cupertino. 14
• Hewlett forecasts on the economy. 15
• Checking pacemakers with HP oscilloscopes, electrocardiographs and counters. 16

June-July 1970 It Starts with Raw Materials

• Turning 6,000 different raw materials, using 750 different chemicals, into 2,000 parts; added-value industrial skills that transform raw materials to products. 2 5
• Development of two product ideas, HP 3800A distance meter surveying instrument, laser interferometer. 6 7
• Data Centers bring data products people together with customers seeking hardware and software assistance. 8 10
• HP employees in Colorado seek balance between economic growth and untouched environment. 11 13
• First-half sales up 15 percent, orders up 6. 14
• Fortune 500 ranks HP 293. 14
• Profit sharing of $2.7 million distributed. 14
• Hewlett discusses commitment to international market. 15
• 20,000th Model 5245 counter ad (woman model added for appeal). 15

August-September 1970 Why Johnny Can Count

• Computer-based education instruction systems viewed as constructive change for the classroom; HP’s commitment to education market. 2 7
• Avondale plant exhibits sculpture. 8
• Queensferry, Scotland, plant hosts diplomats. 8
• HP monitoring systems used on patient-visitors at Expo 70. 9
• Calculator sales contest successful. 9
• HP opens manufacturing plant in Singapore; previously, HP had to buy components from Taiwan, Hong Kong. 10 12
• Customer contact “girls” (women) of Atlanta sales office. 13
• Third-quarter sales up 12 percent, earnings down 3. 14
• First environmental control coordinator, Glenn Affleck, picked. 14
• Medical Electronics Division receives largest order for patient monitoring systems. 14
• AC power line module wins WESCON award. 14
• Hewlett discusses downturn in the U.S. domestic economy, nine-day fortnight (taking every other Friday off without pay). 15

October 1970 Involvement – A Special Report

• Hewlett calls on employees to become concerned, involved citizens in tackling social problems; community-based activities of employees are reported. 2 12
• “Age of Aquarius” when peace will guide the planets is more than a myth to many young people; young HP people asked to reflect on the role of the corporation and social responsibility. 13 16

November 1970 Importance of Being Profitable

• Profitability and corporate objectives; why profits are first among HP’s seven objectives; why not okay to break even in recessionary times rather than cut, cancel, conserve. 2 7
• Intercontinental Region (Intercon) and its style. 8 10
• Analytical products market hot issues include consumerism, conservation, crime fighting, environmental control. 11 13
• Grenoble, France, plant planned. 14
• 3800 distance meter surveying instrument introduced. 14
• Hewlett discusses 10-percent work reduction by taking every other Friday off without pay (“nine-day fortnight”). 15

December 1970 Holidays Around the World

• HP holidays around the world; geographical and regional differences in holidays. 2 3
• HP 35200A Doppler radar units monitor moving objects and use in commercial, industrial and military markets. 4 5
• HP in Waltham, Mass., Medical Electronics Division; employees’ views of living in that region. 6 9
• Noel Eldred, executive vice president and director, dies. 10
• Year-end sales up 7 percent, earnings down 11. 10
• Two medical products debut: HP 5690 computerized cardiac catheterization laboratory system, 7830A cardiac monitor. 10
• 2000C 32-terminal BASIC time-shared computer introduced. 10
• Hewlett discusses 1970 financial results. 11
• San Diego division opens new plant. 12

January 1971 Year of Opportunity

• Semi-annual managers meeting discusses success in the 1970s; Hewlett talks about long-term planning, trend away from defense spending associated with the Cold War, deepening concern for social improvements and preservation of the environment; speech by Professor Lee Bach, U.S. economy. 2-14
• HP Profit-Sharing Retirement Fund lost 15 percent in 1970. 14
• Noel Eldred, executive vice president, remembered. 15

February 1971

• Pre-retirement planning pilot programs’ goals to give participants positive attitude toward retirement. 2 7
• Testing the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull (found in 1927 in Mayan temple in Honduras) in Santa Clara crystal lab; made from single quartz crystal, age not determined. 8 10
• The case for international manufacturing; “transferred products” manufacturing (i.e., offshoring), arguments for. 11 13
• Bob Boniface, vice president of marketing, assumes duties of the late Noel Eldred. 14
• Two new directors elected: Robert Glaser, Bill Doolittle. 14
• Hewlett talks about growth in Europe. 15
• HP correlator used by astronomers at University of California. 16

March 1971 HP Career Women in the Spotlight

• Interviews with HP career women; HP efforts to recruit and promote women. (diversity) 2 7
• Wall Street analysts asked to comment on HP stock. 8 11
• Demographics of computer mailing lists. 12 13
• First-quarter sales up 12 percent, earnings up 19 cents/share. 14
• Hewlett discusses first-quarter earnings. 15
• Computer timesharing lets HP computer owners operate up to eight terminals simultaneously. 16

April 1971 The “Jet-Lag” Set

• Profile of a line supervisor at New Jersey Division; emphasizes that person doing the work should know more about it than supervisor. 2 5
• Jet lag and international travel; traveling is hard work; travel stories. 6 9
• HP hotline parts-order-processing (POP) parts system and customer service center. 10 12
• Trouble defining HP; is it electronics company or instruments company — a solutions company. 13
• HP board meets at Medical Electronics Division. 14
• Newsweek interviews HP. 14
• IEEE awards Cupertino Division first prize for systems advertising. 14
• HP Australia starts data center. 14
• Neely mobile lab tours west with oscilloscopes. 14
• Hewlett discusses IEEE show in New York. 15
• Reduced workforce accomplished mostly by unreplaced attrition. 16

May 1971 BAD Is Coming: What’s the Idea?

• Junior achievement program started at HP called Summer Program; real-paying summer jobs at Loveland. 2 5
• History of cardiographs and treatment of patients, as seen by a user/nurse. 6 7
• BAD, “Buck a Day,” savings ideas; bright ideas and methods improvement at HP. 8 11
• Portable HP equipment can be run on battery pack: 5300 series counter system and 1700 series scope. 12 13
• YHP gives stone lantern to Palo Alto. 14
• Hewlett discusses quality seen in a stolen-then-recovered 9100 calculator. 15
• HP desktop calculator and plotter appear in Hollywood film “Andromeda Strain.” 16

June 1971 Security

• Security philosophy at HP is having high degree of employee participation, responsibility of all rather than rigorous ID system and guards. 2 7
• Marketing strategy shortens lines of communication, greater access between divisions and sales. 8 11
• HP repair service in East, Paramus, N.J. 12 13
• Second-quarter sales and earnings below previous year. 14
• Don Hammond receives CB Sawyer award for outstanding work in quartz crystals and devices. 14
• Profit sharing distributes $2.3 million. 14
• HP 2007A minicomputers used in Edinburgh, Scotland, schools. 14
• Hewlett discusses second-quarter earnings. 15
• HP collaborates on laser art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 16

July 1971 HP Art

• High standard of sales training for complex HP products requires sales and new product training, exposure to customer applications and technical degree. 2 5
• Product safety, liability and what HP is doing to ensure products offer maximum safety. 6 9
• HP employee artists are highlighted with their works. 10 13
• Recycling program of printout paper begins; recycle 140 tons/year. 14
• HP scholarships awarded to 50 children of employees. 14
• Western Electric orders microwave analyzers from HP. 15
• Bernard Oliver, vice president of research, takes leave of absence to search for life beyond our solar system, Project Cyclops. 15
• HP managers meeting emphasizes forward planning. 15
• Hewlett discusses affirmative action and community involvement, citizenship, social responsibility. 14 15
• HP measures speed of drag car. (diversity) 16

August 1971 Technology: Tool for a Troubled World

• Technology and society, citizenship; technology as tool for healing ills it’s accused of abetting; Barney Oliver, vice president of research, talks before Australia Institute of Radio and Electronic Engineers on role of moral scientists and engineers, ecological problems, nuclear energy. 2 7
• Views on scientific responsibility and excesses of unbridled “progress.” 8 11
• What can technology contribute; letters from employees on technology gap between nations, world hunger, conservation, computers, education, population. 12 17
• Hewlett relays correspondence about first product, 200A audio oscillator. 18 19
• Famous engineers mistaken predictions on impossible inventions. 20

September 1971 Insurance: It’s not always the “Other Guy”

• HP people involved in cycling and recycling out of environmental responsibility. 2 6
• Employee disability, and the importance of participating in group medical plan, life insurance. 7 9
• Third-quarter sales up 2 percent, earnings down 4. 10
• HP announces manufacturing subsidiary in Grenoble, France. 10
• Stock dividend of 10 cents/share distributed. 10
• Sales Financing Division starts to provide broader financing capability for customers. 10
• HP instructional videotapes train professionals. 10
• Hewlett discusses Nixon’s economic policies (wage and price controls) and HP. 11
• Contributions to United Way. 11

October 1971 The Wide World of HP Winners

• Individualism at HP; employees excelling in sports. 2 6
• Wall charts used in systems analysis to show routing involved in a system; leads to questions, challenges and changes. 7 9
• Series 9800, Model 10 calculator is in production. 10 13
• Rockaway, N.J., expands plant by 52,000 sq.ft. 14
• Text editing software, TIDE, marketed by HP. 14
• HP equipment featured in world’s largest fetal-monitoring facility, Crozer-Chester Medical Center. 14
• HP sponsors Educational Users Group formed to share information of use of computers in instruction. 14
• Annual report wins third-place in Financial World’s contest. 14
• Hewlett discusses management selection and development. 15
• Microwave Division raises campaign to achieve leadership in all product lines. 16

November 1971 Something to be Thankful for

• Thanksgiving thoughts at HP; employees answer question “What events in your life pleased you most in 1971?” 2 5
• Mechanical measuring, calibration, metrology. 6 9
• Role of HP Labs; meeting emphasizes communication between Labs and divisions. 10 12
• HP authors Barney Oliver and John Cage edit “Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation” text; book contributors include 28 HP engineers and scientists. 13
• HP 3000 disc-based computer system introduced; time-share, real-time, and general-purpose computing system. 14
• HP Singapore security employee awarded medal for long service. 14
• Santa Rosa land purchase of 200 acres for future plant. 14
• Hewlett remarks on R&D and HP Labs organization. 15
• Neely Sales office fire; importance of fire precautions. 16

December 1971 The Early Years

• Retrospective of HP and its early years; historical photos. 2 9
• HP recipes from around the world. 10 13, 16
• Fiscal year sales up 3 percent, earnings up slightly. 14
• HP 3000 success at Vegas computer conference. 14
• Hewlett discusses 1971 fiscal year. 15

January 1972 Parade of New Products

• New products for year include HP-35 pocket calculator, 8660A and 8660B RF signal generators, 1702A and 1703A portable oscilloscopes, 5062B atomic clock, IMPATT diodes, 5340A microwave frequency counter, 10529 logic comparator, 1310 and 1311A high-speed graphics displays, 62000 modular power supply, 3320 frequency oscillator, 3800 infrared distance meter, 2100 minicomputer, 9862 X-Y plotter, 7900 disk drive, system/3000, 780000 ECG, 1530 computer-aided interpretation, 78204 respiration meter, 78202 temperature meter, 4910 open telephone open cable fault locator, 5950 ESCA spectrometer, 5930A/5932A mass spectrometers and data systems, 5700 gas chromatograph. 2 7
• New company-wide planning process, using bubble charts, company visualization, accounting model. 8 9
• HP new electronics catalog available. 10
• John Young, Electronic Products Group, discusses key elements of selling modular systems. 11-13
• Hewlett discusses management meeting at ranch: “Management is getting things done through people”; Packard to return from Washington, DC, after stint as Deputy Secretary of Defense. 15
• HPA 2300 mesh-hot carrier diode sold to Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) for use in the Mariner space probe project. 16

February 1972 Career Ladder

• Self-motivation, management by objective, and descriptions of various self-motivated employees. 2 7
• Corporate training, importance of education; EE Communications Committee formed; Honors Cooperative Program with Stanford described. 8 11
• Off-hours studies and the employee educational assistance program. 12 13
• Third Mountain View building to be completed. 14
• Construction in Rockaway site in New Jersey. 14
• New sales office in Orlando, Fla., and St. Louis, Mo. 14
• HP Scotland site doubling in size. 14
• 45-year employee Mary Fredman of Medical Products Division. 14
• Hewlett discusses 1972 business forecast. 15
• Dave Packard returns after three years as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense. 16

March 1972 Proving Einstein

• Cesium beam atomic clocks and hydrogen maser clocks used to prove aspects of Einstein’s theory of relativity(effect of time lag); Len Cutler comments on Apollo 17 project use of HP products, including HP 5060A and 5061; Santa Clara Frequency and Time Division. 2 7
• Corporate headquarters view from atop new 10-story building. 8 9
• Measurement metrology symposium discussed powerful effects of computer technology, metrification of the U.S. 10 12
• Software contest increases number of computer programs available to HP users. 13
• HP 5700 gas chromatograph debuts in London. 14
• Packard discusses his return from Washington as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense. 14
• Water-proof, portable HP 1700E oscilloscope. 15

April 1972 New Links to New Markets

• Data Products Group uses solutions-oriented approach to conduct business; descriptions of minicomputer system usage for computer-assisted instruction (CAI), inventory control, machine operations, production controls, management training, time-shared business applications; description of Data Products Group. 2 5
• HP corporate finance cash management. 6 8
• Equal opportunities employment policies and affirmative action reaffirmation, a tradition at HP. (diversity) 9
• HP in Grenoble, France; engineering and manufacturing facility serving European markets provides HP more operating flexibility. 10 13
• HP exhibits new products at IEEE in New York. 14
• U.S. Naval Observatory announces that relativity experiments successfully proved using HP atomic clocks. 14
• Hewlett discusses home growing talent at HP, the importance of informal interchange of information and feedback. 15
• Telemetry system, HP 78000 radio heart monitor. 16

May 1972 New Pathway to Measurement

• 4000th 2100A minicomputer shipped. 2 3
• Wildlife conservationists on Rancho Bernando range at HP San Diego work with California Fish and Game Department on wildlife study program. 4 6
• HP 2000 time-shared system allows 32 users at HP to perform computer tasks simultaneously. 7 9
• HP’s commitment to optics technology such as LEDs, laser interferometer system, and distance-measuring instruments. 10 13
• Hewlett discusses what HP sells, our customers, important aspects of HP, including measurement, computational equipment, software, medical instrumentation and chemical analysis. 14 15
• Automatic Measurement Division moves to Sunnyvale. 16
• HP acquires Vertek, Inc., medical electronics firm in Vermont. 16

June 1972 Field Service Hits the Road

• Health, diet and physical shape; employees make changes to help physical ailments and limitations. 2 5
• Extreme success of HP-35 pocket calculator –- “a runaway best-seller.” 6 8
• Important contributions of HP field service organization. 9 13
• Santa Rosa manufacturing operations begin. 14
• Second-quarter sales up 24 percent, earnings up 58. 14
• Profit sharing plan distributes over $4.4 million. 14
• Hewlett discusses first-half financial results. 15
• Reactions to HP-35 pocket calculator. 16

July 1972

• Worldwide managers meeting addresses globalization, internationalization, legal affairs, affirmative action (diversity), growth, social responsibility, product development; Packard assesses HP after returning from Washington. 2 9
• Open-door policy, an in-depth look at personnel department; survey on the role of personnel department. 10 14
• Hewlett discusses status of Singapore and European operations. 15
• One second added to international time standards due to measurements of HP atomic clocks. 16

August 1972 New Challenge for HP’s Medical Team

• Vertek acquisition complements HP’s other cardiovascular products; diversification and long-term justification of HP’s involvement in new field. 2 5
• HP 7600A gas chromatograph used for random drug testing of athletics suspected of doping at the 1972 Olympics. 6 7
• Craftsmanship at HP and descriptions of HP craftsman. 8 13
• Manufacturing underway at Santa Rosa’s Microwave Division. 14
• HPA Division appoints industrial optoelectronic distributors. 14
• Dividend on stock of 10 cents/share. 14
• Dr. Taylor Booth wins Terman award. 14
• HP-35 accessories available. 14
• Hewlett talks about company picnic. 15
• United Way giving. 16

September-October 1972 How HP Creates Jobs through International Trade

• HP scholarship winners highlighted; what makes successful students is emotional experience -– positive or negative feedback from others. 2 6
• Interview with Bill Doolittle, vice president of international, on international trade; offshoring, multinational companies and proposed legislation to curtail it. 7 10
• Jet ports monitor aircraft noise using HP 80500B system. 11 13
• 3800A distance meter reaches the 2000 mark in production. 14
• Third-quarter sales up 33 percent. 14
• Colorado Springs to almost double in size. 14
• Hewlett and HP philosophy on management of international operations, globalization, managerial training. 15
• HP spectrum analyzers help model aircraft hobbyists. 16

November 1972

• HP construction projects, architectural design philosophy -– build comfortable, efficient plant on location attractive to professional people. 2 7
• Introduction of portable 1504A electrocardiograph (ECG); small, low-priced instrument with big potential. 8 9
• HP’s Maine salesman, Earle Bubar, is featured. 10 13
• 20,000 employees at HP. 14
• Calculators win two awards. 14
• Heart processing from sales regions. 14
• Employee medical insurance policies explained. 15
• Hewlett discusses employee medical insurance policies. 15
• Sanborn’s first electrocardiograph was battery powered. 16

December 1972 Mission to the Middle Kingdom

• Interview with Bill Doolittle, vice president – International, on HP in China; HP first U.S. electronics firm invited for trade discussions. 2 6
• Profiles on HP adventurers. 7 11
• Optacon, device that electronically scans characters, allows the blind to use HP-35 pocket calculator. 12 13
• Introduction of 9830 programmable calculator with keyboard enables communication in BASIC. 14
• Year-end sales up 28 percent. 14
• Cupertino Data Products facility to expand by another building. 14
• John Doyle, former manager of Auto Measurement, rejoins HP as director of corporate planning. 14
• Hewlett discusses HP reorganization from monolithic to wider product line, streamlining, and teamwork. 15

January 1973

• Hewlett discusses importance of hiring, employment selection process, employment forecast. 2 3
• College campus recruiting program, off-campus professional recruitment, recruiting practices in Japan. 4 7
• Profile of employment receptionist. 8 11
• Affirmative action in the HP hiring process; helping people gain skills and qualify them for employment; affirmative action program, Santa Clara Valley Skills Center, highlighted. (diversity) 12 15
• Internal recruitment policy of seeking inside people first. 16

February 1973 Critical Mass

• Introduction of HP-80 “businessman’s” pocket calculator; phones ringing “off the hook” with orders. 2 9
• HP’s French connection to Baron Jean Baptiste Fourier, who was a resident of Grenoble; Fourier’s theory of mathematical analysis in 1807. 10 11
• Foothill College, Los Altos, electronic museum of Perham and De Forest collection; first museum devoted to history of electronics. 12 13
• Bruce Wholey elected vice president. 14
• Semi-annual stock dividend is 10 cents/share. 14
• HP acquires Femcor in McMinnville, Oregon. 14
• Construction in Waltham to begin for headquarters of Medical Electronics Division. 14
• Hewlett discusses HP-80 calculator development background. 15
• HP catalog in mail. 16

March 1973 Fountain Grove: Eden of the West

• Santa Rosa history, including Thomas Lake Harris and his New Life converts, ranching; plant site proposed for HP’s Microwave Division. 2 6
• HP opens urban calculator showrooms in San Francisco, New York and Chicago. 7-9
• Introduction of flexitime, flexible work hours, and employee reactions. 10 13
• Vice president Ed Porter elected to board. 14
• First-quarter sales up 30 percent, earnings up 31. 14
• Barney Oliver, vice president of R&D, designs stereo amplifier; limited production for sale to employees. 14
• Retirement Profit Sharing Fund increases substantially. 14
• Scholarship fund drive underway for employees’ children. 14
• Oakland police use HP-2120 disc operating computer to analyze criminal data. 15
• Cultural diversity of HP authors in Microwave Division. (diversity) 15
• 9810A calculator translates into Japanese. 16

April 1973 Canada

• HP in Canada; U.S. and Canada have much more in common than not, accounting for neighborly relationship. 2 5
• Profiles on industrial design at HP; evolution of designer from artist to integral part of design interaction with its working environment. 6 11
• HP acquires Hupe & Bush, leading European manufacturer of analytical equipment; HP introduces the 1010B liquid chromatograph. 12 13
• Hewlett and Packard receive Founders Medal, IEEE award. 14
• Dean Morton elected vice president. 14
• H.I. Rommes elected to board. 14
• HP 9805A statistical calculator introduced. 14
• Hewlett asks employees to help welcome new people to company, HP Way. 15
• “Basic Electronic Instrument Handbook” by Clyde Coombs released. 16

May 1973

• Introduction of flexible benefits plan, “cafeteria plan,” where employees can tailor benefits to their needs. 2 5
• Star Trek game on HP time-share computer. 6
• Leasing HP equipment appeals to customers. 7 9
• Microwave Division split into Stanford Park Division and Santa Rosa Division. 10 12
• Ground breaking for new building at Colorado Springs. 13
• Santa Clara site to expand. 13
• Edmund Littlefield resigns from board. 13
• Software Search contest announced for software programs. 13
• Hewlett discusses employee and vendor teamwork in aftermath of shipping warehouse fire in Palo Alto. 14 15
• International senior sales seminars. 16

June 1973 The Plot Thickens

• HP employee profiles on agricultural, farming and gardening endeavors. 2 6
• Components sales and stocking the industrial distributor. 7 9
• Acquisition of Field Emission Corp. (Femcor) gets HP in the X-ray equipment business. 10 13
• Introduction of HP45, 46 scientific calculators. 14
• Second-quarter sales up 40 percent, earnings up 70. 14
• HP wins Golden Supplier award by ITT Gilfillan, radar system manufacturer. 14
• Hewlett discusses importance of traditional product lines and “glamour” products. 15
• HP ranked 267 in Fortune 500; ranked 8 in return for investor. 15

July 1973 Manager’s Meeting

• Seventeenth annual managers meeting; Hewlett speaks on divisional organization, long-term planning, employee training; Packard discusses management, importance of people, social responsibility, long-term planning, product development; excerpts by Ralph Lee on administrative costs, employee training; John Young and Doyle on product growth opportunities; Bill Terry on re-emphasizing HP fundamentals; Morton on MED five-year growth objectives; E. Rodgers on analytical products; van Bronkhorst on improving the profit-margin; Boniface on effects of marketing organization’s restructuring; Alberding on European predictions; Cottrell on internationalization and decentralization of HP. 2 11
• Workshop sessions at manager’s meeting. 12 15
• Workshop discussion on personnel matters concludes that there is no generation gap at HP. 16

August-September 1973

• HP experience of various employees shows that HP is different. 2 3
• Fred Terman recollects Hewlett and Packard at Stanford and the early years. 4 8
• Frank Cavier, vice president and secretary, discusses HP past, HP Way, and decentralization of responsibility. 9
• Bruce Wholey discusses views on the HP Way. 10
• Swede Wilde on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) use of people and the HP Way. (diversity) 11
• Present day employee views on the HP Way. 12 24
• “Housemothers” at HP are liaisons between employees and personnel. (women) 15
• International view of HP Way. 25 26
• HP’s future goals, plans, decentralization. 27 29
• Hewlett discusses the HP Way. 30 31
• Seven HP objectives. 16

October 1973 HP Goes Metric

• Longest-term employees, Mary Fredman and Buck Gleason of Medical Electronics Division. 2 3
• HP switches to metric system, which will be fully converted in 10 years. 4 7
• New electronic products focus on innovation, internationalization and diversification; 970A probe, battery-powered digital multiplier, 5000A and 1601L logic state analyzers, 4271A 1-MHz digital LCR meter, HP 45 calculator, HP 46 desktop calculator. 8 13
• 6000th HP minicomputer shipped. 14
• Third-quarter sales up 31 percent, earnings up 14. 14
• Government business declines 6 percent in first half; non-government business up 63 percent. 14
• Santa Clara starts construction on sales office. 14
• Barney Oliver joins board. 14
• Hewlett discusses HP ventures in Japan (YHP), Singapore, and Malaysia. 15
• HP-35 pocket calculator goes to Mt. Everest and Skylab. 16

November 1973

• Cafeterias and food service at HP generally well liked. 2 5
• HP 3000 computer system is largest, most complex product development undertaken by HP. 6 8
• Computer jargon: language, lexicon, vernacular. 9
• HP in Penang, Malaysia. 10 13
• HP gets $2.8 million Navy contract for cesium beam frequency oscillators (atomic clocks). 14
• Price reduced for computer memory products. 14
• Eberhardt Rechtin named telecommunications manager. 14
• McMinnville, Oregon, construction started. 14
• Hewlett discusses Arab oil embargo and energy conservation. 15
• Company car of the future in view of energy crisis (satire). 16

December 1973 Visit to the Fourth World of the Hope

• Hopi Indians assemble HP components for Loveland. 2 5
• 10th anniversary of YHP Japan. 6 7
• 1973 year in month-by-month review. 8 9
• HP gets Soviet permission to open sales office in Moscow and Warsaw. 10 13
• Data Systems leased building in Boise, Idaho. 14
• Preliminary year-end sales results up 38 percent, earnings up 32. 14
• Hewlett discusses 1973 performance, profit sharing. 15
• Boeblingen, Germany, HP worker raises exotic birds. 16