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
