January-February 1981 Keeping HP Healthy: A Progress Report to 57,000 Jobholders

• Summary of cover story examines different aspects of the company’s health. 2
• HP sees sales growth despite recession in economy; employees reveal thoughts about HP success, including attitude of employees and how HP treats them, HP’s investment in R&D, and managing product strategy. 3 6
• Overall compensation program examined and changes made in life and medical insurance, dental care, pay curves. 7 10
• HP’s non-stop, around the world construction plans keep up with staff growth; new facilities include Penang and Houston; pull-out map of HP facilities world-wide. 11 14
• Summary of HP general managers meeting at Pebble Beach includes discussion of engineering productivity, strategies for PCs and ICs, and recruitment. 15 18
• New posters emphasize quality at Waltham division; Montana medical center nicknames defibrillators “Dr. Hewlett Packard”; HP gives job to struggling African student; HP-41C’s 10 musical tones enable blind students to complete math courses; HP 1000 computers used in Marine Corps marathon in Washington. 19
• John Young discusses pay practices. 20 21

March-April 1981 ICs: The Competitive Edge

• Dr. Deming, statistician, gives HP seminar; thesis is necessity for total involvement with statistical methods. 2
• How semiconductor technology makes major contributions to success of HP products, giving them the competitive edge. 3 7
• HP’s company exchange program between HP employees who teach at a minority institution and professors at such institutions working at HP for a year. (diversity) 8 9
• Replacing typewriters with computers helps productivity; computers solve office “headaches.” 10 12
• Open Line (employee survey with 17 categories) final results reported. 12
• Dr. Barney Oliver, head of HP’s R&D since 1952, invented many products. 14 17
• HP partners with Gordos Corp. to address defected parts made by Gordos and purchased by HP; leads to zero defects. 18 19
• HP Singapore science quiz; HP PC and software for the winning school. 20
• HP sponsors liquid chromatograph symposium near Munich. 20
• Prehistoric artifacts found at site of archaeological excavation on HP property, Andover. 22
• Industrial robot used at Corvallis for monotonous job. 21
• HP medical devices used on airborne emergency hospital. 21
• John Young discusses benefits philosophy in response to survey results. 23

May-June 1981 E-Beam Brightens the Future

• HP employee, Carson Kan, recovers from cancer; much of the medical equipment produced by HP. 3-6
• First live satellite broadcast from HP TV studio in Palo Alto to 1200 employees. 7 9
• History of the advent of the coffee break at HP. 10 11
• E-beam lithography is new technology in making integrated circuits; offers higher speed and accuracy in design and production. 12 16
• HP retiree clubs in Waltham, San Diego, Palo Alto are featured. 18 19
• HP Labs employee designs original tool for handling wafers. 20
• HP-41C calculators used on flight of Columbia space shuttle. 20
• HP-41C calculator used by Beech Aircraft Corp. 21
• HP Handicapped Awareness Day. (diversitiy) 21
• New products include HP9826 computer, Hospital Accounting System 3000. 22
• Ground breaking begins for Lake Stevens Instrument Division. 22
• John Young discusses first-half results, focusing on Europe, Southeast Asia, and Japan. 23

July-August 1981 Handled with Care: Emergency Team Responds to Mock Chemical Spill

• Standards are discussed and how they govern product design. 2
• Mock chemical spill tests HP’s response program and employee safety. 3 7
• HP’s moving and consolidating Corporate’s computer operations in Palo Alto. Earl Lindberg with general Motors studies laws of roundness and its ramifications. 8 10
• HP’s Founder’s Club focuses on professional selling. 14 16
• Chemical fingerprints and the uses of gas chromatography and mass spectronomy. 18 19
• HP finishes second in Corporate Cup Relays national championships. 20
• Swiss Mayor places bottle of local wine in cornerstone of HP’s new European headquarters. 20
• Corvallis division encourages alternative transportation. 21
• HP’s first television advertising scheduled for September 5. 22
• John Young discusses training opportunities. 23

September-October 1981 Teaming Up for Quality

• Company’s affirmative action conference decides future course of affirmative action activities. (diversity) 2
• 500 quality teams bring more energy, enthusiasm and improve product quality and personal growth. 3 8
• Queensferry Telecom Division, Scotland, spelunkers describe cave exploration. 9
• Various views about the HP Way of management are presented (insert). 11 14
• Considerations when divisions relocate. 15 17
• HP operations in hospitals and supplies. 18 19
• Videotape uses special affects to sell new HP-125 small business computer. 20
• Handicapped employee climbs Mt. Rainier.
• Anniversary of HP-35, first handheld, scientific calculator. 21
• New board game based on Silicon Valley. 21
• New products include slim-line programmable calculators: HP-11C and HP-12C. 22
• John Young talks about TV advertising and HP’s first televised ad. 23

November-December 1981 When a Horse is more than a Hobby

• Importance of good corporate citizenship is emphasized. 2
• HP philanthropic activities stem from a citizenship objective. 3-6
• China Hewlett-Packard Representative Office opens in Beijing. 7
• HP holds olympics competition between the New Jersey and Avondale Divisions. 8 9
• New corporate offices in Palo Alto. 12 13
• HP enters office automation market; Packard receives Distinguished Information Science Award from Data Processing Management Association (DPMA). 14 16
• International manufacturing strategy is presented; 50 percent of sales dollars comes from outside U.S. 17 19
• Engineers of Civil Engineering Division use toy trains for research for HP 3850 industrial distance meter. 21
• New products include HP 1000 with high-performance graphics. 22
• John Young discussed fiscal year results; record year for growth rate. 23

January 1980

• HP product applications — HP 1000 helps make pacemakers, HP 3000 replacing typewriter. 2 5
• HP in Spain — garment patterns with help of HP computers. 6 9
• HP technicians — availability shortage. 10 13
• New HP logo and corporate identity revealed. 13
• Computer strategy council formed. 14
• Profit-sharing program distributes $60 million. 14
• New HPSA sales region includes Italy, Switzerland and Spain. 14
• College donations limit raised. 14
• New Far East headquarters established in Hong Kong. 14
• John Young discusses protection of employee data. 15
• HP 3000 “Koala” introduction. 16

February 1980 HP Outlook: Business, People, Energy

• HP outlook for 80s; John Young sees instability, challenges, “state of the company” reports from several managers. 2 6
• HP Open Line report; results of employee opinion survey. 7 10
• Panel of manufacturing urges managers to raise expectations for significant improvements in product quality and productivity. 11-13
• Quality circles, changing role of HP Labs, need for system controls, energy for the 80s; legislative briefings. 14 16

March 1980

• Master schedulers for production; turning market predictions into production schedules. 1 5
• HP heart-monitoring instruments used at winter Olympics. 6 7
• HP in Sweden and how tax system affects pay and benefits. 8 11
• HP takes electronics road show/seminars to China. 12
• United Way participation encouraged. 13
• HP social club in Scotland holds event for pensioners. 13
• First-quarter results show 31 percent increase in sales. 14
• New Microwave and Communications Group formed. 14
• Five HP 3000 computers sold to China. 14
• Plant expansion takes place in N.C., Colo., and Calif. 14
• John Young discusses first-quarter results and need to improve profit margins. 15
• Annual report mailed. 16

April 1980 Video Learning Brings the Teacher to HP

• Open Line employee survey; results analysis. 2 3
• Stanford Instructional TV Network brings college courses to HP employees. 4 7
• Export licensing affects U.S. moratorium on shipments to Russia. 7 9
• New format for Measure magazine introduced. 10
• Yokogawa HP learns capabilities of local currency invoicing class. 10
• HP computers used in new building in Beijing. 11
• HP products help University of Nottingham, England, tackle nerve disease detection. 11
• HP’s Open Line attitude survey results show concern over the effects of changes in jobs; decentralization. 12 14
• Manufacturing in Spokane Division headed by Ned Barnholt. 14
• IEEE fellow — HPSG 10th anniversary. 14
• Measure solicits employee letters to the editor. 16
• John Young discusses HP Sweden and European management meeting. 15

May-June 1980 Breaking Away: Industry Style

• New format for Measure magazine changes from monthly to bimonthly. 2
• Alternative transportation and commuting to HP is discussed; only 14 percent of employees carpool. 4 8
• Electric auto owners at HP. 9
• HP computer and wave-generated electricity in Japan. 10
• Defibrillator available on plane. 11
• Data Systems Division in Cupertino rings good news bells. 11
• Sunnyvale’s new PC facility featured. 12 15
• HP editors and the evolution of communications at HP. 16 19
• Managers answer questions from employees; emphasis on president’s message in Measure. 20
• Companies in France over 50 employees must have committee elected by the workforce to organize events, channel for grievances (Comite D’Enterprise). 21
• Fortune 500 ranks HP at 150. 22
• John Young discusses first-half performance. 23

July-August 1980 Is Silicon Valley Attracting more than It Can Handle?

• Capnometer rushed into production to help employee’s children. 2
• Tracing technology growth in Valley from 1940s. 3 9
• Ralph Lee, executive vice president, retires; started at HP in 1945. 10 12
• Employee takes leave of absence to work in Saudi Arabia. 13
• LED on fork monitors chewing speed, sports at Grenoble; employees named Packard are not related to Dave; HP Labs seminar at Fallen Leaf Lake; Computer Group holds trade show in Los Angeles to demonstrate use of computers in movie industry; ecological features at New Jersey plant; driving safety at Yokogawa HP. 14 17
• Writer asks why HP manufactures overseas (offshoring), comments on new Measure format, employee’s economical car. 19 20
• St. Helens volcano fallout on HP facilities. 21
• Vice presidents Paul Ely and Bill Terry elected to board; plans proceeding for Greeley Division; industrial measurement system introduced in Loveland. 19
• John Young reviews Open line survey process. 23
• HP 2000 computer system featured on Christmas Island postage stamp. 14

September-October 1980 The Changing Fabric of Southeast Asia

• New HP organization chart; geometry of division. 2
• HP operations in Penang and Singapore are discussed. 4 8
• Open line employee survey results show “HP is a good place to work.” 9 10
• Organization chart pull-out section. 11 14
• Controlling electrostatic discharge. 15
• HP 8450A UV/VIS spectrophotometer wins award; HP woman engineer designs new cable car grip for SF (women); safe transportation of chemicals. 16 19
• 70 percent of South Queensferry Division products come from their lab. 20 21
• Third-quarter results. 22
• John Young discusses how the Open Door Policy works. 23

November-December 1980

• Previous article on open door policy results in flurry of calls to John Young. 2
• Measure magazine follows disabled employees at work. 6
• Wiring job at Waltham Division done at customer site. 7
• Role of HP Labs explained. 8 10
• HP-35 calculator and how it was developed. 10
• Lucile (Lu) Packard featured. 11 14
• Comment on Southeast Asia article; safekeeping stock certificates. 15
• HP-IB accepted as world-wide standard; new computer products. 16 17
• Toffler writes complimentary article about HP Colorado Springs plant. 18 19
• HP-250 billed as “hardware art.” 20
• Marriage of employees at HP Loveland occurs during break time. 21
• $12 million of shredded bills given as prizes. 21
• GM works for voter registration. 21
• John Young discusses management by walking around (MBWA) as a pro-active way to anticipate rather than react to the tensions that arise at work; review of 1980 results. 22 23

January 1979

• HP 40-year anniversary; Packard and Hewlett receive service awards. 2 3
• 1978 was very good year for new products, including the 1640A serial data analyzer, 1611A logic state analyzer, 3060A printed circuit board test system, 1742A and 1744A oscilloscopes, FET-based power supplies, 7225A and 7245A recorders/plotters, 5314 and 5315 frequency counters. 4-11
• Sidebar on manufacturing managers as a diverse group. 11
• HP receives award for best package design. 12
• Data Systems Division in Cupertino sets up tent for meetings-exhibits to study division’s new products. 13
• Profit sharing was $24 million for 1978. 14
• Rapid growth in Computer Systems Division leads to new construction in Cupertino, Sunnyvale. 14
• New HP office opens in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 14
• HP/MIT industrial liaison program gives HP access to MIT’s faculty, publications and research. 14
• John Young discusses vintage charts that show importance of new products. 15

February 1979 Reducing Energy Use

• Reducing energy use and conservation is emphasized. 2-5
• HP has energy-efficient buildings. 6
• Shareholder reporting. 8 11
• Buttner, board member, dies. 7
• Hewlett suffers heart attack. 7
• HP shareholders reports; investor-related communications;
• HP-Herman Miller profile open office environment. 12-13
• Technology Research Center of HP Labs restructured. 14
• 1980 Olympics to use HP equipment for drug testing. 14
• ADP orders are $25 million for HP 3000. 14
• Second Paris sales office opens. 14
• Quarterly dividend announced. 14
• College recruiting team featured. 14
• John Young discusses professional and college recruitment. (diversity) 15
• Special effects for “Buck Rogers,” Universal Studios movie assisted by HP 9845 computer and digitizer. 16

March 1979 Minding the HP Store

• Management meeting report. 2, 12-14
• John Young focuses on HP’s assets, growth, long-term planning. 4-8
• Packard discusses future of HP divisionalization, self-financing, being good citizens, law abiding. 7
• HP tax strategy explained. 4
• HP emphasizes quality. 5
• Paul Ely discusses Computer Group strategy. 4
• Worldwide manufacturing needs explained. 5
• Self-financing, return of net worth equal to sales growth. 11 Site centralization of some common functions. 13
• Managing factory fixed assets. 14
• First-quarter earnings. 15
• Blizzards and HP sites in Midwest and East. 16

April 1979 First-Line Supervisors

• First-line supervisors recruitment and job description. 2 6
• Supervisor training. 5
• Site selection, Loveland, Colo. 7 9
• Holding costs of intercompany mail. 11
• Minority students’ week; community service. (diversity) 12 13
• Roseville development. 14
• GSD moves. 14
• IEEE honors Charles Liechti of HP Labs for GaAs FETs. 14
• Former vice president of Merrill Lynch to direct investment of HP retirement funds. 14
• John Young discusses European management meeting. 15
• Horse trailer used to deliver computer system. 16

May 1979 HP Marathoners

• Dealing with HP as one company, field sales force. 2 5
• HP marathoners, athletics, health, individualism. 6 9
• HP aviation and the fleet of corporate jets. 10 11
• Survey results of Measure magazine. 12 13
• John Young discusses sales support and one-company image. 15
• North Carolina site option is near Raleigh. 14
• Fort Collins, Colo., division merged. 14
• Roseville plans for 500-acre site. 14
• Hong Kong subsidiary opens. 14
• Recruiting college seniors “draft” by divisions. 16

June 1979 The Profit-Sharing Tradition

• Profit sharing and replacing Christmas bonus, production bonus. 2 5
• Corporate historian, George Climo. 5
• Safety at HP — new hazards, OSHA, safety coordinators, environmental testing. 6-9
• HP Business conduct, business lunches, HP booklet “Standards of Business Conduct,” boycotts, price fixing, exclusives, espionage, dependent suppliers, bids, Foreign Practices Act. 10 11
• HP retirees club formed at Sanborn. 12 13
• Stock split, dividend increase, midyear results. 14
• New office opens in Taipei, Taiwan. 14
• Colorado Springs, Vancouver operations begun. 14
• John Young discusses first-half results, stock split, financing growth internally. 15
• HP scholarships awarded to 153 children of HP employees. 16

July 1979 HP Goes to China

• Road show to Beijing and doing business in China, including quotes from Lee Ting, Dean Morton, Bob Brunner. 2 9
• More women in HP engineering; Society of Women Engineers annual national conference in San Francisco. (women) 12 13
• Robotic rodent in micromouse maze contest sponsored by IEEE. 11
• HP European soccer match. 11
• HP NY sales in Penn Plaza – world’s highest density sales territory. 10
• Spokane startup of new manufacturing operations. 14
• New computer support division opens. 14
• New Intercontinental (ICON) headquarters in Palo Alto opens. 14
• New Corporate headquarters ground breaking begins. 14
• John Young discusses Far East trip, Yokogawa HP, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea. 15
• Giant 33E calculator made for promotional event. 16

August-September 1979 On Gossamer Wings

• Gossamer Albatross, first man-powered flight, crosses channel; used HP 9820 computer linked to 9862A plotter. 2 3
• 20 years in Europe; acquisitions; first manufacturing site outside Palo Alto; first product demo bus. 4 7
• Company confidentiality is stressed regarding new products. 8 9
• X-Ray art with HP Faxitron. 10 11
• China minister of finance visits Stanford Park. 12
• Hewlett-Packard street named in Germany. 13
• Migrating ducks visit HP Boeblingen, Germany. 13
• Swiss barn used for recreation at HPSA, European headquarters in Geneva. 13
• Greeley–Everett sites optioned for purchase by HP. 14
• Third-quarter results strong. 14
• HP-41C handheld calculator introduced. 14
• John Young discusses third-quarter results and Open Line employee survey. 15
• HP employment reaches 50,000. 16

October-November 1979 Special Report

• Improving productivity; HP’s philosophy of management by objective; people are biggest influence on productivity via collective decisions. 2 3
• Average productivity per employee; four elements of productivity listed. 4 5
• Managing innovation, contribution of computers. 6 8
• Methods improvement programs: Delcon, Stanford Park, San Diego. 9 11
• Organizing for productivity, learning/training/working together, quality control circles. 12 19
• HP sales solves problems for customers — the HP solution. 20 22
• John Young discusses productivity and business outlook. 23
• United Way donations encouraged. 16

December 1979 How HP Got Started

• HP celebrates 40-year anniversary; Packard and Fred Terman discuss how HP got started, including Disney purchase of first audio oscillators. 2 9
• New corporate headquarters; construction photo and discussion of earthquake-resistant design. 10 11
• RF analyzer wins award. 12
• UK-HP employee named Miss Wokingham Commerce. 12
• President of France, D’Estaing, visits HP Paris. 13
• Scottish good luck walk for bride. 13
• 1979 results best in company history. 14
• HP philanthropic foundation formed. 14
• HP Africa transferred from Intercontinental headquarters in Palo Alto to Geneva. 14
• John Young discusses yearly results; recaps four decades of growth. 15
• HP Belgium stages cabaret reviews for Christmas. 16

January 1978 HP’s New Product Express

• 1977 new product review includes the following: distributed systems (DS) DS/3000, DS/1000, DS/2026 computer systems; first online intercommunication ability; peripherals, 2648A CRT display terminal uses SOS/CMOS ICs; 7920A disc memory peripheral; system 45 calculators; HP-01 wrist instrument, HP-92 portable printing calculator, HP-10 printing pocket-calculator, 29C continuous memory programmable scientific model, 19C handheld printing version of the 29C; 5985 gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer system; red and yellow LEDs (light emitting diode); HSCH-1001 low-cost Schottky general-purpose diode; HP-78 software ECG analysis program for use in an HP 5600C system; 1615A logic analyzer; 8568A generation spectrum analyzer; 5004A signature analyzer; 5359A time synthesizer; 5370A universal counter; 3747A/B selective level measuring set; 7221A multicolor graphic plotter; 8165A programmable signal source; 84801A thermistor sensor for measuring the absolute power transmitted in optical fibers. 2 5
• New product publicity; corporate public relations department; PR strategies. 6 8
• Cost of one of everything; total cost of basic product line over $11 billion. 9
• HP in Italy; distribution, sales, language barriers. 10 13
• Automated Measurement Division (AMD) merges with data systems. 14
• HP Denmark open house. 14
• New systems engineer organization. 14
• John Young discusses first-line supervisors and middle management development program. 15
• HP-01 wrist instrument goes to Grand Prix. 16

February-March 1978 Focus on the Future: A Special Report

• Twentieth annual HP management meeting — focus on future; predictions; Hewlett on legends and myths; Young on HP financial status; group status, affirmative action goals, social responsibility, the generation gap, self-correction, effect of governmental laws and regulations on HP, ethical standards and restoring public confidence in big business. (diversity) 2 11
• Business planning and economic forecasting. 12 14
• First-quarter sales up 23 percent, earnings up 25. 15
• Ft. Collins joins computer group; previously calculator products group. 15
• HP wins $2.5 million patient-monitor order from Walter Reed hospital. 15
• HP wins “HP” trademark lawsuit against Nippon Gakki and Hamamatsu, Japan. 15
• Fate and Destiny (two computers) “marry.” 16

April 1978 The Wanderers

• International employee relocation; expatriate experiences. 2 6
• Ray Wilbur, vice president of Human Resources, discusses his retirement and views of HP. 7
• Management by wandering around (MBWA) is described with commentary from managers. 8 13
• Corvallis sales seminar. 14
• 1000th HP3000 II shipped. 14
• Accounting firm changes. 14
• David Baldwin and Peter Carmichael become joint managing directors of HP Ltd. in UK. 14
• John Young discusses European management meeting. 15
• Blizzard of 1978 affects HP Waltham Division. 16

May 1978 The New Opportunity System

• Opportunity (job) posting; internal promotion and how you make it work; corporate employment. 2 5
• Shipping hazardous materials; workplace safety. 6 8
• New Yokogawa HP sales headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. 9
• HP in France — profile on a branch office. 10 13
• New HP headquarters in Palo Alto gets green light from city. 14
• Puerto Rico now part of Southern Sales. 15
• Bill Hewlett to marry Rosemary Bradford, May 24. 15
• New HP 31E, HP 37E, HP 38E calculators introduced. 15
• HP employees help snowstorm victim. 16

June 1978 Playing It Safe

• Product safety, product liability; strategies used by HP to build safe products. 2 6
• Hewlett officially resigns one day after his 65th birthday; corporate organization chart; corporate statement of philosophy, divisions, councils, committees. 7 11
• HP in South Queensferry, Scotland. 12 13
• First-half financial results; dividend raised 50 percent. 14
• Change in mandatory retirement age to 70 years old. 14
• LSI (large-scale integrated circuits) operations established. 14
• John Young discusses first-half performance and his election as CEO. 15
• Hewlett’s 65th birthday song lyrics. 16

July 1978 Quiet Giver

• Marv Willrodt donates equipment; community service; employee philanthropy. 2 3
• Intercontinental distributors; international distributing firms; what is an HP distributor. 4 8
• “Breadboard,” or first experimental circuit setup, to finished product of 78342A medical heart monitor. 9
• Kingsford-Smith recreates dad’s flight from Oakland, Calif. to Australia. 10 11
• HP employee converts car to run on electricity. 13
• European review in France. 14
• Two new computer systems introduced: HP 250 and 3000 Series III. 14
• John Young discusses HP pay program and performance rating system; merit-based pay. 15
• HP ham radio operators roster. 16

August 1978 Report from Corvallis

• HP (calculator) manufacturing site in Corvallis, Oregon; local controversy about site location; employee comments. 2 8
• Flextime program at HP attracts favorable outside attention regarding changing social environment. 10 11
• Satellite business systems such as electronic mail and video teleconferencing offer acceptable and often better communication than face-to-face. 12 13
• HP takes option to buy Roseville site. 14
• HP takes option to buy Spokane site. 14
• Calculator Products Division renamed Desktop Computer Division. 14
• Packard joins Boeing board. 14
• John Young discusses organization structure and division reviews. 15

September 1978 HP’s Building Boom

• HP’s building boom is due to worldwide employment over 40,000; more than two dozen active sites; Corporate Construction Dept. works with 30 HP divisions to anticipate space need 2-3 years out. 2 7
• HP 1331A CRT display and ultrasonic scanning system is requested by UC professor to find art work by Leonardo Da Vinci believed to be behind layers of plaster and brick in Salone de Cinquecento (Hall of 500) in Florence, Italy; results inconclusive and delays due to local politics. 8 9
• HP’s retirement plan; preretirement counseling; age profile of the HP employees in U.S. 10 13
• Third-quarter sales up 26 percent, earnings up 9. 14
• HP 8020S new fetal telemetry monitor introduced. 14
• John Young discusses third-quarter results and order quotas. 15
• Van pooling program at HP. 16

October 1978 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action

• Equal opportunity and affirmative action policies at HP emphasized in company’s fifth and seventh objectives; HP international organizations meet in Geneva for first European personnel administration seminar, including equal opportunity seminar. (diversity) 2-9
• Ed McCracken, general manager of General Systems Division, discusses HP’s commitment to business computers; information-managing machinery; HP 300 computer system. 10-13
• Lew Platt, general manager, Waltham Division, washes cars to promote United Way giving campaign. 14
• Manhattan sales office opens. 14
• Sales and credit consolidate to form Treasurer’s Dept. 14
• Microwave Semiconductor Division moves from Palo Alto to San Jose site on Trimble Road. 14
• John Young discusses salary administration system: competitive industry-wide comparisons and merit component. 15
• HP 67 used in Atlantic Ocean crossing by balloon. 16

November 1978 Class of ‘77

• Class of 1977, HP college recruitment, and their first year on the job. 2 6
• European business and science journalists given detailed overview of HP in three-day press visit. 7
• Worldwide personnel manager’s meeting; Packard, keynote speaker, discusses HP’s basic personnel policies. (diversity) 8 10
• HP works with car makers at the Detroit automotive conference; HP tells how electronic technologies can improve productivity and quality assurance. 11
• Communications lunches at HP used to hear speakers, discuss topics of concern in a relaxes setting. 12 13
• Micromouse-Harvey Wallbanger, a robotic rodent, entered in IEEE-sponsored race contest. 14
• John Young discusses product assurance and quality control. 15
• Double eagle balloon Atlantic Ocean crossing used HP-67 calculator. 16

December 1978 Action in the Community

• HP employee volunteers in community involvement and social responsibility; involvement in nonpartisan community representation. 2 13
• Year-end sales up 27 percent, earnings up 26. 14
• Fort Collins, Colo., builds third building. 14
• Second Roseville, Calif., site optioned to purchase. 14
• Comsys e-mail system saves company $20 million in postage and wire charges. 14
• Dividend declared for quarterly cash dividend on HP common stock. 14
• John Young discusses year-end results. 15
• Solar heating at Sunnyvale, Calif., plant is world’s largest industrial solar heating system. 16

January-February 1977 New Products Take Wing

• 100 new products launched for 1976, a successful year in turbulent economic conditions: smart instruments using microprocessors, new generation of HP 3000 Series II, HP 97 calculator with printer, high-performance liquid chromatographs (HPLCs), 78331A and 78333A battery-operated ECG monitors, portable automatic electrocardiograph (ECG). 2 5
• Company growth and The HP Way; is there still a place for individuality — employee opinions. 6 9
• HP organization and descriptions of each facet of HP, including philosophy, corporate administration, research and development, president and board. 10 11
• Corporate organizational chart. 12-13
• Management meeting focuses on policy on retirement, company performance, affirmative action (diversity), financial, cost-reduction goals, marketing strategies and managing research and development. 14 21
• 1976 month-by-month review. 22 23
• Instrument group introduces 76 products in 76. 24

March 1977 Employment Trends

• Employment stability in tough times; HP’s concern for people expressed in objectives and policies; employee loyalty. 2 6
• Sambo’s Restaurants Inc. energy conservation efforts monitored by HP 3050B data acquisition system. 7
• Extensive upgrading of manufacturing division in Palo Alto. 8 11
• HP’s 2000 car fleet and automotive expenses. 12 13
• First-quarter results show 27 percent increase in sales and 73 percent in earnings. 14
• Gene Stiles, manager of southern sales region, retires; joined HP in 1942. 14
• OED product, HDSP-2000 LED, named product of the year by Electronic Products magazine. 14
• Flora Lamson Hewlett, wife of Hewlett, dies. 14
• Andover, Avondale, Cupertino, Boise open new facilities. 14
• Hewlett explains first-quarter results. 15
• How Bill Blohm, a deaf employee, would use three days of hearing. 16

April 1977 New Proof of Einstein Theory

• Use of HP atomic clocks helps prove general relativity theory – that time warp effects are real; comments from Len Cutler, physicist and a director at HP Labs. 2 4
• Renegotiation act or “Minish Act of 1977” is explained; drawbacks and effects of the Act on HP, with commentary by Packard, Schofield and van Bronkhorst. 5 7
• HP finds ways to give employees greater responsibility, which leads to increased productivity, efficiency; HP philosophy compared to old, authoritarian methods. 8 12
• HP European ski recreation and ski race for employees. 13
• James D. Hodgson, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, joins board. 14
• Corvallis opens second building for calculator business. 14
• Cardiovascular products manufacturing transferred to McMinnville, Ore., from Waltham, Mass. 14
• Hollywood movie, “Cassandra Crossing,” uses HP medical and analytical equipment. 14
• Hewlett discusses new roles and responsibilities of the board. 15
• Schottky diodes used in almost every brand of pacemakers. 16

May 1977 ICs the HP Way

• HP integrated circuits (IC) revolution, semiconductor technology, and the predictions by John Young on semiconductor capabilities and IC production. 2 6
• Glossary of IC terminology. 5
• Revised statement of corporate objectives. 7 10
• The role of individual enterprise in the development of HP; excerpts from a speech before the Scottish Council’s Seventh International Forum by Packard. 11 13
• Hospital demonstration of an HP 8030 fetal monitor responsible for the delivery of Janet Lynn Moore of Yates City, Ill. 14 15
• Retiree Lloyd Baker turns backyard into playground. 16

June 1977 Your Electronic Future

• Electronics and its effect on you and future; technological revolution; role of the computer in the information revolution, electronic mail, interactive computing, networking; energy conservation through the use of computers; predictions on the future of computing. 2 6
• HP introduces Comsys 2026 communications for HP internal communications such as electronic mail. 7 9
• Board of directors profile and responsibilities. 10 13
• First-half earnings report sales up 22 percent, earnings up 35. 14
• Profit sharing distributes more than $16 million. 14
• Four scientists earn honors: Hewlett, Oliver, Eb Rechtin, and Don Hammond. 14
• Microwave Semiconductor Division begins new construction in San Jose, Calif. 14
• Hewlett discusses first-half results and new deferred profit-sharing program. 15
• HP receptionist in charge of HP mail-order study program in electrocardiography for ECG operators. 16

July 1977 The HP Way

• Description of “the HP Way,” the working philosophy of HP, including personnel policies, emphasis on education; employee experiences with the HP Way; management by objective explained; how to continue the HP Way; quotes from Hewlett, John Young and John Doyle. 2-16

August 1977 The Turbulent Money Market

• Turbulent world money market and managing the company’s money; HP treasury department stories; corporate cash management. 2 6
• Manhattan computer service van-team; servicing customer computer installation by radio-controlled vehicle. 7 9
• New HP facilities built to harmonize with environment; Singapore first HP facility with escalators. 10 11
• HP France encourages upward mobility, internal promotion from within; “growing” people. 12
• HP3810 surveying instrument; Hewlett with calculator watch. 13
• Two scientists win HP-sponsored awards – Europhysics award and Terman award. 13
• HP college scholarships given to 106 children of HP employees. 13
• Hewlett discusses South Africa; says South Africa HP facility fully integrated, except restrooms for the offices rented in public buildings. (diversity) 14 15
• Optoelectronics Applications Manual to be published by McGraw-Hill. 16

September 1977 The New-Era HP Athletes

• Physical fitness activism and HP. 2 7
• Profile of Bob Schaeffer, a General Systems Division (GSD) supervisor; 24 years with HP. 8 9
• Language barriers at HP and the nuances of international communication. (diversity) 10 12
• Centrex phone system with electronic switching replaces switchboard at corporate. 13
• Third-quarter results report sales up 23, earnings up 65; incoming orders highest in HP history. 14
• HP 3000 Series II computer network used to test Project Prelude, a NASA Communications Technology Satellite (CTS). 14
• Hewlett discusses third-quarter results and the execution of Flora Hewlett’s estate. 15
• Inner-tubing on the Boise River in Idaho. 16

October 1977 HP Headquarters Style, 1977

• HP corporate headquarters photo tour; new “openness” office partition system — no-door policy and its relation to informal communication. 2 7
• On-campus recruiting and hiring process; HP reviews its recruitment program and makes recommendations. (diversity) 8 11
• Unique customs arrangement at HP Germany; international shipping, import export. 12 13
• New corporate management team; John Young elected HP president. 14
• John Young elected HP president; Dean Morton elected executive vice president. 14
• Hewlett (last message as president) discusses new management team, rationale behind naming John Young president; farewell postscript. 15
• Packard’s 65th birthday party. 16

November 1977 Middle East Business: A Special Report

• HP in the Middle East: Morocco, Greece, Iraq, Saudi Arabia; establishing a new region; Arab countries begin race to industrialize. 2 8
• HP’s information network and “distributed” data processing, and sharing information; computer networking; Comsys internal phone system; chart of the HP information system; remote job entry. 9 13
• Dick Alberding named general manager of the Medical Products Group; Franco Mariotti named director of HPSA. 14
• John Young’s first message from the president’s desk in which he introduces himself. 15
• Yokohama HP baseball team. 16

December 1977 Recreation Areas

• HP recreation areas burgeon in number and popularity; nine off-plant recreation facilities. 2 7
• European corporate organization; profile of new managing director Franco Mariotti. 8 9
• St. Louis Bank sets up HP atomic clock as a frequency standard. 10 11
• Bob Burnett and Gus Valadocchia, profile of two veteran managers in medical products. 12 13
• Strong year-end results report sales up 22, earnings up 34. 14
• South Dakota State University names engineering lab after HP applications engineer; Marv Willrodt receives award. 14
• Illinois town awards HP certificate for environmental enhancement of new Midwest Sales Region building. 14
• John Young discusses year-end results. 15
• New Year wish and pledge: “no more war, no more waste, no more want.” 16

January 1974 2001 – The New Ice Age

• HP 3000 computer measure Earth’s atmosphere; speculation about greenhouse effect and new ice age. 2-6
• Bill Dudley wins ambulance design contest sponsored by Grumman Corp. 7
• Elaine “Cookie” Cook with the company for 30 years. 8-9
• Employee attitudes toward work highlights employees’ low use of sick time. 10-13
• 5245 L-Replacement Electronic counter makes cover of Electronics magazine. 14
• Second-half profit sharing is $6.7 million. 14
• HP 3850A electronic distance meter for surveying introduced. 14
• Hewlett discusses involvement of Barney Oliver, Len Cutler and Dave Cochran in solving a problem for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 15
• HP European soccer champs. 16

February 1974 The Inner-Space Race

• Hewlett, Paul Ely and Linda Stanley answer questions about affirmative action; equal opportunity workshops. (diversity) 2-6
• HP minority employment figures. (diversity) 7
• HP 1703 oscilloscope aids in identifying cars. 8
• HP to build more than 1.5 million square feet of manufacturing space. 9-12
• Plant engineer at Loveland, Colo., conserves energy. 13
• New HP-65 programmable calculator solves complex problems. 14
• Semi-annual dividend on common stock of 10 cents. 15
• Hewlett discusses HP operation in Europe. 15
• 1973 sales and earnings. 16

March 1974 The Heart Menders

• HP 7830A ECG heart rate monitors role in recovery of coronary patients. 2-5
• Employee, Roosevelt Mallory, writes novel, “Harlem Hit.” 6-7
• Energy crisis and HP energy conservation program. 8-13
• First-quarter sales up 49 percent, earnings up 67. 14
• HP 970A multimeter probe offered to employees at discount. 14
• Hewlett explains reversal of decision to incur long-term debt instead of a pay-as-you-go system. 15
• HP helps earthquake and flood victims in Mexico. 16

April 1974 Your Share in HP Profit Sharing Growth

• Profit-sharing program is a philosophy and a formula; all divisions share equally. 2-7
• Employee on dialysis is kidney transplant recipient. 8-9
• HP donates instruments to academic institutions. 10
• COMSYS, HP’s electronic mail system, is cheap, efficient way to communicate. 11-13
• Lew Platt named Waltham General Manager. 14
• New minicomputers 2105A introduced. 14
• New 5830A gas chromatograph combines functions of separate machines. 14
• HP-45 calculator used in Sahara by UN relief team. 15
• Riverside flood control district orders HP 3000 computer. 15
• Microwave Components, OEM component organization, joins HPA. 15
• Minicomputer education software named TOADS (terminal-oriented administrative data systems). 16

May 1974 HP Private

• HP confidentiality explained and security of new products. 2-4
• Handicapped employees’ stories highlighted. 5-8
• Len Cutler, Don Hammond, and Paul Stoft comment on role of HP Labs. 9-13
• Hewlett discusses HP economic, financial status. 14-15
• HP reduces price for HP-35 and HP-45 pocket calculators. 14
• HP Communications Products team helps transmit educational satellite broadcasts to isolated schools. 16

June 1974 Where Have We Come From?

• Management meeting discusses reasons for debt as opposed to the traditional pay-as-you-go method. 2
• Hewlett discusses financial status, developing management capabilities. 2
• Packard discusses future leadership, corporate objectives. 3-4
• Ralph Lee comments on HP financial performance. 4-5
• John Doyle presents necessity of long-term planning in slow-responding areas of business.
• John Young talks about product trends. 6
• Bill Terry discusses new products, HP spirit. 7
• Dean Morton and Emery Rogers make predictions based on business environment. 8-9
• Alan Bickell and Phil Scalzo discuss accounts receivable. 10
• Bob Boniface discusses long-term planning. 12-13
• Workshops focus on marketing, manufacturing, personnel, finance and international topics. 14
• Ray Wilbur, vice president of personnel, describes HP’s affirmative action effort.
• (diversity) 15

July 1974 Ringside at a Renaissance

• North Sea oil discovery in U.K. helps economy and HP in Britain. 2-5
• HP products number 3,360. 6
• Hewlett and Packard discuss seven corporate objectives. 7-10
• Consolidated air shipments; Air Consolidation Program (ACP) improves efficiency. 11-13
• Corvallis, Ore., purchase for Advanced Product Division. 14
• First line printers shipped. 14
• Antonie Knoppers, M.D., elected to board. 14
• Hewlett explains review and revision of corporate objectives. 15
• 5062C cesium standard atomic clock measures exactedness of 21 timekeeping centers in 11 nations around the world. 16

August-September 1974 HP’s Uncommon Market

• HP gambled on the viability of the planned European Economic Community in 1957. 2
• Hewlett discusses 15th Anniversary of HP in Europe. 3-5
• History of HP Europe and challenges of language barriers, finance, local currency. 6-9
• European marketing and sales; HP country organizations strong because they employ and develop local people, serve national interests. 10-13
• Sophisticated European customers who use HP technology. 14-17
• HP Europe manufacturing operations began in Europe 15 years ago. 18-22
• How the HP Way works in Europe; European employees. 23-27
• Interview with Dick Alberding, director of European operations, on HP future in European. 28-31
• Misspellings of Hewlett Packard. 32

October 1974 Your Annual Evaluation

• Annual employee evaluations; personal growth and recognition are unequivocal part of corporate objectives. 2-3
• Success of flexitime and an 18-month follow-up report; survey results. 4-5
• Multicultural team develops calculator marketing in Europe. 6
• Corporate re-structuring changes due to growth of company. 7-10
• 5950A electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) spectrometer and potential applications. 11-13
• Blind and deaf employee receives rehabilitant of the year honor. 14
• HP calls itself leader in minicomputer. 14
• Hewlett rationalizes reasons for corporate structuring. 15
• Calculators help learning. 16

November 1974 Heart of Heart

• HP interface bus and international standards for computer communications. 2-5
• Europe employees’ achievements. 6-7
• HP Labs on Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, opens. 8
• Security analysts meeting in Palo Alto. 8
• Neely sales office opens near San Jose airport. 9
• HEART, new centralized, computerized system for European order processing. 10-13
• Hewlett discusses 1974 performance and outlook. 15
• Spectrum analyzer and 5830A gas chromatograph voted among 100 most significant products of the year. 14
• New HP Europhysics award. 14
• HP 572-page sales catalog of over 900 products. 16

December 1974 The Quiet Activists

• Stories of HP volunteers helping others. 2-7
• John Young, Bill Hewlett and Bruce Wholey assemble 2640A CRTs. 8
• New product review includes 5830A gas chromatograph, 5453A transmission parameter analyzer (TPA), 78220 Cardiac Monitoring system, 21 MX computer, 1772A oscilloscope, 970 Multimeter probe, HP 80 business-finance calculator. 9-13
• Sales increase fiscal year up 34 percent and earnings up 66. 14
• Hewlett discusses asset control, profit sharing, year-end review. 15

January 1976 They Chose Freedom

• America’s bicentennial year, a reminder that freedom didn’t come easily; HP employees who chose freedom and immigrated to the U.S. 2 7
• New Santa Rosa, Calif., plant open house; facility fulfills HP pledge to blend architecture with environment. 8 9
• YHP employee uses abacus, which outperforms adding machine and calculator. 10
• HP boy scouts go to Yellowstone Park; raised money in part from cleaning HP picnic grounds. 10
• Inside a “division review,” which evolved from R&D or product review; division “report card.” 11 13
• New, low-cost digital multimeters introduced. 14
• New desktop 9825 A calculator debuts with features only previously found on minicomputers. 14
• Bill Terry, vice president and general manager of Instruments Group, elected chair, Western Electronics Manufacturers Association (WEMA). 14
• Annual report theme based on four dimensions of HP responsibility. 14
• Hewlett discusses energy saving, conservation. 15
• Packard photo during his time as tight end, Stanford football team. 16

February 1976 Coaching the HP Team

• Hewlett discusses employee education and training, and management development programs. 2-7
• Training the trainers -– management development program. 8-10
• What qualities do you look for in an HP supervisor; comments from employees. 11 12
• Coaching managers — comments from Packard on the executive seminar, management development, and a pragmatic approach. 13 15
• Quote on goals of management training by Bill Nilsson, manager of Corporate Training and Management Development. 16

March 1976 The Old World Sets a Fast New Pace

• HP’s eleventh annual European management meeting in Montreux, Switzerland; Packard discusses goals of HP in Europe; other topics include government intervention, European economy, streamlining finances, production, ordering in Europe; divisional status reports on HP Europe. 2 9
• Messages European managers most want to communicate to U.S. product divisions; communication gaps. 10-11
• Workshops on Europe held at Montreux about management by objective and improving sales productivity. 12 13
• First-quarter results report 11 percent increase in sales; 18 percent decline in earnings. 14
• Makro ordered 21 minicomputer systems; largest single computer order. 14
• Maurice Merkt, former director of HPSA, dies. 14
• Hewlett discusses first-quarter results. 15
• HP 2000F used for TEL-CATCH, a program for home learning via cable TV for handicapped children. 16

April 1976 New HP Hometown: Boise

• HP’s Computer Systems Group in Boise, Idaho, is featured. 2 7
• Diversity of electronic test and measurement products adds vitality and continuity to HP’s line of traditional instruments. 8-11
• Contrasting lifestyles of HP employees in Holland. 12 13
• Building site Fort Collins, Colo., chosen. 14
• Site preparation for new building addition starts in Avondale. 14
• Bomb explodes outside the Deer Creek laboratory of HP Labs; two phoned warnings from self-identified revolutionary organization. 14
• Hewlett discusses bomb incident at Deer Creek lab, security, and safety measures. 15
• School bus with educational TV programs for HP commuters. 16

May 1976 Wake of a Killer Quake

• Guatemalan earthquake kills 25,000; medical director at Waltham, Dr. Sanchez, born in Guatemala, flies to that country with medical supplies. HP employees worldwide provide relief. 2 5
• New HP 1080 liquid chromatograph introduced in Munich; first all-new design of a major product by HP’s first wholly-owned overseas acquisition. 6
• HP data sheet is indispensable sales tool; literature distribution center in Palo Alto highlighted. 7 9
• HP’s small (replacement) parts business; corporate parts center maintains 61,000 parts in inventory. 10 13
• HP-27 calculator introduced; first pocket calculator to have built-in math tools. 14
• Texas Instruments supplies multimillion dollar order of semiconductors for HP-21 MX minicomputers. 14
• Hewlett discusses stock split. 15
• Million dollar club — products that account for more than a million dollars in orders. 16

June 1976 1776 Bicentennial

• HP hobbyists participate in bicentennial minutemen reenactment of American Revolutionary skirmishes. 2 5
• HP gas chromatographs, mass spectrometers and automated systems used for drug testing of athletes at Montreal Olympics. 6 7
• HP 3000 Series II computer introduced; highest priced, largest HP computer product. 8 9
• College scholarships for HP employees’ children; program begun in 1951. 10 11
• New building at Boeblingen, Germany. 12 13
• First-half profit sharing was $9.6 million, a 7 percent decrease from previous year. 14
• San Jose site optioned for purchase for future plant. 14
• First-half results show 13 percent increase in sales, 1 percent decrease in earnings. 14
• Hewlett discusses first-half results. 15
• Hewlett and Packard receive Vermilye Medal for outstanding accomplishment in industrial management. 16

July 1976 Stock Purchase Plan

• History of HP’s stock purchase plan; common stock first occurred in 1947, with public sale in 1957; employee stock plan introduced in 1959. 2 4
• Corporate Micrographics/Records Retention department; records put on microfilm in 1974; effort to have uniform system of records retention. 5 7
• Employee vacation stories; importance of getting completely away from job each year. 8 13
• Addressing conference on Consumer Electronics, Packard calls for business honesty; says problem is business managers not living up to their responsibility. 14
• APD offers three new calculators, HP-25C, HP-97, HP-67. 14
• Terman award goes to Dr. Stephen Director. 14
• HP Olympian hockey player Jorge Fabregas, Spain. 14
• Hewlett discusses coping with growth. 15
• HP philanthropy, school for Navajo in Birdsprings, Ariz. 16

August-September 1976 After the Flood: Report from Loveland

• Loveland flood aftermath — how HP affected and helped. 2 8
• Bomb explosion at HP Labs, Deer Creek, and employee reactions; HP security precautions. 9 13
• Third-quarter results report 13 percent increase sales, 9 percent decrease earnings. 14
• HP products on Viking spacecraft on Mars. 14
• Hewlett discusses poor third quarter and APD performance problems. 15
• Santa Clara building dubbed Hertz (Hz) Castle. 16

October 1976 Second Time Around

• HP discusses rehiring people who left the company. 2 5
• What constitutes a “big deal” (big sale) for HP; big deal can mean big dollar amount or big impact on production. 6 7
• Norm Neely retires; HP bought his firm in 1962; pioneered marketing approaches in electronics industry. 8 9
• HP computer business 10 year anniversary; history of the HP computer. 10 13
• Paul Ely elected vice president. 14
• Hewlett is United Way chairman. 14
• Disc [disk] Memory Division formed in Boise, Idaho. 14
• Hewlett gives UK and Germany status report. 15
• HP-65 programmable calculator used to spelunk in Kenyan lava caves. 16

November 1976 Intercon Team

• Intercontinental operations in 14 countries; administration, management, marketing, manufacturing, cultural stereotypes. (diversity) 2 13
• San Jose site optioned for purchase; new site for Microwave Semiconductor Division. 14
• HP 1000 computer introduced. 15
• Hewlett reminisces about death of Noel Porter, vice president. 14 15
• Singapore and Malaysia “Big Walk” encourages physical fitness. 16

December 1976 Affirmative Action Challenge

• Affirmative action and recruiting minorities and women; HP sets aggressive goals for getting larger-than-average share. (diversity; women) 2-7
• Emergency number (222) and importance of clearly and calmly reporting emergencies. 8-9
• HP in USSR; Bob Creager, HP’s first permanent representative in USSR, recalls challenges. 10-12
• Statistical probability that Santa Claus is not a myth. 13
• Year-end results; strong fourth quarter, highest sales in HP history; profit sharing is 7.28 percent. 14
• HP protests IRS tax proposals; IRS seeks additional $7.5 million. 14
• Hewlett discusses year-end results. 15
• Seasonal greeting. 16

January 1975

• Gold plating used on printed circuits for solderability is recovered from processing and recycled. 2 5
• Egon Loebner, HP inventor, assigned counselor for science and technological affairs at U.S. Embassy, Moscow. 6
• New top managers at YHP, Japan, named. 7
• Bill Cox, field engineer in Copenhagen, competes in decathlon. 8 9
• HP produces more videotape programs than any other industrial organization; video production, usage, response to video at HP. 10 13
• Largest ever profit sharing, more than $20.5 million. 14
• Corporate training and management teams merge; need for aggressive training program. 14
• New programmable pocket calculator, HP-55, introduced. 14
• Max Gemper, HPSA founding director, dies. 14
• Hewlett discusses profit sharing, retirement, trust fund. 14

February 1975

• Home-built airplanes; hobbyists build personal airplanes during their free time. 2 5
• Kids’ flowchart of a computer program to rob banks, ride bike. 6 7
• HP Journal author communicates technical stories to customers. 8 11
• New HP headquarters for UK sales and service opens in Wihhersh, UK. 12 13
• HP-21 calculator introduced. 14
• Packard receives Washington award. 14
• Chuck McAfee elected to Colorado environment association. 14
• Life Is Fragile program emphasizes safety. 14
• Febetron 705 is largest HP product; used to study radiation effects. 15
• Plants at HP have new approach to area design. 16

March 1975 Quality in Plastics

• Bill Girdner, HP’s second employee, talks about 35 years at HP. 2 4
• Product exhibits at trade shows. 5
• Microprocessors and their use in HP products; chip design and semiconductors. 6 7
• End-of-month rush to ship orders; shipping schedule and logistic systems. 8 10
• Quality in plastics; plastic molding and manufacturing. 11 13
• Manufacturing expanded operations in Brazil. 14
• Timeshare Excess Stock System sells stock surplus parts to other HP divisions. 14
• First-quarter sales up 12 percent, earnings up 27. 14
• HP ships 10,000th minicomputer. 14
• ARIES Corp. to provide software to educational institutions. 14
• HP begins delivery of 2640A CRT computer. 14
• Hewlett discusses first-quarter results, HP Europe. 15
• International orders surpass U.S. for first time. 16

April-May 1975 Working Together: The HP Organization

• Hewlett discusses corporate organizational structure. 2
• Geometry of HP divisional organization; organizational theory and communications theory in practice at HP. 3 5
• Division management and organization: product lines and staff functions. 5
• Division engineering objective is new products; where new product ideas originate. 6 7
• Division marketing focuses on understanding customer needs. 8 9
• Division manufacturing focuses on teamwork and master schedule. 10 11
• Division accounting divided into three functions – accounting, information systems, office services. 12 13
• Division personnel and the importance of listening; problems solved when people understand nature of problem and agree on solution. 14
• Division product quality focuses on industry standards, regulations, liability, testing and reliability. 15
• Corporate organization chart of 1975. 16-17
• Pictures of various HP divisions, people behind the scenes. 18-19
• Division field sales and service staff and relation to six product groups. 20 23
• Sales region administration, management; creating a selling environment. 24-26
• Working together; corporate complexity, flexibility and opportunity. 27 32

June 1975 Brazil

• HP, in Brazil since 1967, expands with new facility in San Paulo. 2 5
• HP sponsors Surendra Parkhe, from India, through medical school via employee contributions. 6 7
• Amateur astronomers and environmentalists at HP; technology and leisure-time activities. 8 11
• Training seminars for new interface bus, HP’s IB implementation of IEEE Standard 488-1975. 12 13
• Profit-sharing plan distributes $10 million. 14
• Installing medical equipment in Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal Specialist Hospital scheduled to open in Spring. 14
• Second-quarter results shows sales up 15, earnings up 17. 14
• Hewlett defends profit margins. 15
• HP training tape course–Dr. HP, (Dr. Hip) multilingual puppet. 16

July 1975 The Next Five Years

• Management meeting discusses change in the next 5 years; Packard discusses internationalization, end of unlimited growth, redistribution of wealth; Hewlett discusses consumerism, free enterprise, socialism. 2-4
• Lew Platt on importance of good public and government relations, community involvement. 5-7
• Hewlett and Packard on management by objective and importance of clear client communication. 7-8
• Oliver on status of divisional engineering teams. 9
• Hewlett on importance of people, company’s greatest asset, keeping open communication. 9-10
• Ray Wilbur on leadership in affirmative action; HP employment figures. (diversity) 10-11
• How to maintain the HP Way in large, growing company. 11-12
• John Doyle predicts future corporate development. 13
• Predictions on analytical products, calculators, competition in computer systems, components, maintaining the HP Way, and medical products. 14-16

August 1975 How Sound Is our Financial Structure?

• HP outdoor company picnic, a worldwide company tradition. 2 6
• HP Scotland wins Scottish Management Game, a competition for managing a mythical company. 7
• Hewlett on financial structure of HP; explanation of fixed assets and working capital. 8 13
• General Systems Division and Data Systems Division formed at Cupertino. 14
• Construction at Andover, Boise, Corvallis. 14
• HP-35 electronic slide rule introduced in 1972 retired; replaced by HP-21 pocket calculator. 14
• Stock dividend increased from 10 cents to 15. 14
• PC board design tool, digiraster, increases productivity, efficiency. 15
• HP atomic clocks used by Jet Propulsion Lab (NASA) to check earthquake predictions. 16

September 1975 HP’s New Cabinet System

• Employees’ experiences in transfers and moving through HP locations: Boise, Santa Rosa, Corvallis, Andover, Campinas, Winnersh. 2 7
• System II, HP’s new instrument cabinets, are most thoroughly engineered and versatile in industry. 8 11
• HP bill collectors, accounts receivable, credit, and possible improvements. 12 13
• Third-quarter sales up 5.3 percent, earnings up 11.8. 14
• Advanced Products Division assembles calculators in Oregon. 14
• HP-22 business calculator debuts. 14
• Hewlett discusses third-quarter results. 15
• Tongue-in-cheek ancient Mayan pocket calculator. 16

October 1975 Retirement

• Importance of retirement planning; stories from HP retirees. 2 7
•  HP Grenoble, France, open house for families and press. 8 9
•  Growth in components — optoelectronics and semiconductors – represent two distinct businesses. 10 13
•  New desktops include HP-9815A programmable calculator and 9871A printer. 14
•  Bob Boniface elected executive vice president. 14
•  Construction contracts at Corvallis and Boise. 14
•  Prices lowered for HP-55 and HP-45 pocket calculators. 14
•  Hewlett discusses growth in Europe and Grenoble, France, opening. 15
•  HP encourages donations to United Way. 16

November 1975 Affirmative Action at HP

• Affirmative action at HP and how it’s the responsibility of everyone; employment statistics. (diversity) 2-7
• Crime detection through fingerprint-lifting technique using HP 43501A portable x-ray generator. 8 9
• Growth of Computer Systems Group, now second largest group, and HP minicomputer business; profile of HP 3000. 10 13
• Packard predicts 10 percent rise in orders at meeting of security analysts. 14
• New digital analysis sales team focuses on analyzer systems and laser measurement products. 14
• New voting system features HP 2125 minicomputer system. 14
• Prices are lowered on HP-21 and HP-22. 14
• Hewlett discusses purpose of president’s letter feature in Measurement magazine, request for reader feedback. 15
• 30,000th employee hired. 16

December 1975 The Grand Procession of New Products

• New products include the 1600A and 1607A logic state analyzers, 3465A digital multimeter, 5328A universal counter, 5383 A frequency counter, eight-track recorder on standard four-track tape, 1230A digital trigger, 3810A surveying instrument, HP Interface Bus, 2644A CRT minicomputer terminal, 7905A disc memory, HP 9815A calculator, HP-21 22 25 calculators, 5082-9200 printed-circuit balanced mixer, 5830A calculator-controlled gas chromatograph, 47201A oximeter, 8030A cardiotocoograph, 43501A portable x-ray system. 2 5
• Life for HP employee in Penang, Malaysia. 6 7
• 1975 month-by-month in review. 8 9
• Volunteers input juvenile records for Santa Clara County Juvenile Information System. 10
• Industrial hygiene, OSHA, and work environment safety. 11 13
• Profit sharing of $11 million. 14
• Fiscal year sales up 11 percent, earnings up 8.5. 14
• Hewlett discusses 1975 year-end results. 15
• Moving 14th century Czech church with help of HP calculators. 16

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

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