1963 – Watts

01/63

  • From Our President’s Desk, Dave Packard, 2.
  • the year to come
  • 1962 Sales and Earnings at All-Time High, 3.
  • Modern Bonanza (NASA Deep Space Instrumentation Facility), 5.
  • Tenth Anniversary for Yewell Organization, 6.
  • H-P in the News (Business Week, 1/5/63 — H-P’s new marketing setup), 10.
  • Hewlett-Packard VmbH Featured in ’62 German Electronic Shows, 11.

02/63

  • From Our President’s Desk, Dave Packard, 2.
  • fiscal situation
  • temporary transfers
  • Three HP Executives Named to V.P. Posts, 3.
  • Edwin van Bronkhorst
  • Ray Wilbur
  • William Doolittle
  • Boonton Radio Receives New Jersey “New Good Neighbor” Award for ’62, 4.
  • Harris-Hanson of St. Louis (HP Sales Representative for three State Area), 6.
  • Neely Launches Unusual Craft–A Landlubbing Bus (mobile lab), 8.
  • Hewlett-Packard Limited Exhibition, 9.
  • “TIME” (1/25/63) Article Traces HP Growth, 10.
  • HP Participation Scheduled For Two International Industrial Design Exhibits, 10.

03/63

  • From Our President’s Desk, Dave Packard, 2.
  • personal development
  • continued education
  • ’63 IEEE Show–“Sneak Preview”, 3.
  • Sales Regroups Along Divisional Lines (HP’s Corporate Organization Takes Another Big Step in Setting Up Integrated Product Divisions), 4.
  • Five Key Promotions in Sales Reorganization…, 5.
  • Bill Terry
  • Bob Brunner
  • John Young
  • Tom Kelley
  • Dean Morton
  • New Synthesizer (HP Model 5100A/5110A) Represents Unique Addition To Product Line, 6.
  • Making Tracks In a Big Territory (Bivins & Caldwell, Inc.), 8.
  • Neely Sales Conference Gears to Era Ahead, 10.
  • HP Organizational Changes, 11.

04/63

  • Joint Venture in Japan (formation of Yokogawa-Hewlett-Packard, Ltd.), 2.
  • Ultramodern Scope Plant for Colorado Springs, 4.
  • IEEE Scores Hit at New York, 5.
  • A Small But Might Team (Stiles Sales Division, Florida), 6.
  • The People Who Make the Computer Work for HP, 8.
  • Drill Achieves Unheard-of Accuracy, 10.
  • Packard Receives National Award (“American Way of Life” award), 11.

05/63

  • LAST ISSUE IN MAGAZINE FORMAT–TO BE REPLACED BY MEASURE MAGAZINE–WATT’S CURRENT TO CONTINUE AS LOCAL PALO ALTO NEWSLETTER, FORMERLY CALLED LOCAL NEWS.
  • From Our President’s Desk, Dave Packard, 2.
  • expansion and the company’s long-range future
  • Measure is Coming! (new corporate-wide employee magazine), 3.
  • Dymec 2010’s Lead in Digital Systems, 4.
  • New Division Tackles New York State (Syracuse Sales Division), 6.
  • Electrical Erosion Put to Work, 8.
  • Race Car Timing Comes of Age With HP Equipment, 10.
  • 240-Acre Recreation Area For Loveland, 11.

08/63

  • FIRST ISSUE IN PALO ALTO NEWSLETTER FORMAT
  • Announcing Evening Development Programs, 1.

09/63

  • Give the United Way, L.A. Fulgham, 1.
  • WESCON’s Service Award To Stanford’s Terman, 1.
  • New Instruments Introduced By HP’s Measure-ama, 1.
  • HP Man Introduces Steel-Rule Die-Set To Latin-American Industry, 2.
  • Ingenuity Pays with Innovation of B-M Gage, 3.

10/63

  • Frank Cavier, Member Gubser Russian Tour (Three-Week Trip Behind Curtain), 1.
  • Give the United Way, L.A. Fulgham, 1.

11/63

  • Bruce Wholey Named Sanborn General Manager (Waltham Reorganized as Division), 1.
  • United Fund Mid-Drive Report, 1.
  • Soviet Tour Highlights, Frank Cavier, 2.
  • Help the College of Your Choice (Funds Matching Program), L.A. Fulgham, 3.
  • Overseas Supervisory Program Launched, 3.

12/63

  • New Quarters for HP Associates Dedicated, 1.
  • Don’t Drag Your Halo! (Christmas philanthropy), 1.

1964 – Watts

01/64

  • Profit-Sharing–Over 3 Million Dollars in 2 Years, 1.
  • Santa’s Helpers (Christmas Made Happier for Two Families), 5.

02/64

  • First HP 142’s Shipped, 1.
  • Corporate Purchasing Manager Sundberg Retires, 1.
  • 03/64 HP Scholarship Drive–March 30 Through April 17, 1.
  • Fund-Matching Program, 1.

04/64

  • New Corporate Titles for Dave and Bill, 1.
  • Hewlett-Packard Scholarship Awards ($22, 500.00 Granted Since 1951), 1.
  • HP Hosts United Fund Meeting (Company Executives Aid Fund Cause), 1.

05/64

  • Tuesday, May 26, HP Blood Bank Day, 1.
  • Progress Report–Colorado Springs, 1.
  • Hewlett-Packard’s Post Office–Smooth, Well-Coordinated Service, 2.

06/64

  • To Our Palo Alto Employees, Dave Packard, 1.
  • No HP layoffs anticipated
  • Profit Sharing Checks, 6 1/2%
  • Hewlett-Packard Scholarship Winners for 1964, 1.
  • Electronic Window Expands View 20 Times, 3.

07/64

  • Children Love–and Need–Toys. Can You Help?, 1.

08/64

  • HP’s Atomic Clock Boasts 15-Century Accuracy!, 1.
  • New Demonstration Kit Aids Sales Presentation, PHOTOS (the “new” way to call on customers, and the “old” way), 1.

09/64

  • Give the United Way, 1.

10/64

  • Give the United Way, 1.

11/64

  • HP’s United Fund Drive Over the Top, Jack Beckett, 1.
  • PHOTO: Dave Packard with Herbert Hoover, July 22, 1960.

12/64

  • Funds-Matching Program Under Way, Jack Weiershauser, 1.
  • Cash Profit Sharing Hits 8.9272 Percent!, 1.

1965 – Watts

01/65

  • HP Acquires Datamec

02/65

  • Mechrolab Adds to Instrument Line, 1.

03/65

  • Scholarship Fund-Raising Campaign, 1.
  • Ray Wilbur Named United Fund Head, 1.
  • HP Will Acquire F&M, 1.

04/65

  • Fund-Matching for University Support, 1.
  • Save the Date for Your Blood Bank, 1.

05/65

  • Blood Bank Days, 1.
  • Plans Under Way for East Coast Service Office, 1.
  • PHOTO: Aerial photo showing property in South Queensferry, Scotland, where H-P Ltd. plant will be constructed, 2.
  • PAECO and Loveland Building Progress Report, 2.

06/65

  • 1965 Scholarship Award Winners, 1.
  • HP Nuclear Instrumentation Off Pilot Run, 1.
  • Cash Profit-Sharing Hits First Half High, 1.
  • Blood Bank Results, 2.

07/65

  • Ray Wilbur To Chair Minorities Conference, 1.
  • PHOTO: Progress on construction of Building 15 (PAECO) at Hanover and Porter.

08/65

  • United Fund at Work, 1.
  • PHOTOS: Construction on Building 5A and Building 15.

09/65

  • United Fund Kick-off For End of September, 1.
  • Progress Report (construction), 1.
  • New Million-Dollar Plant for Datamec, 1.

10/65

  • United Fund Workers Hear Dave Packard (Campaign Goal, $40,000), 1.
  • Measure Resume–A New Feature (a capsule recap of “Measure” content for those who may have missed HP’s corporate publication of the previous month), 2.
  • Fifth Year for HP Associates, Terry Inouye, 3.

11/65

  • United Fund Report, 1.
  • Measure Resume, 2.
  • A Glimpse at HPA’s Photoconductor Area, 5.

12/65

  • Profit-Sharing Mark Announced, 1.
  • Dymec Tops United Fund Drive, 1.
  • Measure Highlights (November Issue), 2.

1966 – Watts

01/66

  • New Mt. View Facility, 1.
  • PHOTO: HP’s South Queensferry plant, Scotland, under construction, 2.
  • Measure Highlights (December Issue), 4.

02/66

  • Measure Highlights (January Issue), 2.

03/66

  • 1966 Hewlett-Packard Scholarship Program, “Chick” Alexander, 1.
  • Measure Highlights (February Issue), 2.
  • Hewlett-Packard Helps Provide Work Contracts for Handicapped, Art Case, 2.
  • HP Laboratories–Solid-State Lab, Terry Inouye, 3.

04/66

  • Ray Wilbur Elected United Fund Vice President, 1.
  • (President) Johnson Names Hewlett To Science Post, 1.
  • Measure Resume, 2.

05/66

  • UC at Santa Cruz Honors Dave Packard (honorary Doctor of Laws), 1.
  • Blood Bank Dates, 1.
  • PHOTO: HP’s plant in South Queensferry, Scotland.

06/66

  • HP Profit-Sharing Payment Hits 8 1/2%, 1.
  • 1966 HP Scholarship Winners Announced, 1.
  • HP Record Sales and Earnings Reported, 1.
  • Hewlett-Packard Blood Bank Results, 2.

07/66

  • Lost! One Second in 88,000 Years, Joe Bourdet, 1.
  • Measure Resume, Don Tapley, 2.
  • New H-P Packaging and Labeling System, 3.

08/66

  • George Breed Named UF “Loaned Executive”, 1.

09/66

  • PHOTOS: Beginning construction on HPA’s Building 11, 1.
  • Sky High Medical Costs (How Our HP Insurance Adjusts), Keith Elledge, 2.

10/66

  • Hewlett Kicks Off United Fund Drive, 1.
  • Microwave’s John Young Heads Stanford Fund, 1.
  • Atlanta, Georgia, Selected For New Regional Building, 2.
  • PHOTOS: First Photos of Datamec’s New Home, 5.

11/66

  • Stanford University Honors Five Silver Anniversary All-Americans–Dave Packard, Recipient, 1.
  • Hewlett-Packard United Fund Contribution, $111,000, 1.
  • PHOTO: Building 11 under construction, 2.

12/66

  • HP Sales Subsidiary For Mexico Market, 1.
  • HP Personnel Responsible for New Magnetic Recording Systems, 3.

1967 – Watts

01/67

  • Junior Achievement at HP, 1.
  • PHOTO: Building 11 and Building 1 under construction.

02/67

  • Jr. Achievement Product Slated for Dymec Sale, 1.
  • HP (Canada) Expands, 1.
  • HP Holds Chemical Instrumentation Seminar, 2.

03/67

  • ’66-’67 Results Up for HP Funds-Matching Program, 1.
  • Hewlett-Packard Holds First Latin American Industrial Seminar, 1.
  • Hewlett-Packard Scholarship Program–1967, 3.

04/67

  • Wilbur Heads County United Fund Campaign, 1.

05/67

  • Employees Scholarship Program Sets Records, 1.

06/67

  • Blood Bank Results, 1.
  • Cancer Programs Prove Helpful, 1.
  • 32 High School Seniors Granted HP Scholarships, 1.
  • HP’s First Half Sales, Earnings Set New Marks, 1.

07/67

  • HP Labs Moves Into Expanded Quarters, 1.
  • “Miracle Medical Instrument Heals Dead Patient’s Heart” (Sanborn “780” system), reprinted from the Hsin Hsin Daily of Taipai, Taiwan, 3.

08/67

  • HP’s Fortune Rank Rises (This Year We’re 341st), 1.
  • Hewlett is Member of U.S. Technological Delegation, 1.

09/67

  • Packard Message, Dave Packard, 1.
  • Concerning United Fund
  • “WESCON ’67” Biggest Success Ever for S.F. Area, 1.

10/67

  • New Subsidiaries for HP, 1.
  • New Dallas Office, 1.
  • Stan Selby Appointed Ass’t. Operations V-P, 1.
  • New Subsidiary Serves New Zealand Customers, 1.
  • European Sales Arm Expands (ground-breaking in Geneva), 1.
  • HP Australia Opens Office in Adelaide, 1.
  • HPA Coaxial Switching Module Captures Design Award, 3.

11/67

  • Hewlett-Packard United Fund Drive Results, 1.

12/67

  • Would You Believe HP-TV?, 1.
  • HP Work Force Tops 12,000, 1.

1968 – Watts

01/68

  • Packard Message, Dave Packard, 1.
  • Anent Parking
  • GmbH Completes Third Building, 1.
  • Sick Leave Plan Liberalized, 1.
  • International Interest in Microwave Spectroscopy, 2.

02/68

  • HP Eyes Big Sales For New Low-Cost Diode, 1.
  • Stanford Honors John Young (Appointed Business School Adviser), 1.

03/68

  • First Quarter Report, 1.
  • Kirby New Pr Prexy For Peninsula Group, 1.
  • HP Scholarship Program–’68, 1.

04/68

  • Hewlett-Packard Electronic Calculator Readied for Science, Industry, 2.

05/68

  • How Many Items in the 1968 HP Catalog, 1.

06/68

  • HP Scholarships Granted, 1.

07/68

  • Blood Bank Results, 1.
  • 1968 Hewlett-Packard Scholarship Winners, 1.
  • Some Fatherless Boy Needs a Big Brother, 2.

08/68

  • Evening Education Programs, 1.
  • Santa Clara Progress Report, 1.

09/68

  • San Diego Division Moves to New Leased Plant, 1.
  • Standards Divisionalized, 1.
  • 51,000 Live and Breathe WESCON ’68, 1.
  • United Fund. . .a Need or A Nuisance?, 1.

10/68

  • Atalla Report–Second Annual Solid State Devices Conference, 1.
  • 11/68 Corporate HP Sets Up Divisional Grouping, 1.
  • United Fund Results, 1.
  • Dean Morton Heads New Medical Products Team, 1.

12/68

  • Profit-Sharing Checks Out December 17, 1.

1969 – Watts

01/69

  • Noel Eldred, Ralph Lee Named Executive Veeps, 1.
  • Nixon appoints Dave Packard Deputy Secretary of Defense–High Honor for Stanford’s “Uncommon Man” by Nation’s New President, 1.
  • Hewlett-Packard Television System Spans the World, 3.

02/69

  • Area HP’ites Donate 134 Blood Units, Al Doyle, 1.

03/69

  • HP Scholarship Program–1969, 1.
  • Technical Services Post for Bruce Wholey, 1.
  • Record First-Quarter Sales and Earnings, 1.
  • HP GmbH Reorganizes Management, 1.
  • New Headquarters Building for HPSA, 1.
  • Western Australia Office Opened, 1.
  • John Young Named to HP Ltd. Board, 1.

04/69

  • George F. Bennett Elected HP Director, 1.
  • CSD’s Terry Named to GmbH Board, 1.
  • New Sales Office Near Valley Forge, 1.
  • HP-TV Logo Contest Extended One Month, 1.
  • Enlarged PBX Quarters for HP Stanford, 5.

05/69

  • Cupertino Activated–HP Computer and Data Groups in Business at Vallco Park, 1.
  • 60,000 at ’69 IEEE, 1.
  • HP-TV Logo Contest Ends, 2.

06/69

  • HP Distributes Midpoint Profit-Sharing Checks, 1.
  • Blood Bank Results, 1.
  • First Half Sales, Earnings Show Significant Rise, 1.
  • Forty-Seven HP Scholarships Awarded for 1969, 2.
  • HP-TV Tapes Historical Interviews For Palo Alto’s 75th Anniversary, 3.
  • PHOTO: HP’s DC6-B four-engined flying electronic demonstration laboratory.

07/69

  • HP Computers Take Over (HP Model 2116B in Starring Role for State Water Project), 2.
  • New Bonding Materials Shown at Exhibition, Jerry Manock, 3.

08/69

  • Notes of Interest Concerning ’69 WESCON, 1.

09/69

  • A WESCON Show Stopper: Springs’ 250-MHz Scope, 1.
  • European Operations Adjusted, 1.
  • 23% Boost for HP Nine-Month Earnings, 1.
  • New Hewlett Honor: ‘California Manufacturer of the Year’, 1.
  • Of Civic Interest, 1.
  • HP Designated Fund Pace Setter (United Fund), 1.
  • NAME CHANGE: Waltham Becomes Medical Electronics Division, 3.
  • Four International Regions Consolidated, 3.

10/69

  • Over the Top–And How! (United Fund Gift Total $210,000), 1.
  • Inter-Continental Sales Region Formed, 1.
  • PHOTO: Nixon watching Neil Armstrong moon landing.

11/69

  • United Fund Final, 1.
  • New Santa Clara Plant Dedicated October 18, 1.
  • Hewlett-Packard Employment (Stats), 1.
  • San Diego Expands, 1.

12/69

  • Management Appointments Announced, 1.
  • John Doyle
  • Jim Ferrell
  • “1969–a Good Year for HP,” States Hewlett (Sales Totaled $324,000,000), 1.
  • News from “CARE”, 2.

1970 – Watts

01/70

  • 11,000 Profit-Sharing Eligibles for 1969 (December Checks Total $3,666,189.92, or 8%), 1.
  • HP Videotapes Available for Employee Viewing, 1.

02/70

  • Mobile Lab Tours Mexico (First Such Venture Across the Border), 1.
  • HP Credit Union New on Horizon, 1.
  • HP’s 1970 Catalog Set for Distribution, 3.

03/70

  • Demere Named Head New Operational Group, 1.
  • HP Shareholders Authorize Stock Split, 1.
  • Foster Home Need Urgent, 1.
  • HP Reports First Quarter Sales/Earnings, 1.
  • W.D. Eberle and Dr. Phillip R. Lee Elected Directors, 1.
  • HP Scholarship Program Enters 19th Year, 2.

04/70

  • 8620A and 8443A Score for Microwave at IEEE, 1.
  • Another High Honor for Bill Hewlett (“Business Statesman of the Year”), 1.
  • HP Acquires Granger’s Palo Alto Facility, 1.
  • Federal Charter to HP Employees Credit Union, 2.

05/70

  • The Corporation and Society–A Statement by Hewlett-Packard Company, 1.
  • New High for Scholarship Fund Donations, 1.

06/70

  • Top National Awards to HP Television, 1.
  • HP Climbs Higher in U.S. Business Rosters (Fortune 500 listings), 1.
  • HP Six-Month Sales and Earnings Report, 1.
  • Heavy Response to Credit Union Membership Drive, 1.
  • Analytical Instrument Organization Formed, 1.
  • HP Grant Forty-Nine Scholarships for 1970, 2.

07/70

  • Production Cutback–The HP Way, 1.
  • A Changing Role for Watt’s Current (reduction in size, change in focus), 1.
  • Credit Union Membership Climbs Over 2,000, 1.
  • Ten New Video Tapes Available, 2.

08/70

  • George Newman Named United Fund Industry Head, 1.
  • Credit Union Member Total Nears 2,100, 1.
  • HP Declares Regular Stock Dividend, 1.

09/70

  • HP Takes Home Three WESCON Awards, 1.
  • Affleck Named Hewlett-Packard Environmental Control Coordinator, 1.
  • Sales Up–Earnings Down, 2.

10/70

  • United Fund–1970, 1.
  • Large Savings Deposits Sought to Broaden Credit Union’s Lending Base, 1.
  • Vote Rapid Transit–An Ecological Must, 2.
  • A Vote for Rapid Transit, 2.

11/70

  • Fund Results Down–But Still Good, 1.
  • CSC’s United Fund Drive Over the Top, 1.
  • HP Announces New Plant Site (Grenoble, France), 1.
  • Federal Credit Union Insurance Approved, 1.
  • Women’s Liberation at HP, 2.
  • HP Introduces Optical Power Meter at 1970 Electro-Optics Show in New York, 3.

12/70

  • Hewlett-Packard Executive Vice President Noel Eldred is Heart Victim, 1.
  • Eulogy to Noel Eldred, 1.
  • Credit Union Show Steady Growth, 1.
  • HP Sales Up–Earnings Down, 2.
  • New Heart Catheterization System Introduced by HP, 2.

 

1971 – Watts

01/71

  • HP Credit Union Announces 1st Dividend, 1.
  • HP-Sponsored Junior Achievement Company, 3.

02/71

  • Depositor Insurance for HP Credit Union, 1.
  • Would You Help World Peace–If You Could?, 1.
  • Doolittle and Glaser Elected HP Directors, 1.
  • Management Changes Announced, 1.
  • HP Takes Active Stand On Housing Discrimination, 1.
  • HP’ites to the Rescue (help clean-up after San Francisco Bay oil spill), 4.

03/71

  • Hewlett-Packard Quarterly Report, 1.
  • Continued Rapid Growth for HP’s Credit Union, 1.

04/71

  • HP Credit Union Loan Volume Zooms, 1.
  • Ecology at Work (recycling), Bill Randolph, 1.
  • The 5930A Mass Spectrometer, 2.
  • HP Scholarship Program, 3

05/71

  • HP Credit Union Marks First Year of Operation, 1.
  • HP Helping Schools Obtain Computers, 1.
  • Annual HP Blood Bank Drive, 3.

06/71

  • Fifty Hewlett-Packard Scholarships Granted, 1.
  • Ecology Credit Oversight, 3.

07/71

  • HP Credit Union Tops $1,000,000 Asset Mark, 1.
  • A New General Manager for Jersey Division (John Blokker), 1.
  • Endangered Species, 4.

08/71

  • The End of an Era (last issue of Watt’s Current), Dave Kirby (Director of Public Relations), 1.
  • Alcoholism Council Message for Santa Clara County, 1.
  • YOU–Thru United Fund–Support 100 Agencies, 1.
  • New Generation Calculator, 4.