Union Activities:
includes memo from Bill Hewlett detailing the Supervisory Training Program; Justice for Janitors, 1998; also a good interview with Dave Packard on Unions, etc. from Nation’s Business, January 1974;

See Also 1SRS4 (Ray Wilbur)

(m)United Kingdom, U.K. see England, see Scotland

United Kingdom:
Facts Sheet, 1/03

United Nations Profile of HP, 1982:
prepared by UN Centre on Transnational Corporations (UNCTC);

United States Army Communications & Electronics Command Award:
1989 blue ribbon contractor certification to 4 HP divisions;

United States Government as Customer:
Highlights of HP’s Relationship with US government; several internal and external articles, covering 1940-1999; points to make about HP and defense, [n.d.]; analysis of government orders, FY75; Defense Cutback – What it Means to Industry, Air Force/Space Digest, 1/70;

United States Trade Policy:
statement 1986;

See Also Japan

United Way:
at HP; scandals at national level;

See Also Philanthropy Programs

Univac:
computer Remington Rand purchased and installed at HP, 1955;

(m)U.S. Memories, 1989-1990, Joint venture to manufacture DRAM chips

Vancouver Division:
air pollution, April 1993; manufacturing reduction, 1998;

Varian Associates:
“From Steeples of Excellence to Silicon Valley” the Story of Varian Associates and Stanford Industrial Park by Henry Lowood;

Verano:
[divestiture] of Automation Integration Software (AIS) business, a division of Agilent Technologies Canada, to Verano Dec. 2000; Verano Acquires A.T.’s Automation Integration Software Business, 12/7/00;

Verigy:
E-mail correspondence about an historical image database for Verigy c/o the Agilent Foundation, January 11, 2006; CEO Announcement;

Versatest Inc.:
[acquisition] HP acquires flash memory test market October 1994;

(m)VeriFone [acquisition] announced April 23, 1997

Vertek Inc.:
[acquisition] medical electronics company in Burlington VT, acquired circa 1972;

(m)VID Division, Video Communications Division formerly Stanford Park Division renamed April 1993;

Video Classroom:
late 1960s development in training

See Also Stanford University – HP, Honors Program

Videoconferencing:
international videoconferencing, 1988;

See Also Electronic Mail

Vietnam:
HP opened headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Jan. 31, 1996;

Vintage Charts:
orders and shipments, 1994-1998; new products vs. orders, 1993-1997;

See Also Annual Reports

Visitors, California Legislators:

Visitors, deGaulle:
President of France visits, 1960; speeches, itinerary, report by WRH; more

See Also (m)Public Relations, Plant Tours

Visitors, Malayan Prime Minister:
Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Nov. 1, 1960 ;

Visitors, Prince Philippe:
1985, Prince Philippe of Belgium (former Stanford student) visits Palo Alto and Corvallis;

Visitors, Quayle:
Vice President’s visit, July 1989;

Visitors, Queen Elizabeth:
1983, Britain’s Queen tours Cupertino site;

Visitors, Swedish Delegation:
Royal Technology Mission by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden; visit to Palo Alto and Cupertino;

Volunteerism:
results of Corporate Voluntarism Council’s survey, 1982; BeAgilent Making a Difference – Make a Difference Day, including “Shear Madness” event, 11/10/00; Rolling up our Sleeves for Agilent’s “Day of Caring”, 10/30/01;

See Also Citizenship

VXI Technology (Irvine, Calif.):
[divestiture] press release, dated May 2, 2003 announcing completion of divestiture of Agilent’s mechanical data acquisition product segment

Waltham Division:
WD becomes Medical Electronis Division, 9/69; layoff notice, 9/4/69; recruiting brochure [n.d.];

See Also Medical Products Group (Andover)

     See Also Sanborn

Watt’s Current, Correspondence, 1940s:
from Wm. Bigler’s files; David Packard,1/15/47, curtailing paper; handwritten memo to Bigler from Packard asking him to stop publishing photos of classified work spaces during war time;

Watt’s Current, Correspondence, 1943-1952:
goof regarding birth of Walter Berry Hewlett and subsequent series of memos; includes touching letter from the mother of James Sisney, reported MIA on April 22, 1944;

Watt’s Current, Correspondence, 1953-1954:

Watt’s Current, Correspondence, 1955-1956:

Watt’s Current, Correspondence, 1957-1961:
includes letter to Herbert Hoover gladly granting his request to be on the Watt’s Current mailing list; also press release regarding the appointment of four executive vice presidents: Eldred, Porter, Oliver, Cavier, June 7, 1957;

Watt’s Current, Recommendations 1961:
“An Evaluation with Recommendations for Revision,” by Gordon Cubbison, 1961

Wavefront Research Inc.:
[acquisition] acquired WRI, March 2001

Weapons:
HP position paper on denying access to products for the purpose of making nuclear weapons, 1966; making of variable time (VT) fuse, secret World War II project, clipping dated 10/15/45;

Web Site (Agilent), External:

Web Site (Agilent), Internal:

Wescon:
[tradeshow]1963? brochure, “What is Wescon”; official program, 1949 West Coast Convention, 5^th Annual Pacific Electronic Exhibit; oficial program, WESCON/91, 40^th anniversary edition; HP marketing materials distributed at Wescon, 1960s;

See Also West Coast Electronic Manufacturers Association

West Coast Electronic Manufacturers Association:
Dave Packard correspondence about the formation of WEMA, December, 1943; Correspondence, minutes of meetings, list of participants exploring the formation of, 1943; becomes AEA 1978;

See Also American Electronics Association [AeA]

Western Electric Show & Convention

     See Wescon

Where you can work in HP:
pamphlet 1987, 1991

Wiltron Lawsuit:
Wiltron Company of Morgan Hill, HP competitor in microwave communications test equipment, filed suit in federal court in Los Angeles May 18, 1988 charging HP with violation of federal antitrust laws, unfair marketing practices, contract interference;

Winnersh (England):
new marketing & sales headquarters, 1975;

WITI Foundation:
includes booklet incorporating existing nomination forms and letters for WITI’s 2001 Hall of Fame Award for Agilent’s Darlene Solomon;

Women:
memo delineating services for wives when HP husbands are away on business, 1959, family; advertisements, competitor, cheesecake; article by Sara Westendorf, HP employee, on succeeding in a male-dominated field, 1993; Jane Evans honored, 1989; statement concerning career opportunities for women at HP, 1975;

     See Also Neely, Advertisements;

     See Also David Packard’s note on letter 9/11/78; women and minorities, status of, 1980’s;

Women’s Conference (Agilent):
Maya Angelou gives keynote, Feb. 23, 2001;

See Also Technical Women’s Conference

Workforce Management

     See Personnel, Expense Reduction Measures

Workmanship Standards:
Wiring, Soldering and Printed Circuits, 1967;

See Also Personnel, House Rules

(m)Workplace Violence Prevention brochure

World Expo ’86:
HP exhibit in California Pavilion at World Exposition in Vancouver, 1986; The Bicycle Company Information Network;

World Expo ’88:
HP computer equipment used in U.S. pavilion, Brisbane, Australia;

World War II:
summary of HP contributions to war effort, 1943; war bond drive totals 1944; highlights 1940-1992, HP/US government;

See Also  “E” Award

See Also  Weapons

“Worldwide Business Ethics of HP,”:
David Packard column, 1976;

See Also Business Ethics

Worldwide Customer Support Operations:
WCSO created, February 1985;

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Y2K:
Year 2000 computer problems

Yokogawa Analytical Systems Inc.:
[joint venture] YAN is jv between HP and Yokogawa Electric Corporation, to manufacture & sell analytical laboratory instruments in Japan, announced spring 1992;

(m)Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Annual Report  1986/1987

Yokogawa-HP [YHP]:
HP Japan becomes wholly-owned HP subsidiary, 7/99; contains original clipping on the 1963 agreement; several internal and external articles and org charts relating to YHP; “Case History of a Successful Experiment in Japan” by Karl Schwarz, 1988; org chart; rugby club;

Yokogawa-HP [YHP], 1963:
YHP, first joint venture between Yokogawa Electric Corporation and HP; announcement of approval from Japanese government, 8/63; Japan-NASA cooperative space venture, Wallops Island, 1962; YEW marketing organization chart; proposed YEW-HP marketing agreement, 2/6/63;

Yokogawa-HP [YHP], Anniversary (20^th):
“Welcome to YHP”;

Yokogawa-HP [YHP], Deming Prize:
Prize for Individual to Kenzo Sasaoka, retired chairman of the board of Hewlett-Packard Japan, 1996; “Winning the Deming Prize,” Craig Walter, 9/20/83; “YHP Teamwork Takes the Prize,” 1982;

See Also 1SRS6 (Individual Files,A-Z)(Deming)

Yokogawa-HP [YHP], Legal Documents:
Preliminary Agreement for Establishing a Joint Venture February 14, 1963, signed by David Packard, President and Iwao Yamasaki, President; Original.  Amendment to Yokogawa Electric Works, LTD. – Hewlett-Packard Company Statement of Policy for Yokogawa-Hewlett-Packard, LTD., 1979. Yokogawa Electric Works, LTD. – Hewlett-Packard Company Statement of Policy for Yokogawa-Hewlett-Packard, LTD., 1982 draft. Named Hewlett-Packard Japan in 1995, became wholly owned subsidiary in 1999

Yokogawa-HP [YHP], Total Quality Control:
“Development of TQC as Applied to YHP Factory Operations,” internal use only, presented 9/13/82;

See Also Organization, [year]

Zilog:
[strategic alliance] 1991 agreement allowing license of Zilog CPU for use as an ASIC core;