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.