H – Individuals File Guide

Hackborn, Richard A.
[Executive VP and head of Computer Products Organization, CPO]: 2/03 article by Fast Company‘s George Anders About the Fiorina campaign to reinvent HP, including RAH’s role; Wall Street Journal article outlining HP Board member RAH’s role in hiring Carly Fiorina and in the HP-Compaq merger, 5/21/02; HP news release “Hackborn Retires,” 11/19/93; remarks at the HP 20M Printer event at Comdex 11/15/93; interview by Rob Hof 3/3/92 (18pp); Don Curtis’ interpretation of Dick Hackborn’s Five Important “Must” Principles for Success; interview in Business Week 2/91 (27pp); “Hewlett’s Consummate Strategist,” New York Times (3/10/92); “Dick Hackborn: History of Success,” Measure (May-June 1991)

See Also Oral History Collection

Hahn, William R. (Bill):
[Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations for Agilent]: Personal profile, 1/30/01; Closing Comments to Corporate Relations Team, 2/23/2005;

Hahn, William R. (Bill):
[Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations

for Agilent]: Notes on HP/Agilent Split 1998-1999: Letter from Congressperson Anna G. Eshoo; Tear-out of Corporate Leadership Award Announcement; First write-up of plus/minus issues of HP split, 11/98; Initial plus/minus split notes – includes notes of Ned Barnholt and Bill Hahn, 11/98; Ned Notes from HP executive staff discussion, 1/99; HP split implementation issues, 2/99; Pre-announcement write-up of MO/NewCo, 2/99; Meeting notes to sort or Cheetah, 2/99; Overheads used by Lew Platt to Announce Split, 3/99; Announcement overheads used for MO attendees, 3/99; Overheads used to explain split announcement, 3/99; Notes from HP/NewCo discussions on details of split, 3/99; Wall Street Journal article on split, 3/3/99; Overhead of “First 100 Days” plan; First memo to all of MO, 3/4/99; First memo outlining basic org structure, 3/8/99; First write-up explaining NewCo, 4/29/99; Initial draft of NewCo values/objectives/vision from Ned’s staff, 4/99; First memo outlining strategic planning team, 5/4/99; Early description of NewCo for banker meetings, 5/99;

Hahn, William R. (Bill):
[Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations

for Agilent]: Notes on Name Launch Event, 1999: Overhead of garage cartoon from Mercury News; Overhead about “New name…same garage”; Overhead of FY99 Communications Architecture at the company level; Overhead set on creating the new brand identity; Newco Incorporated printed image; humorous spray-painted Agilent Technologies sign; “Grateful Ned” name choice; HP/NewCo poetry; NewCo naming possibility outlines; Ad text for the day after for the day after the announcement; Overhead of NewCo naming and branding update; logos used to select Agilent blue, 7/99; Notes from Rudy who helped spin-out Lucent from AT&T; Scripts for Bubbleheads, Scrabble, Survivors, Pandora’s Bistro, Downtime, Don’t Walk, Coming Home; List of Brand Champions, 7/28-29/99; List of NewCo Name Launch Event Ambassadors;

Halbert, Douglas J. Jr.
[VP of Manufacturing]: résumé, incl. internal news memos; 1/16/01 press release announcing appointment of DJH as a senior VP at Acterna; PR announces departure of DJH, 8/3/00; DJH succeeded by Roland Noz as general manager for the Korea Instrument Operation, KIO, 5/31/96;

Halloran, Jean
[Senior VP of Human Resources]: bio from be.agilent ; YWCA of Santa Clara Valley honors JH, 1/21/03; interview 8/2001 discussion workforce reductions and payroll reductions; Halloran and Agilent win 2001 HR Symposium award, for “Overall HR Excellence”; interview with JH 5/27/99 on topics such as HP Way, compensation & benefits, diversity, JH career at HP, transition from Oldco to Newco, work/life balance; résumé, incl. internal news memos

Hamilton, Gail
[General Manager, Telecommunications Platform Div.]: résumé, incl. internal news memos

Hammond, Donald L.
[Associate Directory, HP Labs]: “Converting Innovative Technologies to Products,” related to R&D in the Defence Science and Technology Organization (DSTO), presented in Melbourne, Australia, and again 6/24/88; notes from DLH meeting with Packard discussing China, 5/12/88; “Measurement, Sensors & Transducers in a Technical Transformation of Traditional Industry,” 5/88; “Highlights of Don Hammond’s Career at HP, 1959-87; DLH and HP Labs in Bristol (first HPL branch outside Palo Alto), Lab Notes 1984; recollections of the 1960s sent to Hewlett in 1983 on topics of Charlie Litton, management by objectives, managing creativity (enthusiasm, inquisition, decision), patience and impatience of HP management, Afghanistan; text for brochure on HP Labs, R&D decentralization, new products; résumé, incl. internal news memos;

See Also Oral History Collection

Hartley, Duane
[VP ESPG Measurement Product Generation Units]: retirement announced for 11/1/00; promoted to General Manager, Signal Analysis Division, 1/31/85; article “Managing in the Midst of Chaos,” Fortune (4/5/93) features Hartley from HP and three others;

Hasebe, Kunio
[VP and General Manager,Japan Field Operations]:formerly General Manager, Hachioji Semiconductor Test Div.; GTO org chart, 2002; résumé, incl. internal news memos

Hayes, Dorothy D.
(Dotty) [Director, Internal Audit]: Everest Finance Team org chart, 2/2002; 2002 quotes about integrity, accounting, business controls; résumé, incl. internal news memos

Herdt, Doug
[European Operations, South-East Region, Business Development Manager]: headed team to researcha and promote sales in former Soviet Union;

Hewlett, Flora Lamson
[Trustee, Stanford University]: news release announcing death, 2/9/77; obit 2/10/77; bequest to SF Theological Seminary;

Hewlett, Rosemary Bradford
engagement announcement, RB and WRH; endowed chair at Smith;

Hewlett, Walter Berry
[Director]: résumé; 10/2001 interview for beAgilent with WBH, Agilent Director; information about the Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities, circa 1986; CCARH Newsletter, 11/86; news release 1/19/87 announcing nomination of WBH to HP Board of Directors; “Growing Up Hewlett” by Meredith Maran, Peninsula; handwritten notes circa 1987;

Hilliard, Reed L.
[General Manager, Test & Measurement Support Div.]: résumé, incl. internal news memos

Hilton, Ed and Jean
retires after 35 years, Santa Clarion Dec/Jan 1982; HP Journal article about HP’s electronic counter written by Ed Hilton, 1953;

Hoehn, Dieter
[VP & General Manager, Analytical Products Group (APG)]: internal retirement announcement, 3/2/95;

Hoeprich, Paul
[Marketing Program Manager, Chemical Analysis Group]: (formerly of Argonaut Technologies, Perkin-Elmer, Affymax, Triton Biosciences); résumé, incl. internal news memos

Holdway, Alan
[General Manager, Canada]: retires, 4/2001

Holmberg, Larry
[Senior VP, Sales Marketing and Customer Support]: bio, 2003; interview, 1/2002;  9/20/01 LH internal message highlighting Customer Contact Program

Holmes, Benjamin
[General Manager, Medical Products Group]: article about HP’s acquisition of Sanborn, which then became the Medical Products Group; “Engineering Education: a Time to Reach Out,” June 1983 speech to AAEE;

Hopkins, Jenny
[VP & GM, Global Solutions Business Unit]: interview, 2/2003;

Horner, James F.
[General Manager, Communications Components Div.]: news release about acquisition of Avantek; résumé, incl. internal news memos; clippings

House, Chuck
[Director, Corporate Engineering]: elected fellow of the IEEE, 12/89; reference to CH receiving HP’s medal for “extraordinary contempt and defiance.”

Huettemann, Werner
[General Manager, Boeblingen Instrument Div.]: résumé, incl. internal news memos

Hufstedler, Shirley
[Director]: transcript of interview/town hall meeting 5/18/95; former U.S. Secretary of Education in the Carter Administration elected to the board of directors, 4/82;

B – Individuals File Guide

Baer, Mark
[Corporate Librarian]: MB retirement announcement, 12/83; MB appointed to California Library Services Board, 6/82; list of recipients of the Mark H. Baer Award; Mark H. Baer (class ’55) is recipient of 1976 Distinguished Alumnus Award  from University of Washington; photo of the Technical Program Committee for the 1969 International Electron Devices Meeting;

Bagley, Alan S.:
PR announces appointment to group engineering manager of HP’s Instrument Group; Award from the Bagley Clan 1991; photo with Art Fong; Bagley-Days Reunion flyer; article with photo at awards luncheon 1976

See Also Oral History Collection

Bandy, Mike
[General Manager, California Semiconductor Test Division]: résumé, incl. internal news memos

Bauer, Brunton:
hired in 1941, Chief Engineer

Beckett, John (“Jack”)Collier
[first Government Relations Manager]: 1982 retirement announcement; 1997 obituary

Bickell, Alan:
transcription of interview by Louis Kraar, Fortune, June 1991, topics include: importance of Asia Pacific, Formosa Plastics printed circuit board facility, joint venture in Singapore with Texas Instruments and Cannon, new factory in Kobe, Paul Balnys, Hindustan Computers Ltd., Bangalore, joint venture with Samsung in Korea

Bigler, Bill
[company photographer]: article – 1971 retirement

Birnbaum, Joel S.
[HP Labs Director]:  1999 Barnholt remarks at Tech Museum honoring Birnbaum; presentation “Toward Pervasive Information Service”; 1999 interview with JB in Inforum, on topics: new business creation, WBIRL program, environmental sustainability, disruptive technologies, market acceptance, centralized research, technology transfer, support services and library; article about the Birnbaum Prize statuette and the artist, Bruce Beasley; internal news memos

Bolliger, Bruce
[Operations Manager, Singapore Vision Operations, Test & Measurement Organization]: résumé, incl. internal news memos; photos removed

Brown, Robert Minge “Bob”
[Director]:  retires as CEO from California Water Service Co.; article on San Jose Water Works and stock sale to Warren Buffett; letter to Eldred about Kirby; notes for speech at Management Conference on “Avoidance of Antitrust Problems,” in 1965; obituary November 1994; résumés and biographies. See Also Oral History Collection

Brunner, Bob
[Marketing Manager, Instrument Groups]:  “Toward an Efficient Product Development Program,” speech in Monterey 1966; “Test Equipment 5 Years from Now,” September 1966; “How Will Our Products, Our Customers and Their Needs Change?” speech to service managers, 1965; script for Brunner’s birthday party July 1975; speech to new microwave engineers, September 1968; “Future Engineers,” August 1969; speech to historical society on history of radio communications and electronics in Bay Area, June 1973; 1984 retirement announcement

See Also Oral History Collection

Buffington, William I.
[VP and General Manager, Life Sciences Business Unit]: former General Manager and Director, Yokogawa Analytical Systems; article announcing creation of Life Sciences BU within CAG, headed by Buffington, 2000; résumé, incl. internal news memos

Byrne, Patrick
[VP, Wireless Business Unit; Operations Manager, Sonoma County]: biographies, incl. internal news memos; November 2001 interview with security analysts on wireless industry issues; transcript of video downsizing announcement December 2001; Byrne oversees largest layoff in Agilent’s history, 4/13/03 Press Democrat;

B – Oral History Collection

Bagley, Alan
[BAGLEY.doc]:  interview by Bob Grimm 7/10/90, softcopy transcript, 83 pp.

Bagley, Alan
[BAGLEY2.doc]:  interview about HP’s technological contributions (for HP Way) by Karen Lewis 1/22/94, softcopy transcript

(Note: Engineer and manager at HP, 1949-87)

Bauer, Brunton
[BAUER.doc]:  hardcopy (only) interview transcript – unedited; hardcopy (only) interview transcription with initial edits

(Note: First engineering graduate hired by HP, 1941-72)

Bivins, John F.
[BIVINS.doc]:  hardcopy (only) interview transcript – unedited; hardcopy (only) interview transcription with initial edits; supporting documents; photo

(Note: Sales Rep, southeastern states, HP acquired 1962)

Boniface, Bob
[BONIFACE.doc]:  interview by Dave Kirby 11/21/91, softcopy transcript

Brown, John L
[BROWN-John.doc]: hardcopy (only) interview transcript – unedited; hardcopy (only) interview transcription with initial edits

(Note: Neely, Moseley, YHP, Dir of Corporate Site Planning; at HP 1956-80s)

Brown, Robert Minge
[BROWN,R1.do]:  interview by Dave Kirby 10/26/90, softcopy transcript

(Note: College friend of Bill & Dave; became their lawyer)

Brown, Robert Minge
[BROWN,R2.doc]:  follow-up interview by Dave Kirby 11/28/90, softcopy transcript

Brunner, Bob
[BRUNNER.doc]:  handwritten notes

Buttner, Harold H.
[BUTTNER.doc]:  hardcopy (only) interview transcript – unedited; hardcopy (only) interview transcription with initial edits

(Note: HP Bd of Dir  1957-70)