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FHoNE DAVENPoRT 2-465I

Aprl l lp, 1951

Mr. Robert A. Gr lmmIroquols h-OfWest Lafayette, Tnd..

Dear l t l r . Gr l rm:

As Professor John Cage lndlcatedr wo areplaru:lng to take on one or two engineers thts year andafter neviewing your qual l f icat lons and educat l ,onalexper i .ence, would l lke to of fen you a def in i te posi t ionas engineer 1n our laboratory.

Our" sta:"t ing salary is approximately $hOO amonth. J say approxi:nately as the exact amount ls de-pendent upon a monihly plant-wid"e bonus system srhich isbased on overaJ-1 produetion. I{ol 'rever norrnal f luctua-tLons of thls bonus wl1l only vary the net amount by afew per eelr t .

iile belleve that in many ways our 3_aboratoryis an ideal p lace for englneers rni .o ere intere sbed l i re ler : t ronic deveJ-opment" As our ul t imate reputat ion j .sdirectly dependent upon our qual l ty of engi.neeringn ureharre rnad.e every ef for t to select and maintain a sma11but k l igh calLber grou.p of engtneers. The operat ion ofthe laboratory' is Lrlghl; ' lnforual and the lndivld.uai en-glneer has a great deal- of opportu.nl ty for personal f ree-don ln the 'proseeut ion of h is project"

fn addl tJ-on, the proxlmity of $tanford Universi ty,stanford Fesearch rnst i tute, var lan Associates and several-othen organizations of the salne type, fonn a nucleus inthe Palo Al to area of a 5lreat deal of englneening talentand st tmrlat iono Palo Al to l tsel f ls a pleasant pJ-ace to1ive, being a cornblnatton between a eommuting town ancl acollege town" l{e would l- ike very mueh to ha-ve you Joinour ste"f,f and sould appreciate hearing from you as soonas i f is conrrenient as we wish to make f inal seLect i "on ofour engineers for th is year wi th in the next month or sor

Slncerely yours,

I[tT? T{ . n

-PACKARD COFTPAI{Y

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395 PAGE MILL ROA,D, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

PHONE D.dVENPORT E-465I

May 2[, ryfa

J{r. Robert A. GrinnnIroquols h-ofT,'est Lafayette, Indl-ana

Dear Mn. Grlmm:

XTe were very pleased. to learn that you w111 beable to jo ln our englneenlng organlzat ion.

The d.s,te of August 27th ls qulte satisfactoryand we w111 look fo:rwa.rd to seeing )rou then. fn the Lnterim,l f there ls anything that we may do to facl l i - tate your get-t ing set t le<l ln Palo Al to, p lease let us know.

I hope that )rou w1lJ have a very enJoyable sunmerand we w111 look forwar<L to seeinp5 Srss in August.

SincereLy yours,

lv}(H: ]-er R. Hewlet t

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395 PAGE MILL ROAP, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA.

PHoNE DAVENPoRT 2.485I

Alr l6a1L July 11, 1951

Mr" Robert A. Gr lmn829 North SallsburyWest Lafayette, Indlana

Dear Mr. Grl-rnn:

We wers pleased to learn through youn letter of July 29ththat you expect to arrive l-n the afternoon of August 27blt. It lslike1y that both Mr. Hewlett and I wtl-L be hene on that day and Isugges'b you ea11 us when you aruive. ff we are not here, you maytalk to our seeretary who wll-l have sone informatlon on how to getfrom the al"rport down bo Palo Alto"

We shall- do what we ean to ftnd a place for you to 1lveand we w111 atbempt bo have some arrangements for you at least fonthe flrst few d,ays you are here. It w111 be best lf you shippedyoup belonglngs directly here to the plant. tTe ean arrange to keepthem for you and have thern avallable for you on your arulval,

If we can be of any further help to you, between now andthe tlme of your arulval, pl-ease do not hesitate to 1et us know.

Sincerely yours,

Facrurn

DP:lcr Paekard

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