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Our need to know HP GmbH in per.8'l**" OUR NEED TO KNOW: reach out intellectual A FEW YEARS BEFORE his death in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe set out to write a series of books which would contain all the important knowledge man had ac- crued throughout history. How simple-and static-life would be if such a thing were possible. All one would have to do is study and retain the information contained in such volumes, and there would be no more to be learned. But knowledge and understanding in this fast-changing world is not so easily ac- quired, and it is anything but static, especially among the scientific and technical disciplines. It is a fact that today's young scientist or engineer starts to become obsolete the minute he leaves the college campus. He must wage a constant battle against this obsolescence or fall back as a contributor to technological progress. Fortunately, a relatively small number fall back, the majority at least keep abreast, and a few lead the way into new territories of discovery. There are any number of ways to keep the spectre of obsolescence away from the minds of men, and Hewlett-Packard scientists and engineers are taking advantage of many of these ways. There is home study, participation in professional societies, faith- ful reading of technical journals. There is attendance at company-sponsored seminars, formal study at universities, and even taking on the task of teaching others. The man shown on the cover and at left is Chris Franks, who heads up the quality assurance operation for the Boonton Division at Rockaway, N.J. It has been 13 years since he was graduated from Rutgers with a B.S.E.E. He and his wife have two pre-teen- age children and a home to manage in the town of Boonton. But, in spite of the de- mands of his job and family life, Chris did not stop learning when he was handed his diploma in 1952. He is currently involved in a 24-month correspondence course which calls for several hours of home study each week. Five other HP men around the nation who are keeping ahead of the game in various ways are featured on the following two pages. 2 www.HPARCHIVE.com or fall back technologically DICK CHANG IS ONE OF nearly 40 HP people who have or are taking ad- vantage of the "honors cooperative pro- gram" at Stanford University in Palo