Don Hammond

Developer of time standards for space navigation, high-speed computer printers, and medical ultrasound technology, Hammond built a 50-year career on these and other significant contributions.

While at HP from 1959 to 1987, Hammond launched production of precision quartz crystals for high-speed counters and frequency counters, and he started development of the laser interferometer, a device capable of measuring to millionths of an inch. He has served as the first Director of the Physical Electronics Lab, and he was the founding Director of HP's first European laboratory in Bristol, UK, in 1984.