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270: 355: 274: 143:. It was then that she met and became friends with Louise Hewlett, her future husband's sister, as both families had cabins in the Sierra. She received a Bachelor of Science in 397: 417: 214:
in Berkeley, California, is named in her honor. The Flora Family Foundation, created by her children, is also named in her honor. Its symbol is the blue
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and reconnected with her friend Louise, who reintroduced her to her future husband,
156: 144: 95: 127:(August 14, 1914 – February 9, 1977) was an American billionaire philanthropist. 152: 215: 318: 231: 175:
with her husband. She sat on the Board of Trustees of
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In 1939, she married Bill Hewlett, the co-founder of
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Berkeley, California
San Jose, California
University of California, Berkeley
BS
Bill Hewlett
Berkeley, California
Sierra Nevada
Biochemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Sierra Club
Bill Hewlett
Hewlett-Packard
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Presbyterian
San Anselmo, California
World Affairs Council of Northern California
California Tomorrow
Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
Graduate Theological Union
gentiana
Hewlett-Packard
cancer




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