ARTHUR FONG

Arthur Fong Feb. 11, 1920 - May 17, 2012 Arthur Fong passed away peacefully at his home in Palo Alto, following a brief illness. During his last days, he was surrounded by family and friends. He leaves behind his wife of 69 years, Mary and 4 children; Sheryl Wong (Bob), Wendy Fong (Dave Arruda), Kevin (Michele Fong), Darice Koo (Paul). He is also survived by 5 grandchildren; Christopher Wong (Siam), Kelly Naylor (Dan), Michael Fong, Wesley Koo, Lauren Koo and 2 great grandchildren: Asher Wong and Mia Wong. Predeceased in death by brothers, Sam and James and survived by brothers, Ben, Tommy and sister, Helen. Art was born in Sacramento, California and graduated cum laude from U.C. Berkeley in 1943, with a degree in Electrical Engineering and completed his Masters in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University in 1968. He went on to a distinguished career, starting at the famous MIT Radiation Laboratory where he worked on the development of RADAR during WWII. In 1946, after the war, he was recruited by founder William Hewlett to come work at Hewlett Packard. During Art's early Hewlett-Packard years, he developed signal generators and the industry's first calibrated spectrum analyzer, both indispensable tools of electronic test and measurement. In 1964 he was awarded the title of Senior Staff Engineer, the company's highest technical title. He was a recipient of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers Life Fellow Award and the U.C. Berkeley Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award. Because Art was able to complete college with the help of scholarships, he and Mary established scholarships for Engineering students at U.C. Berkeley, and then went on to establish fellowships at both Cal and Stanford. They were widely known for their philanthropy at these universities, as well as the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Stanford Hospital, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, Avenidas in Palo Alto and a host of other organizations. Art enjoyed fishing, camping and hiking. He loved to travel, and managed to find a Chinese restaurant in nearly every place he visited, including Siberia! He was an avid skier, who learned the sport later in life, and skied up to the age of 82. Most of all, he loved his family. He will be missed by his family and friends. We are grateful to Hina Laulea, Fawn Tubmanee and Priscilla Ramos for their loving care of our father during his illness. A memorial celebration of his life will be held on Wednesday, June 6 at 2pm, in the Agilent Auditorium at Agilent Headquarters 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd. Santa Clara CA 95051. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made any of the following: UC Regents: Fong Family Award; send to University Relations 2080 Addison St. #4200 Berkeley, CA 94720-4200. Cardiac Therapy Foundation of the Midpeninsula in honor of Art Fong, send to 4000 Middlefield Rd. Suite G-8 Palo Alto, CA 94303; Stanford Hospital in honor of Art Fong; send to Stanford Hospital Partners 330 Hill View Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94304-1203; Palo Alto Medical Foundation in honor of Art Fong: send to Department of Philanthropy 795 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94301.