Flora Lamson Hewlett (August 14, 1914 – February 9, 1977) was an American billionaire philanthropist.
Flora Lamson was born in 1914 and raised in Berkeley, California, and she summered in the Sierra Nevada.
[1][2][3] 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.
[3] She received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1935.
[1][2] After graduation, she joined the Sierra Club and reconnected with her friend Louise, who reintroduced her to her future husband, Bill Hewlett, the co-founder of Hewlett-Packard.