Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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The Woodward Governor Company shop floor in the 1950's.

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Back in 1956 when my father-in-law started working at Woodward, he made $1.56 per hour. Woodward's wages have come along way since then. Who would have thought that the Woodward CEO Thomas Gendron alone would have made 7 million dollars in 2017. History in the making!