David Packard
| David Packard | |
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| United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | |
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In office January 24, 1969 – December 13, 1971 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Paul Nitze |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Rush |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 7, 1913 Pueblo, Colorado |
| Died | March 26, 1996 (aged 83) Stanford, California |
| Spouse(s) | Lucile Salter (d. 1987) |
| Children | David, Nancy, Susan, and Julie |
| Education | Stanford University |
| Known for | Co-founder of: Hewlett-Packard Agilent Technologies Keysight |
| Awards |
Sylvanus Thayer Award (1982) Presidential Medal of Freedom (1988) Public Welfare Medal (1989) |
David Packard (September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an electrical engineer and co-founder, with William Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and Chairman of the Board (1964–68, 1972–93). He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1971 during the Nixon administration. Packard served as President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) from 1976 to 1981. He was also chairman of the Board of Regents from 1973 to 1982. Packard was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988 and is noted for many technological innovations and philanthropic endeavors.
David Packard was born in Pueblo, Colorado, and attended Centennial High School, where early on he showed an interest in science, engineering, sports, and leadership. His father was an attorney. He earned his B.A. from Stanford University in 1934, where he earned letters in football and basketball and attained membership in the Phi Beta Kappa Society and was a Brother of the Alpha Delta Phi Literary Fraternity. Stanford is where he met two people who were important to his life: Lucile Salter and Bill Hewlett. Packard then briefly attended the University of Colorado before he left to work for the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York. In 1938, he returned to Stanford from New York, where he earned a master's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1938. In the same year, he married Lucile Salter, with whom he had four children: David, Nancy, Susan, and Julie. Lucile Packard died in 1987.
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