David Packard

David Packard (born September 7, 1912 in Pueblo , Colorado , †  March 26, 1996 in Stanford , California ) was an American entrepreneur. Together with Bill Hewlett, he founded the technology group Hewlett-Packard .

biography

Following the acquisition of Bachelors on the Stanford University Packard worked until 1938 for General Electric and then returned to Stanford University, where he the engineer ( Master received) in electrical engineering. In 1939 he and Bill Hewlett started their company in a garage with $ 538 in seed money. The company, in which Packard distinguished itself as an administrative specialist and Hewlett contributed many technical innovations, grew into the world's largest manufacturer of electronic test and measurement instruments. In addition, the company became one of the major manufacturers of pocket calculators, personal computers, laser and inkjet printers.

Packard was President of Hewlett-Packard from 1947 to 1964 and its CEO from 1964 to 1968 . From 1964 to 1968 and from 1972 to 1993 he was Chairman of the Executive Committee .

In 1968 he was supported by US President Richard Nixon appointed deputy defense minister ( Deputy Secretary of Defense ) under Melvin Laird appointed. Packard took this office on January 24, 1969 and held it until December 13, 1971, and then returned to Hewlett-Packard.

In 1964 he and his wife established the David and Lucile Packard Foundation . In 1984 the Monterey Bay Aquarium was built thanks to a donation from Packard , and in 1987 the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute . In 1988 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1995 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Lemelson-MIT Prize and in 1997 the Chairman's Medal of the Heinz Awards .

His son David W. Packard is also active as a patron.

Web links

• David Packard in nndb (English)
• Literature by and about David Packard in the catalog of the German National Library
• Biography at HP (English)