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David Packard (/ ˈ p æ k ər d / PAK-ərd; September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an American electrical engineer and co-founder, with Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and chairman of the board (1964–68, 1972–93) of HP.
Hewlett attended undergraduate classes taught by Fred Terman at Stanford and became acquainted with David Packard. Packard and he began discussing forming a company in August 1937, and founded Hewlett-Packard Company as a partnership on January 1, 1939. A flip of a coin decided the ordering of their names. [3]
David Packard: January 24, 1969 December 13, 1971 2 years, 323 days Melvin Laird: Richard Nixon: 14 Kenneth Rush: February 23, 1972 January 29, 1973 341 days 15 Bill Clements: January 30, 1973 January 20, 1977 3 years, 356 days Elliot Richardson James R. Schlesinger Donald Rumsfeld: 16 Robert Ellsworth: December 23, 1975 [5] January 10, 1977 [5]
David Woodley Packard (born 1940) is an American former professor and philanthropist; he is the son of Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard.A former HP board member (1987–1999), David is best known for his opposition to the HP-Compaq merger [1] and his support for classical studies, especially the digitization of classics research.
David Packard (1912–1996), co-founder of Hewlett-Packard and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense [3] Guy H. Preston (1864–1952), US Army brigadier general [7] Herold Ruel (1896–1963), major-league American baseball player [8] William Shockley (1910–1989), developed transistor and won Nobel Prize for Physics
September 7 – David Packard (died 1996), American electronics engineer. [23] September 22 – Herbert Mataré (died 2011), German physicist. October 1 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw (died 2014), English mathematician. November 14 – Tung-Yen Lin (died 2003), Chinese-born civil engineer.
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Born: David Packard, co-founder (with Bill Hewlett) of Hewlett-Packard; in Pueblo, Colorado, United States (d. 1996) [citation needed] Died: Arthur "Bugs" Raymond, 30, former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Giants; following the fracture of his skull in a bar fight (b. 1882) [citation needed]