David Packard (1912 - 1996)

Born 7 Sep 1912 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

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Died 26 Mar 1996 at age 83 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, United States

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Biography

David Packard (September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an American electrical engineer. He co-founded Hewlett-Packard with Bill Hewlett in 1939, serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and Chairman of the Board (1964–68, 1972–93) of HP. He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1971 during the Nixon administration. He was a member of the Trilateral Commission and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988.

• Fact: Census (1940) Palo Alto Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California, USA
• Fact: Residence (1935) Schenectady, New York
• Fact: Census (1930) Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Census (1920) Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

He and Roger Sperry, neuroscientist and Nobel laureate, were 7th cousins.

He held an amateur radio license with the call sign 9DRV

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Packard

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9DT-PLN : accessed 14 November 2017), David Packard, Palo Alto Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43-42, sheet 61B, line 56, family 97, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 336.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X74V-KV9 : accessed 14 November 2017), David Packard in household of Sperry S Packard, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 5A, line 41, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 249; FHL microfilm 2,339,984.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLC-DS2 : accessed 14 November 2017), David Packard in household of Sperry S Packard, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; citing ED 204, sheet 5A, line 30, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 170; FHL microfilm 1,820,170.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGTR-8JX : 26 November 2014), David Packard, 26 Mar 1996; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS6L-X2X : 21 August 2020), David Packard, 26 Mar 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: ...

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8043490/_