David Packard
David Packard
David Packardwas an electrical engineer and co-founder, with William Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard, serving as president, CEO, and Chairman of the Board. 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 Sciencesfrom 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth7 September 1912
CountryUnited States of America
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A company has a greater responsibility than making money for its stockholders. We have a responsibility to our employees to recognize their dignity as human beings.
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
Lew was such a straightforward and honest guy. The employees loved him.
I am perfectly aware that HP has never guaranteed absolute tenure status to its employees; but I also know that Bill and Dave never developed a premeditated business strategy that treated HP employees as expendable,
I could disagree with Lew but I never started a public campaign against him, ... He was such a decent person.