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David Packard was an American entrepreneur, engineer, and computer scientist born in Pueblo in 1912. He was educated at Stanford University and held positions at Hewlett-Packard and General Electric. Packard also served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and the American Philosophical Society.

He received several awards, including the Lemelson–MIT Prize, the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the John Fritz Medal. Packard authored seven works, such as *Management of America's national defense* and *Grow Your Own Crystals*. He was married and had four children, including Julie Packard and David Woodley Packard. He died in Stanford in 1996 and was buried in Palo Alto.