David Woodley Packard, Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 (born 1940) is a former professor

Professor

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 and noted philanthropist

Philanthropy

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; he is the son of Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard

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 co-founder David Packard

David Packard

David Packard was a co-founder of Hewlett-Packard , serving as president , CEO , and Chairman of the Board . He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1969–1971 during the Nixon administration...

. A former HP board

Board of directors

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 member (1987-1999), David is best known for his opposition to the HP-Compaq merger and his support for classical studies, especially in regards to the digitization of classics research. Packard currently serves as president of the Packard Humanities Institute

Packard Humanities Institute

The Packard Humanities Institute is a non-profit foundation, established in 1987, and located in Los Altos, California, which funds projects in a wide range of conservation concerns in the fields of archaeology, music, film preservation, and historic conservation, plus Greek epigraphy , with an...

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According to a 2006 media report, Packard was responsible for acquiring, with David and Lucile Packard Foundation

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to not-for-profit organizations. It was created in 1964 by David Packard and his wife Lucile Salter Packard. Following David Packard's death in 1996, the Foundation became the beneficiary of part of his estate...

 funds, the former Mount Pony facility for the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

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 in 1997; it has opened as the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Packard currently runs operations of the Stanford Theatre

Stanford Theatre

The Stanford Theatre is a classical independent movie theater in Palo Alto, California. The theater features neo-classical Greek/Assyrian style architecture and generally screens films made between the 1920s and 1960s...

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