David Packard - Honors

Honors

  • IEEE Founders Medal along with William R. Hewlett. (1973)
  • Vermilye Medal from the Franklin Institute (1975)
  • Sylvanus Thayer Award from the United States Military Academy (1982)
  • Francis Boyer Award from the American Enterprise Institute (1986)
  • Vannevar Bush Award (1987)
  • Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame (1988)
  • National Medal of Technology (1988)
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom (1988)
  • Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences (1989)
  • Lemelson-MIT Prize(1995)
  • Bower Award in Business Leadership, both from the Franklin Institute (1996)
  • Heinz Award Chairman's Medal along with William R. Hewlett. (1997)
  • Member of the California Hall of Fame (2006)
  • Entrepreneur Walk of Fame (2011)
  • the "David Packard" Lecture at USUHS
  • David Packard Hall at USUHS

Packard's old home and garage in Palo Alto, California were placed on the California registry of historic places as "The Birthplace of Silicon Valley". He also had an oil tanker named for him. The David Packard, built in 1977, was operated for Chevron, had a capacity 406,592 long tons deadweight (DWT), and was registered under the Bahamian flag.

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