Lewis Platt

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Lewis Platt (April 11, 1941 - September 8, 2005) succeeded John A. Young as president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 1990, and then succeeded co-founder David Packard as the company's chairman of the board in 1993.

It took three people to replace him, as he left HP while it was dividing into two companies, the new HP and Agilent Technologies each having their own CEOs, and Richard Hackborn serving as chairman of both for a transitional period.

On December 1, 2003, director Platt was named as the non-executive chairman of Boeing, with Phil Condit's resignation as their chairman and CEO.

Platt earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1964 and his MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. He was granted an honorary doctorate in Engineering Science by Santa Clara University. He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega National Fraternity and also served on its National Foundation Board of Governors.

Until his death, Platt also sat on the corporate board of 7-Eleven, and the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School of Business.