Background
Platt, Lewis Emmett was born on April 11, 1941 in Johnson City, New York, United States. Son of Norval Lewis and Margaret Dora (Williams) Platt.
aerospace transportation executive
Platt, Lewis Emmett was born on April 11, 1941 in Johnson City, New York, United States. Son of Norval Lewis and Margaret Dora (Williams) Platt.
BME, Cornell University, 1964. Master of Business Administration, Wharton School Business, University Pennsylvania, 1966. Doctorate in Engineering Science (honorary), Santa Clara University, 1991.
With Hewlett Packard, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1966—1999, engineering manager, various positions, 1971—1983, vice president, 1983—1987, exec vice president, 1987—1992, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1992—1999, board director, 1992—1999, chairman, 1993—1999. Chief Executive Officer, director Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, 2000—2001. Non-executive chairman The Boeing Company, Chicago, 2003—2005, board director, 1999—2005, lead director, 2005.
Advisory committee on trade policy and negotiations for President Clinton, 1995. Chairman World Trade Organization Task Force, 1995. Member Business Council.
Board member 7-Eleven. Board director, trustee Packard Foundation. Member Morgan Stanley Capital Partner, Rein Capital, Metalmark Capital.
Member advisory board Marakon. Member, compensation committee, governance, organization and nominating committee, and special programs committee The Boeing Company.
Trustee Waltham Hospital, 1978—1980, Wharton School Board Overseers, 1993, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, 2002—2005. Active Mid-Peninsula Young Men’s Christian Association, 1980—2005. Board councils Young Men’s Christian Association-United States of America, 1993—2005, Cornell University Council, 1992—2005, Computer Systems Policy Project, from 1993, California Business Roundtable, 1993—1995, Business Council, from 1993, Bay Area Council, from 1993, Business Roundtable, 1993—2005.
Vice-chairman Y Council, 1989. Co-chair, board directors Joint Venture Silicon Valley and Tech Network, California, 1996. Chairman Wharton West Advisory Board.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Science Apparatus Manufacturing Association (board directors 1978-1980).
Married Joan Ellen Redmund, January 15, 1983. Children: Caryn, Laura, Amanda, Hillary.