William Guthrie Packard (October 13, 1889 – November 19, 1987) owned Shepard's Citations and served the company for 51 years rising to the position of president and chairman of the board.
[1] He is the namesake of Packard Stadium, the former home of Arizona State University collegiate baseball.
Packard entered the United States Navy upon U.S. involvement in World War I, receiving ground school training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He was later assigned to flying duty at Pensacola, Florida achieving the rank of ensign and served throughout the war period.
Throughout his life, Packard remained active in Alpha Delta Phi, the American Yacht Club, the Bronxville Riding Club, the Cornell Club of New York, as well as in the Leonard Morange Post, American Legion, Bronxville, and as a founding member of the Pikes Peak Range Ride and a member of the Desert Caballeros Range Ride.