Packard, Vance Oakley (1914–1996)

US journalist and writer. He wrote a number of books popularizing social issues, including The Hidden Persuaders (1957), The Naked Society (1964), and The People Shapers (1977).

Packard was born in Granville Summit, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University (1936) and worked as a reporter and columnist for newspapers and the Associated Press before he became an editor and writer at American magazine (1942–56). He also taught writing at Columbia and New York Universities.