abstract:A chief steward is the senior unlicensed crew member working in the Steward's Department of a ship. Since there is no purser on most ships in the United States Merchant Marine, the steward is the senior person in the department, whence its name.
But once Hewlett found an ally in the Packard Foundation, steward of cofounder David Packard's fortune, HP Chief Executive Carleton Fiorina started speaking up.