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Merck

COMPANY

Pharmaceutical megacorporation, founded 1891 by George Merck as the US subsidiary of his family's business, Merck KGaA, a German chemical and pharmaceutical company. War-time confiscation in 1917 (WWI), re-established as a US firm, independent from Merck KGaA (which still operates in Europe).

Official Website:
http://www.merck.com/

Industry:
Pharmaceutical

Ticker:
NYSE:MRK

Corporate headquarters:
Whitehouse Station, NJ

Sales:
$22.0B (2005)

Employees:
60,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard T. Clark
Business
c. 1946   CEO of Merck
John T. Connor
Business
3-Nov-1914 6-Oct-2000 CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79
Caroline Dorsa
Business
1959   CFO of Gilead Sciences
Kenneth C. Frazier
Business
1954   President of Merck & Co.
Paul A. Friedman
Business
c. 1942   CEO of Incyte
Julie Gerberding
Doctor
22-Aug-1955   Director, Centers for Disease Control, 2002-09
Raymond V. Gilmartin
Business
6-Mar-1941   CEO of Merck, 1994-2005
Robert A. Ingram
Business
6-Dec-1942   Glaxo SmithKline executive
Judy C. Lewent
Business
c. 1948   CFO of Merck
Adel A. Mahmoud
Doctor
c. 1942   Molecular Biology Professor at Princeton
Margaret G. McGlynn
Business
16-Sep-1959   President, Vaccine Division, Merck
Cecil B. Pickett
Biologist
5-Oct-1945   Ezetrol, Singulair, and Vioxx
Myrtle Potter
Business
1958   COO of Genentech, 2000-04
Bradley T. Sheares
Business
1957   CEO of Reliant Pharmaceuticals
John L. Zabriskie
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Pharmacia & Upjohn, 1995-97

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard T. Clark
Business
c. 1946   CEO of Merck
Johnnetta B. Cole
Educator
19-Oct-1936   President of Spelman College, 1987-97
Kenneth C. Frazier
Business
1954   President of Merck & Co.
Thomas H. Glocer
Business
8-Oct-1959   CEO of Thomson Reuters
Steven F. Goldstone
Business
c. 1945   CEO of RJR Nabisco, 1997-99
William B. Harrison, Jr.
Business
12-Aug-1943   CEO of JPMorgan Chase, 2000-05
Harry R. Jacobson
Doctor
c. 1947   Vice Chancellor for Health at Vanderbilt
William N. Kelley
Doctor
23-Jun-1939   Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome
Rochelle B. Lazarus
Business
1947   CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, 1996-2009
Thomas E. Shenk
Biologist
c. 1947   Princeton Molecular Biologist
Anne M. Tatlock
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Fiduciary Trust, 1999-2006
Samuel O. Thier
Doctor
23-Jun-1937   CEO of Massachusetts General, 1996-2002
Wendell P. Weeks
Business
c. 1960   CEO of Corning
Peter C. Wendell
Business
c. 1950   Venture capitalist, Sierra Ventures

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Larry Bossidy
Business
5-Mar-1935   CEO of Honeywell
Vannevar Bush
Scientist
11-Mar-1890 30-Jun-1974 Pre-internet visionary
William M. Daley
Government
8-Aug-1948   White House Chief of Staff, 2011-12
Carly Fiorina
Business
6-Sep-1954   CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1999-2005
Niall FitzGerald
Business
13-Sep-1945   Chairman of Reuters
Raymond V. Gilmartin
Business
6-Mar-1941   CEO of Merck, 1994-2005
Ruben Mettler
Business
23-Feb-1924 23-May-2006 CEO of TRW, 1969-77
Heidi G. Miller
Business
c. 1954   EVP at JP Morgan Chase
Paul G. Rogers
Politician
4-Jun-1921 13-Oct-2008 Congressman from Florida, 1955-79
Dennis Weatherstone
Business
29-Nov-1930 13-Jun-2008 CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Donald J. Cram
Chemist
22-Apr-1919 17-Jun-2001 Synthesis of molecules

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Albert C. Barnes
Curator
2-Jan-1872 24-Jul-1951 Barnes Foundation
Jean-Luc Bélingard
Business
c. 1949   CEO of Ipsen SA
David Brennan
Business
c. 1953   CEO of AstraZeneca
Timothy Proctor
Business
15-Dec-1949   General Counsel for Diageo

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Diebold
Author
8-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 Advocate of automation
James McGreevey
Politician
6-Aug-1957   Governor of New Jersey, 2002-04
Dickinson W. Richards
Scientist
30-Oct-1895 23-Feb-1973 Cardiac catheterization
Ed Rollins
Government
19-Mar-1943   GOP political strategist
Thomas P. Stossel
Doctor
c. 1941   Professor, Harvard Medical School
Edward Tatum
Scientist
14-Dec-1909 7-Nov-1975 One gene, one enzyme theory
Selman A. Waksman
Scientist
22-Jul-1888 16-Aug-1973 Streptomycin and other antibiotics
Ted Wells
Attorney
28-Apr-1950   Washington lawyer

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dorothy Hamill
Figure Skating
26-Jul-1956   Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976


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