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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
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Richard T. Clark |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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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 |
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CEO of Merck, 1994-2005 |
| Robert A. Ingram |
Business |
6-Dec-1942 |
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Glaxo SmithKline executive |
| Judy C. Lewent |
Business |
c. 1948 |
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CFO of Merck |
| Adel A. Mahmoud |
Doctor |
c. 1942 |
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Molecular Biology Professor at Princeton |
| Margaret G. McGlynn |
Business |
16-Sep-1959 |
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President, Vaccine Division, Merck |
| Cecil B. Pickett |
Biologist |
5-Oct-1945 |
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Ezetrol, Singulair, and Vioxx |
| Myrtle Potter |
Business |
1958 |
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COO of Genentech, 2000-04 |
| Bradley T. Sheares |
Business |
1957 |
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CEO of Reliant Pharmaceuticals |
| John L. Zabriskie |
Business |
c. 1940 |
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CEO of Pharmacia & Upjohn, 1995-97 |
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Donald J. Cram |
Chemist |
22-Apr-1919 |
17-Jun-2001 |
Synthesis of molecules |
EMPLOYMENT
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Diebold |
Author |
8-Jun-1926 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Advocate of automation |
| James McGreevey |
Politician |
6-Aug-1957 |
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Governor of New Jersey, 2002-04 |
| Dickinson W. Richards |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1895 |
23-Feb-1973 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Ed Rollins |
Government |
19-Mar-1943 |
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GOP political strategist |
| Thomas P. Stossel |
Doctor |
c. 1941 |
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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 |
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Washington lawyer |
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dorothy Hamill |
Figure Skating |
26-Jul-1956 |
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Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976 |
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