COMPANY

Pharmaceutical megacorporation, formed 1917 from wartime confiscation.

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		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
Paul A. Friedman	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Incyte
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	c. 1949		President of R&D, Biogen Idec
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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard T. Clark	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Merck
Johnnetta B. Cole	Educator	19-Oct-1936		President of Spelman College, 1987-97
Thomas H. Glocer	Business	8-Oct-1959		CEO of Reuters Group
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	c. 1948		CEO of Ogilvy & Mather
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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Larry Bossidy	Business	5-Mar-1935		CEO of Honeywell
William M. Daley	Government	8-Aug-1948		US Secretary of Commerce, 1997-2000
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
Dennis Weatherstone	Business	29-Nov-1930		CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Donald J. Cram	Chemist	22-Apr-1919	17-Jun-2001	Synthesis of molecules

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
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
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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dorothy Hamill	Skating	26-Jul-1956		Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976

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