COMPANY

Blood supplies and pharmaceutical company, founded by Davis Baxter in 1931.

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

Industry:
Health

Ticker:
NYSE:BAX

Corporate headquarters:
Deerfield, IL

Sales:
$8.9B (2003)

Employees:
51300 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brian P. Anderson	Business	c. 1951		CFO of OfficeMax, 2004-05
Robert G. Funari	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Crescent Healthcare
Wilbur H. Gantz	Business	1937		President of Baxter International, 1987-92
Scott Garrett	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Beckman Coulter
Michele J. Hooper	Business	c. 1951		Co-Founder, The Directors' Council
Lester B. Knight	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Allegiance Corporation, 1996-99
Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr.	Business	1955		CEO of Baxter International, 1999-2004
Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Baxter International, 1980-99
Michael A. Mussallem	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Edwards Lifesciences
Robert L. Parkinson, Jr.	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Baxter International
C. A. Lance Piccolo	Business	c. 1940		HealthPic Consultants
Ellen A. Rudnick	Business	c. 1950		Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
James R. Tobin	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Boston Scientific
John H. Weiland	Business	c. 1955		COO of C. R. Bard
Kathy Brittain White	Business	c. 1950		Rural Sourcing
Tony L. White	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Applera

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter E. Boomer	Military	22-Sep-1938		Retired General, US Marine Corps
Blake E. Devitt	Business	c. 1946		Retired Partner, Ernst & Young
John D. Forsyth	Business	c. 1947		Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Gail D. Fosler	Economist	c. 1948		President, The Conference Board
James R. Gavin III	Doctor	c. 1945		Morehouse School of Medicine
Peter S. Hellman	Business	c. 1949		President of Nordson Corporation
Wayne T. Hockmeyer	Business	c. 1944		MedImmune
Joseph B. Martin	Doctor	1938		Dean, Harvard Medical School, 1997-2007
Robert L. Parkinson, Jr.	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Baxter International
Carole J. Shapazian	Business	c. 1945		Former EVP, Polaroid
Thomas T. Stallkamp	Business	6-Sep-1946		CEO of MSX International, 2000-03
Kees J. Storm	Business	1942		CEO of AEGON NV, 1993-2002
Albert P. L. Stroucken	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Owens-Illinois

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pei-Yuan Chia	Business	c. 1939		Vice Chairman of Citicorp, 1994-96
Susan Crown	Business	c. 1958		VP at Henry Crown and Company
Wilbur H. Gantz	Business	1937		President of Baxter International, 1987-92
Martha R. Ingram	Business	c. 1936		Chairman of Ingram Industries
Charles F. Knight	Business	1936		CEO of Emerson Electric, 1973-2000
Lester B. Knight	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Allegiance Corporation, 1996-99
Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr.	Business	1955		CEO of Baxter International, 1999-2004
Arnold J. Levine	Biologist	1939		Cancer researcher
Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Baxter International, 1980-99
C. A. Lance Piccolo	Business	c. 1940		HealthPic Consultants

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David W. Devonshire	Business	c. 1945		CFO of Motorola, 2002-07
Mary A. Winston	Business	c. 1961		CFO of Scholastic, 2004-07

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