COMPANY

Pharmaceuticals company, founded 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering as Schering AG, and merged with Plough Inc. (founded 1920 by Abe Plough) in 1971. Acquired by Merck in 2009.

Industry:
Pharmaceutical

Ticker:
NYSE:SGP

Corporate headquarters:
Kenilworth, NJ

Sales:
$8.3B (2003)

Employees:
30500 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stanley F. Barshay	Business	c. 1938		Schering-Plough executive
Raul E. Cesan	Business	c. 1948		President of Schering-Plough, 1998-2001
Carrie S. Cox	Business	c. 1958		EVP at Schering-Plough
Jean-Pierre Garnier	Business	31-Oct-1947		CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
Fred Hassan	Business	12-Nov-1945		CEO of Schering-Plough
Franz Humer	Business	1-Jul-1946		Chairman of Roche
Richard J. Kogan	Business	6-Jun-1941		CEO of Schering-Plough, 1996-2003
Cecil B. Pickett	Biologist	5-Oct-1945		Ezetrol, Singulair, and Vioxx

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hans W. Becherer	Business	1935		CEO of Deere, 1989-2000
Thomas J. Colligan	Business	c. 1945		Vice Chairman of PWC, 2001-04
Fred Hassan	Business	12-Nov-1945		CEO of Schering-Plough
C. Robert Kidder	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Borden Chemical, 1995-2002
Philip Leder	Biologist	19-Nov-1934		Harvard Geneticist
Eugene R. McGrath	Business	1942		CEO of Consolidated Edison, 1997-2005
Carl E. Mundy, Jr.	Military	16-Jul-1935		USMC Commandant, 1991-95
Antonio M. Perez	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Kodak
Patricia F. Russo	Business	1953		CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, 2006-08
Jack L. Stahl	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Revlon, 2002-06
Craig B. Thompson	Doctor	c. 1952		Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Kathryn C. Turner	Business	c. 1947		Founder of Standard Technology, Inc.
Robert F. W. Van Oordt	Business	26-Mar-1936		CEO of Rodamco, 2000-01
Arthur F. Weinbach	Business	c. 1943		CEO of ADP, 1996-2006

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard J. Kogan	Business	6-Jun-1941		CEO of Schering-Plough, 1996-2003
David H. Komansky	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Merrill Lynch, 1996-2002
Harold W. McGraw, Jr.	Business	10-Jan-1918	24-Mar-2010	Chairman of McGraw-Hill, 1968-88
William Schreyer	Business	13-Jan-1928	22-Jan-2011	CEO of Merrill Lynch, 1984-92
H. Guyford Stever	Educator	24-Oct-1916	9-Apr-2010	President of CMU, 1965-72

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Berg	Chemist	30-Jun-1926		Pioneer in recombinant DNA
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nancy Kovack	Actor	11-Mar-1935		Jason and the Argonauts
S. Epatha Merkerson	Actor	28-Nov-1952		Lt. Van Buren on Law & Order

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