COMPANY

Acquired John Wyeth & Brother, Inc. in 1931, Ayerst Laboratories in 1943, Sherwood Medical in 1982, and American Cyanamid in 1994. In 2002, the diversified pharmaceutical and health products company American Home Products completed the transformation of itself into a strictly-pharmaceutical company, dubbed Wyeth.

Industry:
Pharmaceutical

Ticker:
NYSE:AHP (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Madison, NJ

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stanley F. Barshay	Business	c. 1938		Schering-Plough executive
John R. Considine	Business	c. 1950		Vice Chairman of Becton Dickinson
Carrie S. Cox	Business	c. 1958		EVP at Schering-Plough
Robert A. Essner	Business	26-Oct-1947		CEO of Wyeth, 2002-07
Fred Hassan	Business	12-Nov-1945		CEO of Schering-Plough
William A. Hawkins	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Medtronic
John R. Stafford	Business	1937		CEO of American Home Products, 1986-2001

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank A. Bennack, Jr.	Business	12-Feb-1933		CEO of Hearst, 1979-2002
Richard Carrión	Business	26-Nov-1952		CEO of Popular, Inc.
Robin Chandler Duke	Activist	13-Oct-1923		Former president of NARAL
Robert A. Essner	Business	26-Oct-1947		CEO of Wyeth, 2002-07
John D. Feerick	Attorney	12-Jul-1936		Dean of Fordham Law, 1982-2002
Fred Hassan	Business	12-Nov-1945		CEO of Schering-Plough
John P. Mascotte	Business	c. 1940		CEO of The Continental Corporation, 1983-95
Mary Lake Polan	Doctor	c. 1943		OG Professor at Stanford
Ivan G. Seidenberg	Business	10-Dec-1946		Chairman and CEO of Verizon
Walter V. Shipley	Business	2-Nov-1935		CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1996-99
John R. Stafford	Business	1937		CEO of American Home Products, 1986-2001
John R. Torell III	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Fortune Bancorp, 1990-94

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ken Bakshi	Business	c. 1950		Row2 Technologies

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