COMPANY

Pharmaceuticals and health care, founded in 1888 by Wallace Calvin Abbott as Abbott Alkaloidal Company.

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

Industry:
Pharmaceutical

Ticker:
NYSE:ABT

Corporate headquarters:
Abbott Park, IL

Sales:
$22.3B (2005)

Employees:
60,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Wallace Calvin Abbott	Doctor	12-Oct-1857	4-Jul-1921	Founder of Abbott Laboratories
Christopher B. Begley	Business	1952		CEO of Hospira
Duane L. Burnham	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Abbott Laboratories, 1989-98
Paul N. Clark	Business	c. 1947		CEO of ICOS Corporation
Arthur D. Collins, Jr.	Business	10-Dec-1947		CEO of Medtronic, 2001-07
Gary P. Coughlan	Business	c. 1944		CFO of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-2001
Richard A. Gonzalez	Business	21-Jan-1954		President of Abbott Laboratories, 2006-07
Thomas R. Hodgson	Business	c. 1941		President of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-98
Jeffrey M. Leiden	Doctor	c. 1953		Clarus Ventures
Gary E. McCullough	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Career Education
Ferid Murad	Scientist	14-Sep-1936		Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal
Robert L. Parkinson, Jr.	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Baxter International
Jack W. Schuler	Business	c. 1941		President of Abbot Laboratories, 1987-89
H. Thomas Watkins	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Human Genome Sciences
Miles D. White	Business	1955		CEO of Abbott Laboratories

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert J. Alpern	Doctor	c. 1950		Dean, Yale School of Medicine
Roxanne S. Austin	Business	c. 1960		President and COO of DirecTV, 2001-03
Sally Blount	Educator	c. 1961		Dean, Kellogg School of Management
W. James Farrell	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 1995-2005
Edward M. Liddy	Business	28-Jan-1946		Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Phebe N. Novakovic	Business	c. 1958		EVP at General Dynamics
William A. Osborn	Business	14-Oct-1947		CEO of Northern Trust, 1995-2008
David Owen	Politician	2-Jul-1938		UK Foreign Secretary, 1977-79
Samuel C. Scott III	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Corn Products
Glenn F. Tilton	Business	c. 1948		CEO of United Air Lines
Miles D. White	Business	1955		CEO of Abbott Laboratories

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Duane L. Burnham	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Abbott Laboratories, 1989-98
William M. Daley	Government	8-Aug-1948		White House Chief of Staff, 2011-12
H. Laurance Fuller	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Amoco, 1991-98
Richard A. Gonzalez	Business	21-Jan-1954		President of Abbott Laboratories, 2006-07
Jack M. Greenberg	Business	1942		CEO of McDonald's, 1998-2002
Jeffrey M. Leiden	Doctor	c. 1953		Clarus Ventures
Robert L. Parkinson, Jr.	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Baxter International
Boone Powell, Jr.	Business	9-Feb-1937		CEO of Baylor Health Care, 1980-2001
A. Barry Rand	Business	1945		CEO of Equitant, 2003-05
W. Ann Reynolds	Educator	3-Nov-1937		Chancellor of CUNY, 1990-97
Roy S. Roberts	Business	c. 1940		Former GM executive
Jack W. Schuler	Business	c. 1941		President of Abbot Laboratories, 1987-89
William D. Smithburg	Business	9-Jul-1938		CEO of Quaker Oats, 1981-97
Charles A. Tribbett III	Business	25-Oct-1955		Russell Reynolds Associates
John R. Walter	Business	c. 1948		CEO of RR Donnelley, 1989-96

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Timothy M. Ring	Business	c. 1957		CEO of C. R. Bard

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