COMPANY

Laboratory automation, instruments, and diagnostic systems. Founded 1935 as National Technical Laboratories by Arnold Beckman. Renamed Beckman Instruments in 1954. Funded Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in 1956. Acquired Coulter Corporation in 1997, and changed corporate name to Beckman Coulter the following year.

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

Industry:
Industrial Services

Ticker:
NYSE:BEC

Corporate headquarters:
Fullerton, CA

Sales:
$2.4B (2005)

Employees:
10,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arnold Beckman	Inventor	10-Apr-1900	18-May-2004	Philanthropist who invented pH meter
Scott Garrett	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Beckman Coulter
Amin I. Khalifa	Business	c. 1954		CFO of Leap Wireless
William Shockley	Physicist	13-Feb-1910	12-Aug-1989	Co-Inventor of the transistor
John P. Wareham	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Beckman Coulter, 1998-2005

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Peter B. Dervan	Chemist	28-Jun-1945		DNA Researcher
Kevin M. Farr	Business	c. 1958		CFO of Mattel
Robert G. Funari	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Crescent Healthcare
Scott Garrett	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Beckman Coulter
Charles A. Haggerty	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Western Digital, 1993-2000
Van B. Honeycutt	Business	1945		CEO of Computer Sciences, 1995-2007
William N. Kelley	Doctor	23-Jun-1939		Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome
James V. Mazzo	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Advanced Medical Optics, 2002-06
Susan R. Nowakowski	Business	c. 1965		CEO of AMN Healthcare
Glenn S. Schafer	Business	c. 1949		President of Pacific Life, 1995-2005
Betty Woods	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Premera Blue Cross, 1992-2000

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hugh K. Coble	Business	c. 1935		Vice Chairman of Fluor, 1994-97
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey	Doctor	1954		Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
John P. Wareham	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Beckman Coulter, 1998-2005

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gordon Moore	Business	3-Jan-1929		Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law

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