COMPANY

Founded 1886 by William Erastus Upjohn as the Upjohn Pill and Granule Company. Merged with Pharmacia in 1995 to form Pharmacia & Upjohn.

Industry:
Pharmaceutical

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Kalamazoo, MI

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Donald R. Parfet	Business	c. 1952		Former Senior VP, Pharmacia
William U. Parfet	Business	c. 1947		MPI Research
John L. Zabriskie	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Pharmacia & Upjohn, 1995-97

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Carlucci	Government	18-Oct-1930		US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89
William U. Parfet	Business	c. 1947		MPI Research
John L. Zabriskie	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Pharmacia & Upjohn, 1995-97

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kurt M. Landgraf	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Educational Testing Service
James LeVoy Sorenson	Business	30-Jul-1921	20-Jan-2008	Utah billionaire

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Donald J. Cram	Chemist	22-Apr-1919	17-Jun-2001	Synthesis of molecules

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