| Joseph F. Cullman III  AKA Joseph Frederick Cullman III
Born: 9-Apr-1912
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 30-Apr-2004
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Philip Morris, 1957-78 Defender of the tobacco industry, and of smoking, Cullman is well-known for stating categorically "I do not believe that cigarettes are hazardous to one's health," which he said in a 1971 interview, after the TV tobacco advertising ban had begun. When confronted on Face The Nation with a study that smoking results in smaller babies, Cullman's tactless response was "I would say that I did read that report, and I concluded from that report that it's true that babies born from women who smoke are smaller, but they are just as healthy as the babies born to women who do not smoke. Some women would prefer having smaller babies." A tennis aficionado, Cullman served as International Tennis Hall of Fame chairman 1985-88 and as U.S. Open Chairman 1969-70.
Brother: Lewis
Brother: Edgar
Wife: Susan Lehman (1st, m. 1935, div. 1974)
Daughter: Dorothy
Wife: Joan Paley Straus (2nd, div., then married again, d. Mar-2004)
Philip Morris CEO (1957-78)
Bill Bradley for President
Bush-Cheney '04
Dean for America
Friends of Hillary
George W. Bush for President
Kay Bailey Hutchison for Senate
National Republican Senatorial Committee
New Republican Majority Fund
Rely on Your Beliefs Fund
International Tennis Hall of Fame 1990
Risk Factors: Smoking
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