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William McLaren Bristol (28 July 1860 – 1935) was one of the two co-founders of Bristol-Myers, now part of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Myers and Bristol founded the company that would evolve into an international pharmaceutical giant in Bristol's birthplace of Clinton , New York in 1887.
Apr 16, 2023 · William McLaren Bristol (1860–1935) was one of the two co-founders (along with John Ripley Myers) of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Myers and Bristol founded the company that would evolve into an international pharmaceutical giant in Bristol's hometown of Clinton, New York in 1887.
- Clinton, New York
- Mary Seymour Lee
- New York
- July 28, 1860
1887: William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers invest in the Clinton Pharmaceutical Company. 1900: The company changes its name to Bristol-Myers Company. 1915: Henry Bristol, William Bristol's oldest son, becomes general manager.
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- The Early Years: 1887–1920
- The 1920s to 1960s: Steady Growth and Acquisitions
- The 1970s and 1980s: New Management and New Products
- The 1990s: Jockeying to Become The Top Pharmaceutical Company Worldwide
- Principal Subsidiaries
- Further Reading
Bristol-Myers was originally founded in 1887 by two former fraternity brothers, William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers. They each invested $5,000 in the Clinton Pharmaceutical Company—a failing drug manufacturer based in New York— and their small operation began selling medical preparations by horse and buggy to local doctors and dentists. F...
During the recession that followed World War I, the company discontinued its line of “ethical,” or prescription, drugs to focus production instead on its two best-selling specialty products, as well as other toiletries, antiseptics, and cough syrups. It was then that Bristol-Myers also moved its offices to its present location in Manhattan. The shi...
Richard Gelb, the son of Clairol’s founder, reluctantly joined Bristol-Myers after the acquisition to head the Clairol operation. Gelb was given a wide berth in managing Clairol, and he did so well that he was promoted to executive vice-president and then to president under chairman Gavin MacBain. Gelb became president just as Bristol-Myers’s growt...
As part of the merger agreement, Richard Gelb became chairman and chief executive officer of the combined company, while Furlaud, his counterpart at Squibb, became president and headed up the company’s pharmaceutical business. Squibb benefited from Bristol-Myers’biomedical research capabilities and its established presence in consumer health produc...
Apothecon, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Manufacturing; Clairol Incorporated; Convatec Limited; Matrix Essentials, Inc.; Mead Johnson & Company; Westwood-Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Zimmer, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Company Special Report: The Next Century, New York: Bristol-Myers Company, 1987. “Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces New Organization for Consumer Businesses,” PR Newswire, May 9, 1994. “Bristol-Myers Squibb Gets an Okay on Taxol,” Chemical Marketing Reporter, January 4, 1993, p. 3. “Bristol-Myers Squibb Reports Results,” PR Newswire, Apr...
The death of William McLaren Bristol III '43 on Aug. 18, after 70 years as a member of the Hamilton community and more than four decades as one of its most impassioned, resolute and generous leaders, stilled what President Joan Hinde Stewart called "our College's heart and soul."
Aug 18, 2009 · The patriarch of Hamilton’s first family, William McLaren “Mac” Bristol III ’43, died Tuesday, August 18, following a brief battle with cancer. He was 88. Mac Bristol served Hamilton in numerous capacities, most notably as a member of the Board of Trustees since 1965.
Aug 21, 2009 · William McLaren Bristol III, a former executive at Bristol-Myers Company, Chairman Emeritus and Life Trustee of Hamilton College and generous benefactor to numerous individuals and...
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