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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.
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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
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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...
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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...
In 1887, Hamilton College graduates William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers purchased the Clinton Pharmaceutical company of Clinton, New York. In May 1898, they decided to rename it Bristol, Myers and Company. Following Myers' death in 1899, Bristol changed the name to the Bristol-Myers Corporation.
16 de abr. de 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.
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."
