Douglas Joseph MacMaster

Background

MacMaster, Douglas Joseph was born on September 20, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Douglas Joseph and Margaret Ann (Rankin) MacMacMaster.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, St. Francis Xavier U., Nova Scoti, Canada, 1953; Juris Doctor, Boston College, 1958.

Career

Association, Kelly, Drye, Newhall & Maginnes, New York City, 1958-1961; attorney, Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, 1961-1965; director corporation licensing, Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, 1973-1975; counsel, Merck Sharp & Dohme, International, London, 1965-1967; senior attorney, Merck Sharp & Dohme, International, New York City, 1967-1969; managing director, Merck Sharp & Dohme, International, Sydney, Australia, 1975-1977; regional director, Merck Sharp & Dohme, International, Sydney, Australia, 1977-1978; counsel, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, 1969-1971; executive director research administration and planning, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, 1971-1973; senior vice president, Merck Sharp & Dohme, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1978-1981; executive vice president, Merck Sharp & Dohme, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1981-1985; president, Merck Sharp & Dohme, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1985-1988; senior vice president, Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, since 1988.

Membership

Member alumni county St. Francis Xavier U., Nova Scoti, 1968-1971, Board of Governors, since 1988. Trustee Overlook Hospital, Summit, New Jersey, 1971-1974. Member president's county Gwynedd Mercy College, Pennsylvania, since 1985, board directors, since 1989.

Advisory county University Texas Pharmaceutical Foundation, 1986-1989. Board directors American Foundation Pharmaceutical Education, since 1986, chairman, 1988-1990. Board advisors University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, 1987, associate trustee University of Pennsylvania, since 1987.

Sergeant United States Army, 1953-1955. Member National Pharmaceutical Council (chairman, board directors), Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, American Management Association (Vice-President, trustee), American Precision Industries (board directors since 1990), Philadelphia Cricket Club.

Connections

Married Joan Marie MacLellan, September 8, 1956. Children— Douglas J., Donald F., Heather A., Alexander M., Karen J.

Father:

Douglas Joseph MacMacMaster

Mother:

Margaret Ann (Rankin) MacMacMaster

Spouse:

Joan Marie MacLellan