Background
Mertz, Edgar Theodore was born on September 15, 1927 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edgar Garfield and Carrie Agnes (Weidenhammer) Mertz.
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Edgar Theodore Mertz
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Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University, 1952. Master of Business Administration, New York University, 1954. Graduate, Advanced Management Program, Harvard University, 1975.
Bachelor of Laws, LaSalle University, 1976.
Career
Factory management with Procter & Gamble Company, 1952-1970. Assistant to president Texize Chemical Company, Greenville, South Carolina, 1970-1973. Executive vice president H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, 1973-1977.
Group vice president Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, 1977-1980. Chief executive officer Dairylea Cooperative, Pearl River, New York, 1980-1983. Chairman, chief executive officer Liposome Company, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, since 1983.
Chairman Enzymatics, Inc., Horsham, Pennsylvania, 1988-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Pittsburgh chapter Planned Parenthood, 1974-1977, Opportunity Industrial Center, 1975-1977, National Dairy Council, 1981, Sine Qua Non, 1983, Trust Company of Princeton, since 1986, Enzymatics, Inc., since 1986, Coalition for American Entrepreneurship, since 1986. Individual gifts chairman Minneapolis United Way, 1979. Panelist American Arbitration Association.
Co-leader World Bank Agri-Business Task Force, Pakistan, 1982. Trustee Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, co-chair development committee, since 1988. Trustee Coalition for American Entrepreneurship, 1986.
Member Presidential Roundtable, 1988. Guest Republican National Convention, New Orleans, 1988. With Army of the United States, 1946-1948.
Connections
Married Patricia Schearer, September 12, 1953. Children: Howard Randall, Karen Elizabeth.
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American
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