Background
HUCK, John was born on July 17, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Adrienne Byron Warner and John Lloyd Huck.
pharmaceutical company executive
HUCK, John was born on July 17, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Adrienne Byron Warner and John Lloyd Huck.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1946.
Research chemist, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey, 1946; sales representative, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey, 1948; director sales training, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey, 1951; assistant general sales manager, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey, 1955; director product development, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey, 1958; director marketing, Merck Sharp & Dohme Division, West Point, Pennsylvania, 1958; vice president marketing planning, MSD division, 1966; vice president sales and marketing, MSD division, 1968; executive vice president, MSD division, 1969; executive vice president, general manager, MSD division, 1972; president, MSD division, 1973; senior vice president, Merck & Company, Rahway, New Jersey, 1975; executive vice president, Merck & Company, Rahway, New Jersey, 1977; director, Merck & Company, Rahway, New Jersey, 1977-1986; president, chief operating officer, Merck & Company, Rahway, New Jersey, 1978-1985; Chairman of the Board, Merck & Company, 1985-1986; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, Nova Pharmaceutical Corporation, Morristown, New Jersey, 1986-1988; Chairman of the Board, Nova Pharmaceutical Corporation, 1988-1991.
Trustee Pennsylvania State University, 1977-1992, vice president, 1985-1988, president of the board, 1988-1991. Trustee Morristown Memorial Health Foundation, Inc., New Jersey, 1979-1996, Chairman of the Board, 1986-1988. Trustee Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946.
Member Morris County Golf Club, Piper's Landing Golf Club.
Married Dorothy Bertha Foehr, November 20, 1943. Children: Lloyd E., Jeanne Huck Leslie-Hughes, Virginia Huck Stalcup.