Education
He attended New York University School of Medicine and graduated with an Doctor of Medicine
He attended New York University School of Medicine and graduated with an Doctor of Medicine
In 1960 Sackler started publication of Medical Tribune, a weekly medical newspaper. He established the Laboratories for Therapeutic Research in 1938. He made his fortune in medical advertising, medical trade publications and the manufacture of over-the-counter drugs.
He was known as "the father of modern pharmaceutical advertising" and "served as the inspiration for the ambitious OxyContin advertising strategy.".
Sackler was also a scholar of the arts He endowed galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Princeton University, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University in Beijing, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, District of Columbia, and the Jillian & Arthur M. Sackler Wing at the Royal Academy, London.
Among these buildings that bear Sackler"s name are noteworthy designs by major architects. Especially important is his Arthur M. Sackler Museum in Cambridge, one of only four structures in the United States. by James Stirling, widely regarded as the leading British architect of the 20th century.
Arthur M. Sackler"s daughter, Elizabeth A. Sackler, is a benefactor of the arts and sponsored the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum which opened in 2007.