Background
Furlaud, Richard Mortimer was born on April 15, 1923 in New York City. Son of Maxime Hubert and Eleanor (Mortimer) Furlaud.
pharmaceutical company executive
Furlaud, Richard Mortimer was born on April 15, 1923 in New York City. Son of Maxime Hubert and Eleanor (Mortimer) Furlaud.
Student, Institut Sillig, Villars, Switzerland. AB, Princeton University, 1944. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1947.
Associate, Root, Ballantine, Harlan, Bushby & Palmer, 1947-1951; with legal department, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1955-1956; assistant to executive vice president for finance, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1956-1957; assistant president, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1957-1959; vice president, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1959-1964; general counsel, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1957-1960; general manager, vice president international division, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1960-1964; executive vice president, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1964-1966; now director, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, 1964-1994; president, director, E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., 1966-1968; president, chief executive, director, Squibb Beech-Nut, Inc. (renamed Squibb Corporation 1971), Princeton, New Jersey, 1968-1974; chairman, chief executive, director, Squibb Corporation (merged with Bristol-Myers Company), New York City, 1974-1989; president, board directors, Bristol-Myers Company (renamed Bristol-Myers Squibb Company), New York City, 1989-1991. Board directors American Express Company, International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.
Member professional staff House of Representatives Committee Ways and Means, 1954. Chairman of the board of trustees Rockefeller U. Trustee John M. Olin Foundation First lieutenant Judge Advocate General Corps United States Army, 1951-1953.
Member Association Bar City of New York, Council on Foreign Rels., Links Club, River Club.
Children: Richard Mortimer, Eleanor Jay, Elizabeth Tamsin. Married Isabel Phelps Furlaud.