merck & co. inc. (MRK:New York)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. William B. Harrison, Jr. served as Chief Executive Officer at J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc., from November 2001 to December 2005. Mr. Harrison served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from January 2000 to December 2000 and its President from January to December 2001. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Chase Manhattan Corporation from January 1, 2000 to December 2000 and the President until December 1999. Mr. Harrison ... presided over the mergers with J.P. Morgan in 2000 and Bank One in 2004. He began his career with Chemical Bank in 1967. In 1976, he was appointed to District Head of the Western Region based in San Francisco. In 1978, he moved to London to take responsibility for the bank's U.K. business and in 1982 was promoted to Division Head of Europe. He returned to the U.S. in 1983 to run the U.S. Corporate Division and in 1986 was put in charge of the bank's global Banking and Corporate Finance group. He was named a Vice Chairman of Chemical in August 1990. He serves as the Chairman of Cadence Bancorp, LLC (formerly COMMUNITY bancorp, LLC). He serves as the Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Chase Foundation. He served as the Chairman of National Association, from November 2001 to December 31, 2006. He served as the Vice Chairman of Chase Manhattan Corporation, from 1991 to December 1999. Mr. Harrison served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Chase Manhattan Bank and was responsible for Chase Manhattan Cor.'s Global Bank businesses. He has been a Director of Merck & Co. Inc. since 1999. He serves as a Lead Director o Merck & Co. Inc. He serves as a Director of National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc. He serves as a Director of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., The Clearing House LLC., The Carnegie Hall Cororation, Dillard Department Stores, Inc., He serves as a Trustee of Central Park Conservancy, Inc. He served as a Director of Cousins Properties Inc. since May 9, 2006. He served as a Director of The Partnership For New York City, Inc. He served as a Director of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., from 1991 to December 31, 2006, Chase Manhattan Corp. Chase, and of the Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Harrison served as Director of Freeport McMoRan Inc., Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., and NYSE Euronext, Inc. (also known as New York Stock Exchange, Inc). He serves as a Member of the Board of Overseers and Managers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and of the Board of Directors of North Carolina Outward Bound and the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy. He serves as a Member of Business Council, Business Roundtable, Financial Services Forum, and Financial Services Roundtable. He serves on the Board of Visitors of the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Board of Directors for Catalyst. Mr. Harrison holds an A.B. degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's International Senior Management Programme in Switzerland.

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