- Robert Wood Johnson III
Robert Wood Johnson III (
September 9 ,1920 –December 22 ,1970 ) was aphilanthropist and the President ofJohnson & Johnson from 1961 to 1965.He was born in 1920 in
New Brunswick, New Jersey toRobert Wood Johnson II . He married Betty Wold and fatheredRobert Wood Johnson IV .He worked for
Johnson & Johnson from 1941 to 1965, rising to president of domestic operations until his father fired him. He was succeeded as president by Philip B. Hofmann, the first non-Johnson family member to head the company since 1887. RWJ III also served for ten years on theboard of directors of theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation including terms as vice president and president.References
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New York Times ;December 23 ,1970 ; Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Dead; Headed Medical Supplies Maker.Princeton, New Jersey ,December 22 ,1970 . Robert Wood Johnson, Jr., a grandson of the founder of Johnson and Johnson, maker of medical supplies, and its president from 1961 to 1965, died today in Holy Cross Hospital,Fort Lauderdale, Florida , after a long illness. He was 50 years old and lived here at 108 Edgerstoune Road.
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