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[oldberkeley]

First African-American CEO of major drug company????????

[DewDiligence]

Ken Frazier appointed MRK’s Chairman following retirement of Richard Clark:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Merck-Announces-Retirement-of-bw-2436211209.html?x=0&.v=2

MRK is evidently one of the vanishing breed of S&P 500 companies who still consider it ok for the CEO and the Chairman to be the same person.