| 词条 | John Gideon Searle |
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| name =John Gideon Searle | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = March 18, 1901 | birth_place = Iowa | death_date =1978 | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = Winnetka, Illinois | known_for = | education = University of Michigan | employer = | occupation =Businessman, philanthropist | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = | children = Daniel C. Searle | parents = Claude Howard Searle | relatives = Gideon Daniel Searle (paternal grandfather) | box_width = }}John Gideon "Jack" Searle (1901–1978) was an American heir, businessman and philanthropist.[1][2][3][4] Early lifeJohn Gideon Searle was born March 18, 1901 in Iowa.[1][2] His paternal grandfather was Gideon Daniel Searle, founder of G. D. Searle & Company in 1888.[1][4] His father, Claude Howard Searle, served as President of the family business after his grandfather's death in 1917.[1] He began working for the family business at the age of fourteen, working every summer through high school and college.[1] He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.[1][4] Business careerAt Searle, he worked as a buyer in 1923, and then was appointed office manager and treasurer.[1] In 1931, he became Vice President and general manager of Searle, up until 1966.[1] To remain competitive during the Great Depression, he reduced its product lines and focused on successful products such as Aminophyllin, Metamucil and Dramamine.[1] He also launched the first oral contraceptive drug Enovid in 1957.[2][3] He moved its headquarters to Skokie, Illinois in 1942.[4] In 1966, his son Daniel C. Searle became President of Searle.[1] His other son, William L. Searle, as well as his son-in-law, Wes Dixon, also worked for the company.[4] PhilanthropyIn 1964, he set up the Searle Fund at The Chicago Community Trust.[3] The Searle Family Trust later created the Searle Scholars Program.[3][4] He was inducted in the American National Business Hall of Fame.[1] Northwestern University and Yale University have endowed professorships named for him.[5][6] The John G. Searle Chair at the American Enterprise Institute, named in his honor, is currently held by Michael R. Strain.[7] Assistant professorships named after Searle exist in all departments at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. DeathHe died in 1978.[1][3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 American National Business Hall of Fame biography {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813185650/http://www.anbhf.org/laureates/jsearle.html |date=2010-08-13 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Searle, John Gideon}}2. ^1 2 Harvard Business School: John G. Searle 3. ^1 2 3 4 The Chicago Community Trust biography 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 Searle Scholars Program 5. ^Northwestern University 6. ^Yale University 7. ^[https://www.aei.org/scholar/michael-r-strain/ American Enterprise Institute] 8 : 1901 births|1978 deaths|People from Iowa|University of Michigan alumni|People from Skokie, Illinois|Philanthropists from Illinois|20th-century American businesspeople|20th-century philanthropists |
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