Bristol-Myers Squibb board formed
Executive Summary
Following Oct. 4 finalization of merger. Squibb will be merged into Bristol-Myers through an exchange of 2.4 Bristol-Myers shares for each Squibb share. Newly elected members are President Richard Furlaud, Exec VP Wayne Davidson, RJR Nabisco CEO Louis Gerstner, Squibb Institute President Edgar Haber, MD, Exec VP Charles Heimbold, Squibb President Jan Leschly, former Mobil CEO Rawleigh Warner, and MIT Professor Alexander Rich, MD. The eight new directors join current members: Chairman and CEO Richard Gelb, Vice Chairman William Miller, former NL Industries Chairman Ray Adam, AT&T Chairman Robert Allen and former President William Ellinghaus, retired Cluett Peabody Chairman Henry Henley, American Express Chairman James Robinson and Champion International Chairman Andrew Sigler.