Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 21, 1997
MELVIN R. GOODES is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner-
Lambert Company. He is married, and has two daughters and one son.
Education: B. Commerce, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (1957),
M.B.A., University of Chicago (1960). Awards/Hon-ors: Ford Foundation
Fellow, University of Chicago; Sears, Roebuck Foundation Fellow,
University of Chicago; Dean's Honor List - 4 Quarters, University of
Chicago; Graduated in Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Fraternity, University of
Chicago; Honorary Doctor of Laws, Queen's University (1994). Early
Career: 1957-1958 - Research Associate, Canadian Economic Research
Associates, Toronto; 1960-1964 - Positions in Financial Analysis and
Marketing, Exiting as Market Planning Coordinator, Ford Motor Company of
Canada, Oakville, Ontario; 1964-1965 - Assistant to Vice President,
O'Keefe Breweries, Toronto. Warner-Lambert Career: Started July 15,
1965. 1965 - Manager, New Product Development, Adams Brands Division,
Warner-Lambert Canada, Scarborough, Ontario; 1966 - Group Product
Manager, Adams Brands Division, Warner-Lambert Canada, Scarborough,
Ontario; 1967 - Marketing Manager, Adams Brands Division, Warner-Lambert
Canada, Scarborough, Ontario; 1968-1969 -Area Manager,
Japan/Australia/Eng-land/South Africa, Warner-Lambert International,
Toron-to; 1969-1970 - Regional Director, European Confectionery
Operations, Warner-Lambert Europe, Brussels, Belgium; 1970-1976 -
President, Warner-Lambert Mexico, Mexico City; 1976-1977 - President,
Pan-American Zone, Warner-Lambert International, Morris Plains, NJ;
1977-1979 - President, Pan-American/Asian Zone, Warner-Lambert
International, Morris Plains, NJ; 1979-1980 - President, Consumer
Products Division, Warner-Lambert Company, Morris Plains, NJ; 1981-1983
- Senior Vice President; President, Consumer Products Group, Warner-
Lambert Company, Morris Plains, NJ; 1984-1985 - Executive Vice
President; President, U.S. Operations, Warner-Lambert Company, Morris
Plains, NJ; July 1, 1985 - President, Chief Operating Officer and
Director, Warner-Lambert Company, Morris Plains, NJ; August 1, 1991 -
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Warner-Lambert
Company, Morris Plains, NJ. Profile
tomorrow briefly to our readers? The mission and what you're doing.
Mr. Goodes: I would describe Warner-Lambert as the
