Sheldon Gilgore (February 13, 1932 – February 12, 2010) was an American physician and executive who served as president of

Pfizer Pfizer Inc. ( ) is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in 1849 in New York by two German entrepreneurs, Charles Pfize ...

and

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G.D. Searle G.D. Searle, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer. It is currently a trademark company and subsidiary of Pfizer, operating in more than 43 countries. It also operates as a distribution trademark for various pharmaceuticals that were develo ...

. He also served as chairman of the board of

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in th ...

and was a member of the founding family of the

Connecticut Grand Opera The Connecticut Grand Opera and Orchestra was a non-profit, professional opera company and orchestra founded under that name in 1993 and based in Stamford, Connecticut in the United States. By uniting several organizations including the then-Connec ...

.Duff Wilson, ''New York Times'', March 1, 2010, available at
/ref> Gilgore was trained as an

endocrinologist Endocrinology (from ''endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events ...

. Gilgore retired from Searle in 1995.

References

Sheldon Gilgore, Physician Who Led Drug Giants Pfizer and Searle, Dies at 77, By Duff Wilson, March 1, 2010, on The New York Times Company
1932 births 2010 deaths American endocrinologists American health care chief executives {{US-physician-stub