G.D. Searle & Company

G.D. Searle & Company, founded 1888 in Omaha, Nebraska, by Gideon Daniel Searle, was acquired by Monsanto in 1985, and is now a part of Pfizer Inc. 

On May 23, 1985, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration, who had served as president and chief executive officer at Searle since 1977, was named chairman. 

Contact Information
Website: http://www.searle.com/pfizer/main.jsp

Related SourceWatch Resources

 * pharmaceutical industry

General

 * G.D. Searle & Company in the Wikipedia.
 * G.D. Searle & Company, PoliticalFriendster.com.

Aspartame

 * NutraSweet in the Wikipedia.
 * "Aspartame Gate: When Donald Rumsfeld was CEO of Searle," NewMediaExplorer.org, May 7, 2004.
 * Dr. Betty Martini, "UK Sweetener Co Admits Sucralose (Splenda) Is Synthetic," Mission Possible Int. (Illuminati-News.com), May 27, 2005. (Note: original link broken.)

Articles & Commentary

 * Kenneth N. Gilpin and Todd S. Purdum, "Rumsfeld to Become G.D. Searle Chairman," New York Times, May 24, 1985.
 * "The Pill. People & Events: G. D. Searle Develops the Pill," PBS American Experience, 2001.
 * "The Final Death Knell of Chicago’s G.D. Searle," MidwestBusiness.com, May 12, 2003.