Category Archives: Employees

To help everyone cool down in the end-of-summer heat, Kilmer House brings you ten cool things from our archives.  Enjoy! 1. A 1927 price list that belonged to Earle Dickson, inventor of the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandage.  The pages inside have … Continue reading →

Kilmer House salutes Richard B. Sellars, retired Johnson & Johnson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (he served from 1973-1976), who passed away this week at age 94. Though only chairman for three years, Mr. Sellars had a 40-year career with the … Continue reading →

Johnson & Johnson Plaster Mill Employee (left) and fellow soldier, Spanish American War, 1898 My last post talked about the origins of our tradition of employees volunteering in the community. Another way our employees volunteered was through military service to … Continue reading →

One of Our Early Employee Volunteers Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies employees all over the world have a long tradition of volunteering in the community.  It reflects their feelings of responsibility to the communities in which they live and … Continue reading →

  Regular readers of Kilmer House have read about the aseptic, or sterile conditions that Johnson & Johnson maintained over 100 years ago in order to manufacture the first mass produced sterile surgical dressings and sterile sutures.  So I thought … Continue reading →

Let’s say you’re a Johnson & Johnson employee who wants to take better care of your health. You could visit the medical department for some advice, an exam or maybe a quick checkup, or attend a Company lecture on health … Continue reading →

Robert Wood Johnson A recent post talked about Robert Wood Johnson and Johnson & Johnson being at the forefront of the debate about the need for higher wages and reduced hours to increase consumer spending and get the unemployed back … Continue reading →

In celebration of Women’s History Month this March, Kilmer House salutes all of the women of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies worldwide, from 1886 to the present.  Here are some facts about women in the early history of … Continue reading →

Robert Wood Johnson (seated in center) and  Employees In my last post, I mentioned that Robert Wood Johnson, son of one of the Company’s founders, was able to put many of his ideas about running a business into practice when … Continue reading →

Some of Our Early Employees As a company that’s 122 years old, Johnson & Johnson has many traditions.  One of those traditions is having employees with many years of service, not just in New Brunswick…but as the Company grew, in … Continue reading →