Category Archives: Events

In 2011, Johnson & Johnson celebrated its 125th anniversary. When the Company began in 1886, the original 14 employees in our first building — that small former wallpaper factory in New Brunswick, New Jersey — could not have foreseen that … Continue reading →

As readers of Kilmer House know, Johnson & Johnson is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year.  Our employees across the world have been acknowledging this milestone anniversary in a variety of ways in their operating companies – as well as some … Continue reading →

High school students taking over Johnson & Johnson for a day?  A seventeen-year old Chairman and CEO sitting at General Robert Wood Johnson’s desk?  What on earth was going on at Johnson & Johnson in the late 1940s and the … Continue reading →

It’s the winter of 1886, and Company founders James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson have solved the issue of where to put their new company, thanks to James’s very lucky train journey.  New Brunswick, New Jersey turned out to … Continue reading →

As we start to celebrate our 125th anniversary year at Johnson & Johnson, our hometown of New Brunswick, New Jersey has been digging out of record amounts of snowfall – as have many other areas this winter. Here’s a look … Continue reading →

This month marks the start of a very important year for Johnson & Johnson:  our 125th birthday year!  To celebrate the milestone of a century and a quarter, this blog post will join Company founder James Wood Johnson on a … Continue reading →

Joyce Kilmer, son of Scientific Director Fred Kilmer and occasional writer for early Johnson & Johnson publications  On this Veteran’s Day and Remembrance Day, Kilmer House salutes veterans across the world.  Since the Spanish American War in 1898, Johnson & … Continue reading →

Alert Kilmer House readers may have noticed that there are a number of photographs of Johnson & Johnson from the early 1890s on the blog, like this one:   1893 photograph of Johnson & Johnson buildings in New Brunswick, N.J. … Continue reading →

It’s getting towards the end of April –  time for the Johnson & Johnson Annual Meeting of Shareholders.  Since we went public in 1944, you might be forgiven for thinking that our Annual Meetings started on a spring Thursday at the end … 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 →