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
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- Beginnings 88
- Did You Know? 85
- People 65
- Early Products 36
- Events 32
- Employees 31
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Category Archives: Events
It’s January, 1910: exactly 100 years ago. It’s the start of a new year and a new decade, and Johnson & Johnson is marking that beginning by launching a major new advertising campaign for one of its consumer products: JOHNSON’S® … Continue reading
The Origins of our McNeil Business – the Mc Neil Family Pharmacy Retail pharmacies have been important in Johnson & Johnson history for a number of reasons. Before the days of supermarkets, they were the places that sold our products to … Continue reading
Today we take new technologies like high-tech videoconferencing, instant messaging, Twitter and video chats for granted. But that wasn’t always the case. Ninety-three years ago (on May 29th, 1916, to be exact), Johnson & Johnson took part in a demonstration … Continue reading
Since August is vacation time, this post was inspired by a Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies employee who sent me these photos from her vacation: Look What’s In the Smithsonian! The photos are from her trip to the Smithsonian’s … Continue reading
Click here to watch Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William C. Weldon Ring the NYSE Closing Bell Johnson & Johnson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William Weldon rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange this week (on … Continue reading
2009 is a big year for anniversaries at Johnson & Johnson. For instance, it was 70 years ago (in 1939) that Dr. Philip Levine, working in our laboratories, discovered the human Rh factor. It’s been 60 years (1949) since we … Continue reading
About this time of year almost 100 years ago, Johnson & Johnson would have been reminding you that it was time for Clean Up Week. What was Clean Up Week, and why was a company nagging people to clean their … Continue reading
April usually means warmer weather and spring flowers, but at Johnson & Johnson it means it’s time for the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Everyone knows these three things about the meeting: it has always been held on the last … 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
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