CHAPTER 60
The Origins of Our Disaster Relief: 1898
Since the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, Johnson & Johnson has been known for helping the victims of natural and man-made disasters around the world. Although we date our disaster relief program to 1906 (when it became more formal and we started officially documenting it), its roots actually go back nearly a decade earlier…almost to the beginning of Johnson & Johnson. The Company’s Scientific Director, Fred Kilmer, was an eyewitness to the birth of this tradition – and he traced its first seeds all the way back to the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Two soldiers in the Sp
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