Kilmer House

Meeting the President of the United States is a rare honor. In 2014, a Johnson & Johnson employee had lunch with President Barack Obama as part of the company’s participation in the White House Summit on Working Families. More than a century before that meeting, five working women at Johnson & Johnson met another president, Theodore Roosevelt, as delegates for a Washington, D.C. meeting of employee women’s clubs in 1908. In 1908, The Laurel Club was just a year old. Chartered in 1907, it had been organized by women employees at Johnson & Johnson with the help of Jean H----, the ge

Every Veterans Day, November 11, we honor those who serve our country.  The commemoration originally began as Armistice Day to recognize the end of World War I in 1918.  Johnson & Johnson has honored and supported those who serve since the Spanish American War in 1898.  Here are two stories from a century ago – supporting an employee during his service, and helping returning veterans in the community -- that echo our continuing support today. Employees in the Johnson & Johnson Printing Department, 1910s.  Image courtesy: Johnson & Johnson Archives. Walter C--- was a young employee