Merck Sr. VP To Discuss Health Care In The Developing World
Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Kenneth C. Frazier, senior vice president and general counsel of pharmaceutical company Merck, will be the guest speaker for the Smeal College's G. Albert Shoemaker Program in Business Ethics.
Merck Sr. VP To Discuss Health Care In The Developing World
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (October 28, 2004)—Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Kenneth C. Frazier, senior vice president and general counsel of pharmaceutical company Merck, will be the guest speaker for the Smeal College's G. Albert Shoemaker Program in Business Ethics. Scheduled for 4 p.m. on Nov. 17 in HUB Heritage Hall, the presentation is entitled "Improving Access to Medicines and Health Care in the Developing World."
Prior to joining Merck as vice president, general counsel, and secretary in 1992, Frazier was a partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath in Philadelphia. He is affiliated with a variety of legal organizations including the Council of the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Frazier sits on the boards of Ithaka, a non-profit information technology organization; Legal Services of New Jersey; Cornerstone Christian Academy; and the Ethics Resource Center. He is also a member of the corporate advisory boards of the University of Pennsylvania Law and Economics Center, the Seton Hall University Health Law & Policy Center, the Rand Institute for Civil Justice, the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, and Corporate Pro Bono.Org.
The “G. Albert Shoemaker Program in Business Ethics” was established in 1985 through a $100,000 gift from the late G. Albert Shoemaker and his wife Mercedes. The Shoemakers made the donation to Smeal because of the importance with which they regard ethics in corporate conduct and management decision-making.
The donation created an endowment to encourage academic and corporate interest in business ethics. The centerpiece of the program is the Shoemaker Lecture, which brings together faculty members, students, and members of the business community to consider current perspectives in business ethics.
The Shoemaker program also supports scholarly research in business ethics and a series of publications based on the Shoemaker Lecture. Linda Treviño, the Franklin H. Cook Fellow in Business Ethics, is director of the Shoemaker Program.
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