TIFFANY & CO. Sterling Pitcher Engraved Signatures of Members of PMA c. 1965

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We are pleased to offer this
TIFFANY & CO. Sterling Silver Paul Revere Reproduction Milk Pitcher. The pitcher measures approximately 2 11/16″ in diameter at the bottom and 4 1/2″ tall. It is stamped on the bottom with “TIFFANY & CO” “PAUL REVERE REPRODUCTION CIRCA 1800” “STERLING” “797” “18 OZ.”. The pitcher weighs 257.9 grams.
The pitcher is engraved on all sides with twenty-eight (28) signatures. We believe these belong to members of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, circa 1965. The
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PMA) was founded in 1958 and is now known as
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). The signatures that we have been able to identify have all been prominent figures of major American pharmaceutical companies, including CEOs, Board Members and Presidents. The signatures also include the President of the PMA from 1959 to 1965, Austin Smith, and Alfred E. Driscoll, former governor of New Jersey.
Notable identified signatures and their associated companies are listed below:
James D. McNitt – President, Bristol Laboratories
Sydnor B. Penick Jr – Chairman, S. B. Penick Company
Virginius D. Mattia – President, Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.
E. Clairborne Robins, Sr – CEO, A. H. Robins
Austin Smith – President, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Eugene N. Beesley- President, Eli Lilly Company
Alfred E. Driscoll – President, Warner-Hudnut (Former New Jersey State Senator and
Governor
)
George R. Cain – Chairman, Abbot Labs
Henry W. Gadsden – Chairman and CEO, Merk Pharmaceutical
Lyman C. Duncan – Manager, Organic Chemicals Division, American Cyanamid
C. B. William Howell – President, J. R. Geigy Pharmaceuticals Division
William B. Graham – CEO, Baxtor Laboratories
Richard M. Furlaud – President and CEO, Squibb Beech-Nut
Fairleigh S Dickinson Jr. – President, Becton, Dickinson and Company
(Former New Jersey State Senator)
Foster B. Whitlock – CEO, Johnson & Johnson
John J. Powers Jr – President and CEO, Pfizer
E. Gifford Upjohn – Chairman, Upjohn Company
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