Employees of the Granulation Center, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan

View Item Record

Notes:

Eight first year employees in the Granulation Center at Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Employees pictured left to right are Glenn Schoolcraft (1944), Everett Weybright (1936), Henry Triezenberg (1942), Fred Brant (1943), Joe Engels (1943), Bert Orbeck (1942), Dan Dorgan (1942), and Willis Miller (1923). Information on the photo indicates that Donald Witters (1943) is not included in the photo and the total years of service in this area represents 39 years. The Upjohn Company was a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm founded in 1886 by Dr. William E. Upjohn. The company was originally formed to make friable pills, which were specifically designed to be easily digested. In 1995, Upjohn merged with Pharmacia AB to form Pharmacia & Upjohn, and was later merged with Pfizer.

Date Created:

1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Place:

Kalamazoo (Mich.)

Subject Topic:

Upjohn Company, Pharmaceutical industry--Michigan--Kalamazoo, Factories--Equipment and supplies, Factories--Michigan--Kalamazoo, Male employees--Michigan--Kalamazoo, and Drugs--Granulation

Rights:

This material is protected by copyright. Copyright held by Western Michigan University, all rights reserved. For additional information, please contact the Western Michigan University Archives, Kalamazoo, MI 49008

URL:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/detail/wmich~5~5~23~161126