Abbott Laboratories

Miles D. White is an American businessman. He is currently chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Abbott Laboratories. White joined Abbott in 1984, serving there in management positions including senior vice president of diagnostic operations and executive vice president. He was... elected to the board of directors in April 1998, to chief executive officer in January 1999, and to chairman of the board in April 1999. He previously worked at McKinsey & Co. White serves as a director of McDonald's, Caterpillar Inc. and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He also serves on the board of trustees of the Field Museum, of which he is immediate past chair, and sits on the boards of the Museum of Science and Industry , the Joffrey Ballet, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is Chairman of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Dean's Advisory Board at Kellogg School of Management and the Culver Educational Foundation, and is on the board of trustees of Northwestern University. He is former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, The Economic Club of Chicago and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America .
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North Chicago is an outer suburb/exurb of the Chicago metropolitan area and is an incorporated city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 35,918 at the 2000 census. North Chicago hosts the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and the headquarters of Abbott Laboratories. The city... is also home to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which houses the Chicago Medical School and the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine. North Chicago, Illinois is located at 42°19′20″N 87°51′16″W / 42.322272°N 87.854470°W / 42.322272; -87.854470. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.8 square miles , The city is situated on Lake Michigan. Most of its territory drains directly to the Lake, but the western region drains to the North Branch of the Chicago River, and ultimately, since the engineering projects of the 19th century, to the Illinois and thence to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. North Chicago includes a Lake County Forest Preserve unit, the Greenbelt. Land speculators moved into the area south of what is now the city of Waukegan in the 1890s.
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