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• EDUCATION AND FORMATIVE EXPERIENCE WITH ROCKWELL
• FOUNDS CARDINAL AS A FOOD DISTRIBUTOR
• DIVERSIFIES CARDINAL
• ACQUISITION AS A BUSINESS: HIGH STANDARDS, CALCULATED RISKS
• BUMPS IN THE ROAD
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman and chief executive officer, Cardinal Health

Nationality: American.

Born: July 13, 1945, in Columbus, Ohio.

Education: Ohio State University, BS, 1967; Harvard University, MBA, 1970.

Family: Son of a food broker in Ohio; married Peggy McGreevey, 1967; children: three.

Career: North American Rockwell, 1968, engineer; Cardinal Foods, 1971–1980,...