Gideon Daniel Searle Explained

Gideon Daniel Searle (February 13, 1846 Randolph County, Indiana - January 22, 1917 Chicago, Illinois) was a druggist[1] and the founder of pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle, LLC.[2]

The company was founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1888, moved to Chicago in 1910 before moving to Skokie, Illinois. The company was acquired by Monsanto in 1987 for $2.7 billion.[3] His father Herman Searle helped establish a Congregational church.[4]

References

  1. Web site: John Gideon Searle . 6 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Searle family . Forbes . 6 December 2019.
  3. News: Jensen . Trevor . Daniel C. Searle: 1926 - 2007 . 6 December 2019 . The Chicago Tribune . November 6, 2007.
  4. Web site: Acts of a Local Nature Passed at the Session of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio . Ohio . 1838 .

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