PHILADELPHIA, May 22—Francis Boyer, former chairman of Smith Kline & French Laboratories, died yesterday at his lame. He was 78 years old and lived in Ardmore.
In more than 50 years with the company, Mr. Boyer spurred its advance from a modest‐sized wholesaler of drugs and pharmaceutical supplies to one of the 500 foremost American corporations with annual sales of more than 8350‐million and with plants on every continent.
He served as executive vice president from 1936 to 1951, president from 1951 to 1958, and chairman from 1958 to 1966. He resigned as a director in 1970 and was voted the title of chairman emeritus by board members.
Mr. Boyer joined the cornpany in 1919. Under his guidance the international division was set up, the marketing division was perfected, and research activity was increased each year.
Mr. Boyer was known for his 'ability to reconcile the different points of view of the research :scientist, the physician and the executive concerened with sales and earnings.
He was born June 21, 1893, in Pennllyn, Pa., and attended Harvard University. In 1915 he joined the circulation department of the Curtis Publishing Company and a year later he went to the advertising department of The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
In World War I he served as a lieutenant of field artillery and after the war he studied at Cambridge Uni‐, versity.
A former president of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology and the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, he had been a director of the United Fund of Philadelphia and of Project Hope, among other charities. He had also served as an overseer of Harvard College and an associate trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
Surviving are his widow, the former Marian Angell Godfrey: two children by a previous marriage, Dr. Markley H. Bpyer of Lincoln, Mass., and' Mrs. Mary R. Hambro of London, and four grandchildren.
A funeral service will be on Thursday at 3 P.M., in the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr.
NEW YORK TIMES 23 May 1972
In more than 50 years with the company, Mr. Boyer spurred its advance from a modest‐sized wholesaler of drugs and pharmaceutical supplies to one of the 500 foremost American corporations with annual sales of more than 8350‐million and with plants on every continent.
He served as executive vice president from 1936 to 1951, president from 1951 to 1958, and chairman from 1958 to 1966. He resigned as a director in 1970 and was voted the title of chairman emeritus by board members.
Mr. Boyer joined the cornpany in 1919. Under his guidance the international division was set up, the marketing division was perfected, and research activity was increased each year.
Mr. Boyer was known for his 'ability to reconcile the different points of view of the research :scientist, the physician and the executive concerened with sales and earnings.
He was born June 21, 1893, in Pennllyn, Pa., and attended Harvard University. In 1915 he joined the circulation department of the Curtis Publishing Company and a year later he went to the advertising department of The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
In World War I he served as a lieutenant of field artillery and after the war he studied at Cambridge Uni‐, versity.
A former president of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology and the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, he had been a director of the United Fund of Philadelphia and of Project Hope, among other charities. He had also served as an overseer of Harvard College and an associate trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
Surviving are his widow, the former Marian Angell Godfrey: two children by a previous marriage, Dr. Markley H. Bpyer of Lincoln, Mass., and' Mrs. Mary R. Hambro of London, and four grandchildren.
A funeral service will be on Thursday at 3 P.M., in the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr.
NEW YORK TIMES 23 May 1972
PHILADELPHIA, May 22—Francis Boyer, former chairman of Smith Kline & French Laboratories, died yesterday at his lame. He was 78 years old and lived in Ardmore.
In more than 50 years with the company, Mr. Boyer spurred its advance from a modest‐sized wholesaler of drugs and pharmaceutical supplies to one of the 500 foremost American corporations with annual sales of more than 8350‐million and with plants on every continent.
He served as executive vice president from 1936 to 1951, president from 1951 to 1958, and chairman from 1958 to 1966. He resigned as a director in 1970 and was voted the title of chairman emeritus by board members.
Mr. Boyer joined the cornpany in 1919. Under his guidance the international division was set up, the marketing division was perfected, and research activity was increased each year.
Mr. Boyer was known for his 'ability to reconcile the different points of view of the research :scientist, the physician and the executive concerened with sales and earnings.
He was born June 21, 1893, in Pennllyn, Pa., and attended Harvard University. In 1915 he joined the circulation department of the Curtis Publishing Company and a year later he went to the advertising department of The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
In World War I he served as a lieutenant of field artillery and after the war he studied at Cambridge Uni‐, versity.
A former president of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology and the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, he had been a director of the United Fund of Philadelphia and of Project Hope, among other charities. He had also served as an overseer of Harvard College and an associate trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
Surviving are his widow, the former Marian Angell Godfrey: two children by a previous marriage, Dr. Markley H. Bpyer of Lincoln, Mass., and' Mrs. Mary R. Hambro of London, and four grandchildren.
A funeral service will be on Thursday at 3 P.M., in the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr.
NEW YORK TIMES 23 May 1972
In more than 50 years with the company, Mr. Boyer spurred its advance from a modest‐sized wholesaler of drugs and pharmaceutical supplies to one of the 500 foremost American corporations with annual sales of more than 8350‐million and with plants on every continent.
He served as executive vice president from 1936 to 1951, president from 1951 to 1958, and chairman from 1958 to 1966. He resigned as a director in 1970 and was voted the title of chairman emeritus by board members.
Mr. Boyer joined the cornpany in 1919. Under his guidance the international division was set up, the marketing division was perfected, and research activity was increased each year.
Mr. Boyer was known for his 'ability to reconcile the different points of view of the research :scientist, the physician and the executive concerened with sales and earnings.
He was born June 21, 1893, in Pennllyn, Pa., and attended Harvard University. In 1915 he joined the circulation department of the Curtis Publishing Company and a year later he went to the advertising department of The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
In World War I he served as a lieutenant of field artillery and after the war he studied at Cambridge Uni‐, versity.
A former president of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology and the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, he had been a director of the United Fund of Philadelphia and of Project Hope, among other charities. He had also served as an overseer of Harvard College and an associate trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
Surviving are his widow, the former Marian Angell Godfrey: two children by a previous marriage, Dr. Markley H. Bpyer of Lincoln, Mass., and' Mrs. Mary R. Hambro of London, and four grandchildren.
A funeral service will be on Thursday at 3 P.M., in the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr.
NEW YORK TIMES 23 May 1972
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