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DENTSPLY
International
World
Headquarters
Susquehanna
Commerce Center
221
West Philadelphia St.
York,
PA 17405-0872
(717)
849-4243 Direct
(717)
849-4756 Fax
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News
For
further information contact:
Michele
E. Mummert
Manager,
Corporate Communications
Phone
717-849-4465
Email:
michele.mummert@dentsply.com For Immediate
Release
DENTSPLY
INTERNATIONAL NAMES WILLIE A. DEESE AS DIRECTOR
York, PA
– February 11, 2011 – DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ-XRAY) announced today
that Willie A. Deese has been appointed to serve as a member of the Board of
Directors with his initial term expiring at the 2012 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders. Mr. Deese is Executive Vice President of Merck & Co., Inc. and
has been President of the Merck Manufacturing Division since May 2005. In this
role, Mr. Deese oversees 92 manufacturing sites spanning 30 countries, has led
manufacturing for the introduction of multiple new medicines and vaccines, and
implemented lean manufacturing across the company's manufacturing network. Mr.
Deese joined Merck, a $46 billion global biopharmaceutical company, in January
2004 as Senior Vice President of Global Procurement.
Throughout
his career, Mr. Deese has been actively involved in the operational and
financial aspects of several market leading companies, with more than a decade
of senior executive experience. Mr. Deese began his career in 1976 at Digital
Equipment Corp. in Springfield, Mass. and joined SmithKline Beecham
Pharmaceuticals in Philadelphia in 1992, ultimately becoming Vice President and
Director, Purchasing. In 1996, Mr. Deese served as Vice President of Purchasing,
at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif. In 1997, he returned to SmithKline
Beecham as Senior Vice President and Director of Purchasing. Mr. Deese led the
integration of the Glaxo and SmithKline procurement organizations through their
merger, becoming Senior Vice President, Global Procurement and Logistics for
GlaxoSmithKline in 2001.
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Mr. Deese
earned his B.A. in Business Administration at North Carolina A&T State
University in 1977, and his M.B.A. at Western New England College in
1983.
Bret
Wise, DENTSPLY's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, states, “Our Company is
pleased to have someone with Mr. Deese’s broad executive experience and talent
join our Board of Directors. Willie is highly regarded in the pharmaceutical
industry and will contribute to DENTSPLY’s successful achievement of strategic
business initiatives.”
DENTSPLY
designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of professional dental
products including dental implants, endodontic instruments and materials,
orthodontic appliances, restorative materials, preventive materials and devices,
and prosthetic materials and devices. The Company distributes its dental
products in over 120 countries under some of the most well-established brand
names in the industry.
DENTSPLY
is committed to the development of innovative, high quality, cost-effective new
products for the dental market.
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