Worcester Native, Former J&J CEO Dies
Worcester-native Richard B. Sellars, who rose to become CEO of medical device manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, died Friday at the age of 94.
Sellars joined Johnson & Johnson's sales staff in 1939 and by 1950 was a member of the company's board of directors. In 1973 he became the company's CEO, a position he held for three years. He retired from the company in 1979 and two years later joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as a trustee. The foundation is the country's largest philanthropic organization for improving American's health.
He attended the American International College and Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn., but did not earn a degree from either institution. Later in life he received honorary degrees from both schools, as well as Rutgers University.
He and his wife of 70 years, Doris Sophia Johnson, lived in Osterville, on Cape Cod, and in Florida. They had two daughters, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
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