Ralph S. Larsen, American consumer products executive, Died at 77

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Ralph Larsen was born in 1938, in Brooklyn and died on March 9, 2016.

He was an American businessman.

Larsen served as the Chief Executive Officer of Johnson & Johnson from 1989 to 2002.

His family resided New York City in a family of five siblings in 1938.

Ralph Larsen father was a first-generation immigrant from Norway.

Ralph joined the United States Navy for a few years.

Whilst he was at college, he worked the whole time, taking electrical jobs, and he received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Hofstra University in 1962.

Ralph Larsen served on the Board of Directors of General Electric and AT&T.

Between 1998 to 2000, Ralph served on the Board of Xerox.

Larsen served on the International Advisory Board of Salomon Smith Barney.

He served as Chairman of The Business Council, from 1999 to 2000.

Dorothy Zeitfuss was his wife and they have three children.

Ralph S. Larsen was a Republican.

Ralph S. Larsen was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Larsen served on the Board of Trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Ralph S. Larsen passed away at 77 yrs old.