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Richard S. Bowles III, Ph.D., is senior vice president, Global Quality Operations, for Schering-Plough Corporation.
Bowles joined Schering-Plough in January 2001 as vice president, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and in October 2003, he was promoted to senior vice president, Global Quality Operations.
Prior to joining Schering-Plough, Bowles was employed by Merck & Co., Inc., where he held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in research, quality and manufacturing. From 1992 to 1997, Bowles was vice president for quality in Merck’s manufacturing division. Just prior to joining Schering-Plough, he was vice president for Merck’s Latin American and Puerto Rican manufacturing operations.
Bowles earned both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University. He has made numerous presentations in the areas of quality management and manufacturing technology. | 