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BD Announces Election of James Orr to Board of Directors
Franklin Lakes, NJ (November 28, 2000) -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and
Company)(NYSE: BDX) today announced the election of James F. Orr to the Board of
Directors.
Mr. Orr, 54, is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Convergys
Corporation (NYSE:CVG), the world's largest provider of outsourced billing and
customer management services.
Mr. Orr was elected chairman of Convergys in April 2000, and has been
president and chief executive officer since 1998. Prior to that, he served as
chief operating officer and as a director of Cincinnati Bell Inc. At Cincinnati
Bell, he was chairman and president of Cincinnati Bell Information Systems and
MATRIXX Marketing, the businesses that today make up Convergys. Mr. Orr joined
Cincinnati Bell Inc. in 1988, after more than 20 years of domestic and
international experience in sales and marketing with Proctor & Gamble.
"BD is pleased to welcome Mr. Orr as a director. He is a recognized leader in
his industry, who has built an international business by focusing on the
changing needs of today's customers. We look forward to the contributions he
will make at BD," said Clateo Castellini, chairman of the Board of Directors
of BD.
BD is a medical technology company that manufactures and sells a broad range of
supplies, devices and systems for use by healthcare professionals, medical
research institutions, industry and the general public. For the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2000, BD reported total revenues of $3.6 million.
