CEO Reading List: Edward Fritzky

Edward V. Fritzky is the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Immunex Corporation. Mr. Fritzky served as President of Lederle Laboratories, a division of American Cyanamid, from 1992 to 1994 and as Vice President of Lederle Laboratories from 1989 to 1992. While at Lederle he launched six products and established Lederle Oncology as an independent unit. Prior to joining Lederle Laboratories, Mr. Fritzky was an executive of Searle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of the Monsanto Company. During his tenure at Searle, Mr. Fritzky was Vice President, Marketing, and later President and General Manager of Searle Canada, Inc. and Lorex Pharmaceutical, a joint venture company. He began his career with Searle in 1973. He is married and has two children and resides in Bellevue, Washington.

Education: B.A., Duquesne University, and a graduate of the Advanced Executive Program, J.L. Kellog Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Ed Fritzky's Suggested Reading List

The Competitive Advantage of Nations by Michael E. Porter, Free Press, 1990.
	A Commotion in the Blood: Life, Death, and the Immune System by Stephen S. Hall, Henry Holt & Co., 1997.
The Creative Corporation by Karl Albrecht & Steven Albrecht, Richard d Irwin, 1987.
How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, at Work, in Court, Everywhere, Every Day by Gerry Spence, 1st Edition. St Martins Press, 1995.
Managing on the Edge: How the Smartest Companies Use Conflict to Stay Ahead by Richard Tanner Pascale, Touchstone Books, 1991.
	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey Fireside. 1990.

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