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Eubanks, Joey

Many people have heard of Fairleigh Dickinson University, and the third-largest medical products and equipment industry in the world, Becton-Dickinson. Fewer people know that Fairleigh Dickinson was born in Carteret County in the Core Creek community. He left home at fourteen to take a job on a sailing ship. Later a chance meeting with Maxwell Becton of Kinston led to the founding of Becton-Dickinson, which reported revenues of almost $5 million in 2004. Although he led a very busy life filled with national and international commitments, Dickinson and his family returned to Core Creek every year till his death in 1948.

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Dickinson, Fairleigh Stanton, 1866-1948

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Arthur, Billy

A chance meeting in Texas in 1897 between two traveling salesmen from the state, Fairleigh Dickinson and Maxwell Becton, led to the founding of Becton Dickinson & Company, one of the nation's largest medical-supply firms.

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 57 Issue 9, Feb 1990, p32-33, por Periodical Website

Becton, Maxwell Wilbur, 1868-1951; Medical supply industry--History; Dickinson, Fairleigh Stanton, 1866-1948