newsletter
Catalog Number
2023.16.9Title
Parke-Davis Chem-MunicatorDate of Origin
1968Artist/Author
noneMaterials
paperDimensions
8.5 in.Description
Newsletter, Parke-Davis Chem-Municator, 1-4-1974. Photos on the back show the retirement Holland Police Officer Ralph Woldring. Ralph retired on 11-1-1973.History
Ralph G. Woldring (1913-2000) lived in Holland, MI with his wife Coralyn at 295 West 15th Street. He retired from the Holland Police Department in 1973, after 27 years on the force. he would later work for Parke-Davis.Parke-Davis got their start in Detroit in the mid-1800s. In 1952 they opened a plant in Holland Charter Township at 182 Howard Avenue. Their business in Holland was the manufacture of antibiotics. Their most popular product for a time was the drug chloromycetin.
It was in 1975 that the Holland facility was expanded, adding chemical manufacturing and research buildings. Within two years the company had become a part of Warner-Lambert. Some of the products from the Warner-Lambert years include the anticonvulsant drugs Dilantin and Neurontin, the cholesterol-lowering Lopid, the anti-histamine Benadryl, and the Alzheimer drug Cognex.
In 2000 Warner-Lambert was purchased by Pfizer. Within a few years Pfizer began downsizing, closing the laboratory in 2004. In 2007 production ended in the adjacent manufacturing plant.
The donor, Bob Dykstra, worked for Parke-Davis.