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Dr. James Gillin

Newark, New Jersey

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Merck chemical engineer, patent holder, 83 Dr. James Gillin, 83, of North Palm Beach, Fla., and Westfield, N.J., died on Monday at his residence in New Jersey. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, at Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church, Mountainside, N.J., at 10...

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Please accept my deepest sympathies.

We are sending our sincere expression of sympathy for your loss. We were not close, however, we knew we had met a good person.

The Family of Dean DeMarais

To the family of Dr Gillin: Tanya and I deeply regret your loss. Having been a member of MSD AGVET I owe most of my success to Dr Gillin and those who ran that division of Merck. So please except our deepest condolences.

Jim Gillin was a good man and I enjoyed working for him in MSD AgVet. He provided global leadership for a start-up company that would later become $1B division of Merck & Co., Inc. Much of the success of this company is directly related to Dr. Gillin. I am a better person for having know him. May God bless the Gillin family in their loss.

My name is Gail (Behan) Williams and would like to offer my deepest sympathies on the loss of your husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather/great grandfather.

I worked for Merck in the Chemical Engineering Department for 39-1/2 years. Dr. Gillin was the head of the Department in 1965 when I started and I had nothing but respect and admiration for him. He always treated everyone the same...whether it be upper management or someone just starting out in the organization. I have so...