Dentsply International Inc. Appoints Gary K. Kunkle, Jr. to Its Board of Directors.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com YORK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2002 DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :XRAY) today announced that Gary K. Kunkle, Jr., President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of the Company, has been appointed to the Board of Directors, with his initial term expiring at the conclusion of the 2003 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This action enlarged the membership of the Board to thirteen (13) Directors. Mr. Kunkle joined DENTSPLY in January 1997 as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Since joining the Company, DENTSPLY has grown from $656.5 million to $1,129.1 million in annual revenue, with a compounded annual growth rate in earnings per share of 11 percent. During this period the Company has also completed 21 acquisitions and centralized its warehousing and distribution operations in both North America and Europe. Before joining DENTSPLY, he served as President of Johnson & Johnson's Vistakon division, a leading manufacturer of disposable contact lenses. Under Mr. Kunkle's leadership, the Vistakon division received many prestigious corporate awards from Johnson & Johnson for outstanding quality, employee satisfaction, and overall best practices among J&J's numerous divisions. Prior to that, he was President of Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics, Inc., a manufacturer of orthopaedic implants, fracture management products, and trauma devices. Mr. Kunkle received his Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Marketing from the University of South Carolina
• • , The Darla Moore School of Business. He currently chairs the Marketing Data Committee for the American Dental Trade Association. Mr. Kunkle is married and has four children. He and his wife, Susan, and their two youngest daughters reside in York, Pennsylvania. DENTSPLY designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of products for the dental market. The Company believes that it is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of dental prosthetics, precious metal dental alloys, dental ceramics, endodontic Endodontic Pertaining to the inside structures of the tooth, including the dental pulp and tooth root, and the periapical tissue surrounding the root. Mentioned in: Root Canal Treatment endodontic instruments and materials, prophylaxis prophylaxis (prō'fĭlăk`sĭs), measures designed to prevent the occurrence of disease or its dissemination. Some examples of prophylaxis are immunization against serious diseases such as smallpox or diphtheria; quarantine to confine paste, dental sealants, ultrasonic scalers, dental injectible anesthetics Anesthetics Drugs or methodologies used to make a body area free of sensation or pain. Mentioned in: Appendectomy and crown and bridge materials; the leading United States manufacturer and distributor of dental x-ray equipment, dental handpieces, intraoral cameras, dental x-ray film holders, film mounts and bone substitute/grafting materials; and a leading worldwide manufacturer or distributor of impression materials, orthodontic orthodontic (ôr´th  dän´tik),adj appliances, dental cutting instruments and dental implants. The Company distributes its dental products in over 120 countries under some of the most well established brand names in the industry. DENTSPLY is committed to the development of innovative, high quality, cost-effective new products for the dental market. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.040102/bb4 |
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