Upjohn CEOs were respected and well-loved by the employees and the Kalamazoo community. Ted Cooper was the first CEO who was not part of the extended Upjohn family. He joined the company in 1980 and was promoted to CEO in 1987. The latter date was in a very difficult period where too few products were in the research pipeline. He was forced to make difficult decisions, including the first layoff program in the history of the company. However, he was still respected by all. We were all saddened by his cancer and death in 1993. The communications below are from that year.