He joined Merck Research Laboratories at the Rahway, NJ site in 1976, where he rose through the ranks to VP Medicinal Chemistry. He held this position from 1998-2006, guiding a research team of ~250 scientists. He retired from Merck at the end of 2006, and currently maintains a consulting practice with thirteen clients.
The ripple effect of the woman's suffrage movement on subsequent generations is evident in a range of educational, civil rights, and health care reforms, as well as in the growing number of women elected to governmental positions (Hossell 2003).
One major immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation to  African Americans in the North was that they could now fight in the  Civil War. After the establishment of thâ¦e United States Colored  Troops, over 200,000 black men of 'suitable condition' served in  the Union Army and Navy.