Fairleigh S. Dickinson
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Colonel Fairleigh S. Dickinson (August 22, 1866 – June 23, 1948) was the co-founder of the medical technology company Becton Dickinson
Becton Dickinson
Becton, Dickinson and Company , is an American medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, BD does business in nearly 50 countries and has 28,803 employees worldwide. In...

 and the named benefactor of Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...

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Biography

Born in Beaufort, North Carolina
Beaufort, North Carolina
Beaufort is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. Established in 1709, it is the third-oldest town in North Carolina.The population was 4,189 at the 2008 census and it is the county seat of Carteret County...

, Dickinson died in his home in Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 18,061. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan....

, where he had moved several years after what is now BD was founded in New York City in 1897.

He married Grace Bancroft Smith (1887–1973) in Rutherford, New Jersey on 20 December 1916. They had a son, Fairleigh Dickinson, Jr.
Fairleigh Dickinson, Jr.
Fairleigh Stanton Dickinson Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who served as a member of the New Jersey Senate from 1968 to 1971.He was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, the son of Fairleigh S...

 (1919–1996).

In 1942, he used his wealth to found Farleigh Dickinson College, which is today Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...

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Dickinson was interred in Hillside Cemetery
Hillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst
Hillside Cemetery is located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. -Notable Burials:*Alexander Russell Webb , writer, publisher, early American convert to Islam and the United States Ambassador to the Philippines.*William Carlos Williams , poet....

, in Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Lyndhurst is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 20,554.Lyndhurst was originally formed as Union Township on February 19, 1852 from portions of Harrison Township...

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