Richard U. De Schutter, one of America’s leading corporate executives, will discuss the pharmaceutical industry and the world of business during a lecture 4 p.m. Wednesday in Faner Hall’s Museum Auditorium.

The lecture is free, open to the public, and sponsored by the Public Policy Institute and the College of Business and Administration.

De Schutter serves as vice chairman of Monsanto Corporation, an industrial chemicals company based in St. Louis.

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He also serves as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Searle. A wholly owned subsidiary of Monsanto, Searle is a research-based company that develops, manufactures and markets prescription pharmaceuticals and other healthcare products worldwide.

I am pleased to invite the university community and the public to a presentation by an outstanding corporate and civic leader. We are fortunate Dick De Schutter has agreed to share his perspectives with us, said Paul Simon, director of the Public Policy Institute.