Donald Sherwood Gilmore (March 7, 1895 – December 21, 1979) was an American businessman and philanthropist.
[1] Gilmore graduated from The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1916, after which he briefly attended Yale University.
Gilmore was responsible for bringing renowned Chicago-based architecture firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, to Kalamazoo for the construction of Upjohn Company Corporate Headquarters (Building 88).
On December 11, 1958, the Board voted for a twenty-five to one stock split, and Gilmore negotiated a $45.00 price per share.
On January 5, 1959, The Upjohn Company was “formally accepted for listing and trading on the New York Stock Exchange.”[12]