Mahlon N. Kline (6 February 1846 – 27 November 1909) was an American pharmacist who was president and general manager of Smith Kline & Co. Born in Windsor Township in Pennsylvania, Mahlon Kline was educated at a local school in Upper Bern.
[1] He qualified as a teacher and briefly taught at a school at Hyde Park.
[1] He then went to the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie.
[1] In 1865 he joined Smith & Shoemaker: Mr Shoemaker resigned in 1869 and in 1875 the business became Smith Kline & Co.[2] Under Mahlon Kline's leadership it became the third largest pharmaceutical business in the United States.
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