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Board of Directors

Lawrence A. Bossidy

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Honeywell International Inc.
Director, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
and Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
Merck Director since 1992. Age: 70

Committees: Committee on Corporate
Governance, Compensation and Benefits
Committee,* Executive Committee*


William G. Bowen, Ph.D.

President, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Director, American Express Company.
Merck Director since 1986. Age: 72

Committees: Committee on Corporate
Governance,* Compensation and Benefits
Committee, Executive Committee, Committee
on Public Policy and Social Responsibility


Richard T. Clark

Director, Chief Executive Officer and
President, Merck & Co., Inc. Age: 59

Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D.

President, Bennett College for Women.
Director, America's Promise.
Merck Director since 1994. Age: 69

Committees: Compensation and Benefits
Committee, Finance Committee, Committee
on Public Policy and Social Responsibility


William B. Harrison, Jr.

Chairman of the Board,
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Merck Director since 1999. Age: 62

Committees: Committee on Public Policy
and Social Responsibility


William N. Kelley, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and
Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine.
Director, Advanced Bio-Surfaces, Inc., Beckman Coulter, Inc., GenVec, Inc. and Polymedix, Inc.
Merck Director since 1992. Age: 66

Committees: Committee on Corporate
Governance, Compensation and Benefits
Committee, Research Committee*


Rochelle B. Lazarus

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide.
Director, General Electric and New York
Presbyterian Hospital.
Merck Director since 2004. Age: 58

Committees: Audit Committee

Thomas E. Shenk, Ph.D.

Elkins Professor, Princeton University.
Director, Azidex, Inc., Cell Genesys, Inc.,
and CV Therapeutics, Inc.
Merck Director since 2001. Age: 59

Committees: Audit Committee, Committee
on Public Policy and Social Responsibility,
Research Committee


Anne M. Tatlock

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Fiduciary Trust Company International.
Director, Fortune Brands, Inc. and
Franklin Resources, Inc.
Merck Director since 2000. Age: 66

Committees: Committee on Corporate
Governance, Finance Committee*


Samuel O. Thier, M.D.

Professor of Medicine and Professor
of Health Care Policy, Harvard
Medical School.
Director, Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Merck Director since 1994. Age: 68

Committees: Committee on Corporate
Governance, Executive Committee,
Committee on Public Policy and Social
Responsibility,* Research Committee


Wendell P. Weeks

President and Chief Executive
Officer, Corning Incorporated.
Director, Corning Incorporated.
Merck Director since 2004. Age: 46

Committees: Audit Committee,
Finance Committee


Peter C. Wendell

Managing Director, Sierra Ventures.
Chairman, Princeton University
Investment Company.
Merck Director since 2003. Age: 55

Committees: Audit Committee,*
Research Committee


Board of Directors as of February 15, 2006.
*Indicates Committee Chairperson
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