# Raymond Sackler **Raymond R. Sackler** (February 16, 1920 – July 17, 2017) was the youngest Sackler brother and co-owner, with his brothers Arthur and Mortimer, of the Purdue Frederick Company (acquired 1952). Like his brothers, he was an NYU-trained physician. Raymond ran the **US operations** of the Sackler pharma enterprise, complementing Mortimer's European focus. He was **President of [[Purdue Pharma]] from 1991 (when Purdue Frederick was renamed Purdue Pharma L.P.) until 1999**, when his son [[Richard Sackler]] took over the presidency. Raymond remained on the Purdue board through the [[OxyContin]] launch, the 2007 federal misbranding plea, and the post-2010 era of escalating litigation, until shortly before his 2017 death. With his wife [[Beverly Sackler]], Raymond endowed the **Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation**, one of the largest of the family's philanthropic vehicles — funding biomedical research positions, lectures, and prizes at Yale, Tel Aviv University, Cornell, Cambridge, the National Academy of Sciences, and many other institutions. The Sackler Institute for Biological Studies at Yale and the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Convergence Research are among the more substantial endowed positions. Raymond's two sons — **[[Richard Sackler]]** (the most-named Sackler in OxyContin litigation) and **[[Jonathan Sackler]]** (a charter-school and education-reform donor; died 2020) — became the most operationally consequential members of the second generation. Raymond's grandson **[[David Sackler]]** sat on the Purdue board from 2012 to 2018. Raymond and his heirs are among the eight board-member heirs ("Side B" in the bankruptcy) in in the 2025 settlement. ## See Also - [[Sackler Family]] — the dynasty (in the bankruptcy, Raymond's family is "Side B") - [[Arthur Sackler]] — eldest brother (his branch sold out in 1987 and is not a bankruptcy party) - [[Mortimer Sackler]] — middle brother - [[Richard Sackler]] — son, became Purdue president - [[Beverly Sackler]] — wife and co-philanthropist - [[Purdue Pharma]] — the company - [[Opioid Crisis Timeline]] — the broader story