December 11, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Danaher Corp.’s (NYSE: DHR) board of directors has appointed Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. as a director. His initial term expires at Danaher’s 2011 annual meeting of shareholders.

Zerhouni, a physician, scientist, and specialist in radiology research, served as director of the National Institutes of Health from 2002 to 2008 and currently serves as Senior Advisor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and as Senior Fellow for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program. Danaher designs, manufactures, and markets products and services to professional, medical, industrial, and commercial customers.

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