Mellor to Chair Bergen Committee

Bergen Brunswig Corp., the nation’s third-largest distributor of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, said Tuesday that James R. Mellor was named chairman of the board’s executive committee.

The company, based in Orange, said in a press release that the executive committee exercises corporate oversight when the board is not in session.

Mellor, a director since 1979, replaces Robert E. Martini as head of the executive committee. Martini, the company’s chairman, had taken the post when he was named interim chief executive last November.

Mellor is a former chairman and chief executive of General Dynamics Corp.