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Bunch, John
US Fact Witness
Dr. Bunch was unemployed at the time of his deposition He received Ph.D. in chemistry from N.C. State University. His last employer was Vector Tobacco.
- 1991-1999 Employed at Liggett
- 1999-2001 Vice President of Research at BT Tobacco which eventually became Vector Tobacco in September 2000
Prior to coming to Liggett, Dr. Bunch was a postdoctoral fellow at the Research Triangle Institute (1984-1986) and then worked at a company called Webb Technical Group (1986-1987). He then worked at Accurex Corporation for seven months doing contract work for the EPA and then at Mary Kay Cosmetics where he assisted in the analysis of cosmetic products. He then worked as Division Laboratory Director at Sedgefield Specialities, the textile chemical manufacturing facility for Burlington Industries (1990-1991). At Liggett, Dr. Bunch conducted research on "no nicotine tobacco" in order to produce cigarettes that contained very reduced amounts of nicotine. Bunch also conducted research on a "safer" cigarette utilizing the palladium catalyst which was the basis for the XA project. He also worked on "fire safe" cigarettes while at BT Tobacco. He was also the Secretary for the United States Technical Advisory Group ("USTAG") for the International Standards Organization for Tobacco ("ISOTC126").
Source: United States' Factual Memorandum Pursuant to Order #470, Section V (tab 1)