His promotion of the sugar substitute was a success. But later, as head of Monsanto, he faced blowback after the company ...

He helped make NutraSweet a popular nonsugar sweetener and later promoted genetically modified crops as chief of Monsanto.

Robert Bernard Shapiro died at home in Chicago on May 2 ... He is survived by Ginger Farley, his wife; his sister and brother, Susan Garfield and Bill Shapiro; Jim Shapiro and Nina Gordon ...

Robert Shapiro, who has died aged 86, was the chief executive of Monsanto who prioritised applying the science of genetics to ...

Robert Bernard Shapiro died at home in Chicago on May 2 ... He is survived by Ginger Farley, his wife; his sister and brother, Susan Garfield and Bill Shapiro; Jim Shapiro and Nina Gordon ...