Eugene Elwell

Mount Laurel, New Jersey

SELF EMPLOYED/INVENTOR

Co-Founder and Co-inventor Oral Fluid Testing Laboratory. May 9, 2011 (Mount Laurel, NJ) – Best friends since kindergarten, Gene Elwell and Ed Eckert, both born and raised in Barrington, have been through it all: grammar school, high school, the Air Force, wedding vows, children and their separate careers. But their lives took a dramatic change many years ago, when they joined forces to develop a company devoted to the health and safety of people around the globe. It all began in 1956 when Elwell and Eckert met in kindergarten. “We became instant friends,” said Eckert. The two attended the next 12 years of school together. While attending Camden County Vocational and Technical