Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(d) On June 10, 2009, the Board of Directors of C. R. Bard, Inc. (the "Company") elected David M. Barrett, M.D., as a director. Dr. Barrett is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lahey Clinic, a nonprofit, multispecialty health care organization based in Burlington, Massachusetts. He is a member of Lahey Clinic's Board of Trustees and chair of the Board of Governors. Dr. Barrett is also a professor of urology at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Barrett will serve on the Regulatory Compliance Committee and the Science and Technology Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Dr. Barrett will participate on the same basis as all other non-employee directors in the Company's 2005 Directors Stock Award Plan and Stock Equivalent Plan, and may defer all or a portion of his cash fees under the Company's Deferred Compensation Contract, Deferral of Directors' Fees. These plans and compensation arrangements are described in more detail under the heading "Director Compensation" in the Company's proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2009.

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