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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950130-00-006352
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20001127
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		20001128

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BECTON DICKINSON & CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000010795
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [3841
]		IRS NUMBER:				220760120
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930
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			FORM TYPE:		8-K
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			SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04802
			FILM NUMBER:		778186
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			BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
				STREET 1:		ONE BECTON DR
				CITY:			FRANKLIN LAKES
				STATE:			NJ
				ZIP:			07417-1880
				BUSINESS PHONE:		2018476800
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					STREET 1:		ONE BECTON DR
					CITY:			FRANKLIN LAKE
					STATE:			NJ
					ZIP:			07417
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT


                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  November 27, 2000
                                                  -----------------


                         BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           New Jersey                001-4802                   22-0760120
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    (State or other juris-         (Commission             (IRS Employer Iden-
   diction of incorporation)       File Number)            tification Number)


   1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey                   07417-1880
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    (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code          (201) 847-6800
                                                            --------------

                                      N/A
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        (Former name or former addresses if changed since last report.)



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Item 5.      OTHER EVENTS
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             Press release dated November 27, 2000.

             Attached hereto as Exhibit 99, which is incorporated
             herein by reference, is copy of the press release.


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                                  SIGNATURES


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                           BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
                                                  (Registrant)



                                           By: /s/ Michelle L. Defazio
                                               ----------------------------
                                                   Michelle L. Defazio
                                                   Assistant Secretary


Date: November 28, 2000

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                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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   Exhibit
   Number              Description of Exhibit
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    99                Press release dated November 27,2000.


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Contact:
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Camilla Jenkins/Media Relations
201-847-5369
Dean Paranicas/Investor Relations
201-847-7102

           BD Announces Election of James Orr to Board of Directors

Franklin Lakes, NJ (November 28, 2000) -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and
Company)(NYSE: BDX) today announced the election of James F. Orr to the Board of
Directors.

Mr. Orr, 54, is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Convergys
Corporation (NYSE:CVG), the  world's largest provider of outsourced billing and
customer management services.

Mr. Orr was elected chairman of  Convergys in April 2000, and has been
president and chief executive officer since 1998. Prior to that, he served as
chief operating officer and as a director of Cincinnati Bell Inc. At Cincinnati
Bell, he was chairman and president of Cincinnati Bell Information Systems and
MATRIXX Marketing, the businesses that today make up Convergys. Mr. Orr joined
Cincinnati Bell Inc. in 1988, after more than 20 years of domestic and
international experience in sales and marketing with Proctor & Gamble.

"BD is pleased to  welcome Mr. Orr as a director. He is a recognized leader in
his industry, who has built an international business by focusing on the
changing needs of today's customers. We look forward to the contributions he
will make at BD," said Clateo Castellini, chairman of the Board of Directors
of BD.

BD is a medical technology company that manufactures and sells a broad range of
supplies, devices and systems for use by healthcare professionals, medical
research institutions, industry and the general public. For the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2000, BD reported total revenues of $3.6 million.
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