Exhibit 5.1

June 4, 2019

Becton, Dickinson and Company
1 Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     I am Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Becton, Dickinson and Company, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), and have been requested to furnish this opinion in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-224464), and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company and Becton Dickinson Euro Finance S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Becton Finance”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the issuance by Becton Finance of €600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Becton Finance’s 0.174% Notes due 2021, €800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Becton Finance’s 0.632% Notes due 2023 and €600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Becton Finance’s 1.208% Notes due 2026 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Indenture (as defined below) provides that the Notes are to be guaranteed by the Company (such guarantees (as defined below), together with the Notes, the “Securities”). The Securities are being offered and sold pursuant to a Prospectus, dated May 17, 2019, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, dated May 21, 2019 (together, the “Prospectus”), filed with the Commission on May 22, 2019 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Act, and an Underwriting Agreement, dated May 21, 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among Becton Finance, the Company and the underwriters named therein.

     In connection with the furnishing of this opinion, I have examined (a) copies of the Registration Statement and of the Prospectus, and (b) a copy of the Indenture, dated as of May 17, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”) , among Becton Finance, as issuer, the Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), including Article 10 thereof containing the guaranty obligations of the Company (the “Guarantees”), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of June 4, 2019 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among Becton Finance, the Company and the Trustee.

     I also have examined such corporate records of the Company, such agreements and instruments, such certificates of public officials, such certificates of other officers of the Company and other persons, such questions of law and such other documents as I have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.

     In such examination, except with respect to documents executed by officers of the Company in my presence, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. I also have assumed that the Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of Becton Finance and the Trustee.

     Based on the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

     I am a member of the Bar of the State of New Jersey. The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New Jersey and the federal laws of the United States of America.

     I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 4, 2019. In addition, I consent to the reference to me under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus.

     This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without my prior written consent.