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Dow Chemical

COMPANY

Chemical company founded 1897 by Herbert Dow. Acquired Union Carbide in 2001.

Official Website:
http://www.dow.com/

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
NYSE:DOW

Corporate headquarters:
Midland, MI

Sales:
$46.3B (2005)

Employees:
42,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Arnold A. Allemang
Business
c. 1943   EVP of Dow Chemical, 2000-04
Kathleen M. Bader
Business
c. 1951   Former Dow Chemical executive
Anthony J. Carbone
Business
c. 1941   Vice Chairman of Dow Chemical, 2000-05
Herbert D. Doan
Business
5-Sep-1922 16-May-2006 CEO of Dow Chemical, 1962-71
Herbert Dow
Business
26-Feb-1866 15-Oct-1930 Founder of Dow Chemical
William H. Joyce
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Andrew N. Liveris
Business
?   CEO of Dow Chemical
Keith R. McKennon
Business
c. 1933   CEO of PacifiCorp, 1998-99
Geoffery E. Merszei
Business
c. 1952   CFO of Dow Chemical
Thomas Midgley
Chemist
18-May-1889 2-Nov-1944 Ethyl gasoline, Freon
Frank Popoff
Business
27-Oct-1935   CEO of Dow Chemical, 1987-95
J. Pedro Reinhard
Business
?   CFO of Dow Chemical, 1995-2005
Enrique J. Sosa
Business
c. 1940   Former Dow Chemical/Amoco executive
William S. Stavropoulos
Business
12-May-1939   Twice CEO of Dow Chemical
Robert L. Wood
Business
c. 1954   CEO of Chemtura

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Arnold A. Allemang
Business
c. 1943   EVP of Dow Chemical, 2000-04
Jacqueline K. Barton
Chemist
7-May-1952   Professor of Chemistry at CalTech
James A. Bell
Business
4-Jun-1948   CFO of Boeing
Jeff M. Fettig
Business
?   CEO of Whirlpool
Barbara Hackman Franklin
Government
19-Mar-1940   US Secretary of Commerce, 1992-93
John B. Hess
Business
5-Apr-1954   CEO of Amerada Hess
Andrew N. Liveris
Business
?   CEO of Dow Chemical
Geoffery E. Merszei
Business
c. 1952   CFO of Dow Chemical
Dennis H. Reilley
Business
1953   Chairman of Praxair, 2000-07
J. Pedro Reinhard
Business
?   CFO of Dow Chemical, 1995-2005
James M. Ringler
Business
1946   CEO of Premark, 1996-99
Ruth G. Shaw
Business
19-Feb-1948   CEO of Duke Power, 2003-06
Paul G. Stern
Business
31-Oct-1938   CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989-93

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Melvin Calvin
Chemist
8-Apr-1911 8-Jan-1997 Deciphered photosynthesis
Anthony J. Carbone
Business
c. 1941   Vice Chairman of Dow Chemical, 2000-05
J. Michael Cook
Business
16-Sep-1942   CEO of Deloitte & Touche, 1989-99
Willie D. Davis
Football
24-Jul-1934   Businessman, former football player
Allan D. Gilmour
Business
1934   Twice Vice Chairman of Ford
William Lipscomb
Chemist
9-Dec-1919 14-Apr-2011 Chemical bonding
Paul W. McCracken
Economist
29-Dec-1915 3-Aug-2012 Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Keith R. McKennon
Business
c. 1933   CEO of PacifiCorp, 1998-99
Frank Popoff
Business
27-Oct-1935   CEO of Dow Chemical, 1987-95
Harold T. Shapiro
Educator
8-Jun-1935   President of Princeton, 1988-2000
Enrique J. Sosa
Business
c. 1940   Former Dow Chemical/Amoco executive
William S. Stavropoulos
Business
12-May-1939   Twice CEO of Dow Chemical

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
George A. Olah
Chemist
22-May-1927   Isolated carbonium ions

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Raymond Davis, Jr.
Scientist
14-Oct-1914 31-May-2006 Detected solar neutrinos
Chad C. Deaton
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Baker Hughes
Joseph P. Overton
Activist
4-Jan-1960 30-Jun-2003 The Overton Window
Richard R. Schrock
Chemist
4-Jan-1945   Metathesis
Alexander Shulgin
Chemist
17-Jun-1925   Rediscovered MDMA

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru


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