COMPANY

Founded on 1 November 1917 as "Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation." Name changed in 1957 to Union Carbide. Became a subsidiary of Dow Chemical on 6 February 2001.

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

Industry:
Chemical

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leo Baekeland	Scientist	14-Nov-1863	23-Feb-1944	Father of plastics
Ruth E. Bruch	Business	27-Jun-1953		CIO, Kellogg Company
Charles F. Brush	Inventor	17-Mar-1849	15-Jun-1929	Street lights
John A. Clerico	Business	c. 1941		CFO of Praxair, 1992-2000
William H. Joyce	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Robert D. Kennedy	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Union Carbide, 1986-95
H. William Lichtenberger	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Praxair, 1992-2000
Theodore Maiman	Physicist	11-Jul-1927	5-May-2007	Built the first working laser
James W. Rawlings	Business	12-Oct-1929		President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86
Kenneth Rush	Business	17-Jan-1910	11-Dec-1994	US Ambassador to France, 1974-77
Alvin M. Weinberg	Physicist	20-Apr-1915	18-Oct-2006	Nuclear scientist
John K. Wulff	Business	c. 1949		CFO of Union Carbide, 1996-2001

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vernon Jordan	Business	15-Aug-1935		Advisor to Bill Clinton
William H. Joyce	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Robert D. Kennedy	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Union Carbide, 1986-95
Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.	Business	6-Apr-1935		Chairman of El Paso
H. William Lichtenberger	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Praxair, 1992-2000
Rozanne L. Ridgway	Diplomat	22-Aug-1935		Asst. Secy. of State for Europe, 1985-89
James M. Ringler	Business	1946		CEO of Premark, 1996-99
Alice Rivlin	Economist	4-Mar-1931		Founding director, Congressional Budget Office
Kenneth Rush	Business	17-Jan-1910	11-Dec-1994	US Ambassador to France, 1974-77
Kathryn D. Wriston	Attorney	c. 1939		Wife of Walter B. Wriston

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard W. Boyce	Business	c. 1954		Texas Pacific Group
Cyrus F. Freidheim	Business	c. 1936		CEO of Sun Times Media Group, 2006-09
Jim Gibbons	Politician	16-Dec-1944		Governor of Nevada, 2007-11
T. D. Jakes	Religion	9-Jun-1957		Televangelist
Larry Kissell	Politician	31-Jan-1951		Congressman, North Carolina 8th
Joseph W. McClanathan	Business	c. 1953		President of Energizer Battery Div.
Ann Dore McLaughlin	Government	16-Nov-1941		US Secretary of Labor, 1987-89
Stanley A. Rabin	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Commercial Metals, 1979-2006
Ann N. Reese	Business	c. 1952		CFO of ITT, 1995-98
Jeffrey Wigand	Scientist	17-Dec-1942		Tobacco industry whistleblower

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Donald J. Cram	Chemist	22-Apr-1919	17-Jun-2001	Synthesis of molecules

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