COMPANY

Heavy appliance manufacturer, a predecessor of which was founded in 1911. In 1950 the firm was renamed from The Nineteen Hundred Corporation to Whirlpool. It acquired Maytag for $2.6B in 2006.

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

Industry:
Consumer Products

Ticker:
NYSE:WHR

Corporate headquarters:
Benton Harbor, MI

Sales:
$14.3B (2005)

Employees:
80,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael J. Callahan	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Material Sciences, 2003-04
Josephine Cochrane	Inventor	8-Mar-1839	3-Aug-1913	Invented the dishwasher
Jeff M. Fettig	Business	?		CEO of Whirlpool
Louise K. Goeser	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Ford Mexico
Ralph F. Hake	Business	25-Jan-1949		CEO of Maytag, 2001-06
William D. Marohn	Business	c. 1936		President and COO of Whirlpool, 1992-97
David L. Swift	Business	c. 1959		Senior Whirlpool executive
Michael A. Todman	Business	c. 1958		President of Whirlpool International
George E. Wardeberg	Business	c. 1935		CEO of WICOR, 1994-2000
David R. Whitwam	Business	30-Jan-1942		CEO of Whirlpool, 1987-2004

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel R. Allen	Business	c. 1954		CEO of John Deere
Herman Cain	Business	13-Dec-1945		Godfather's Pizza
Gary T. DiCamillo	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Polaroid, 1995-2002
Jeff M. Fettig	Business	?		CEO of Whirlpool
Allan D. Gilmour	Business	1934		Twice Vice Chairman of Ford
Kathleen J. Hempel	Business	c. 1951		Former CFO of Fort Howard Corporation
Michael F. Johnston	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Visteon
William T. Kerr	Business	17-Apr-1941		CEO of Meredith Corporation, 1997-2006
Arnold G. Langbo	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Kellogg, 1990-2000
Miles L. Marsh	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Fort James Corporation, 1997-2000
Paul G. Stern	Business	31-Oct-1938		CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989-93
Janice D. Stoney	Business	c. 1941		Former VP at US West
David L. Swift	Business	c. 1959		Senior Whirlpool executive
Michael A. Todman	Business	c. 1958		President of Whirlpool International
Michael D. White	Business	c. 1952		CEO of DirecTV

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roy D. Chapin, Jr.	Business	c. 1916	5-Aug-2001	Former CEO of American Motors
David R. Whitwam	Business	30-Jan-1942		CEO of Whirlpool, 1987-2004

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