COMPANY

Founded 1883 by John Bean as the Bean Spray Pump Company. It acquired several other companies and in 1928 changed name to Food Machinery Corporation. In 1946 this was extended to be Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation, and in 1961, FMC Corporation. In order to focus on chemicals, FMC has spun off parts of itself -- United Defense in 1994 (now part of British behemoth BAE Systems) and FMC Technologies in 2000/01.

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

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
NYSE:FMC

Corporate headquarters:
Philadelphia, PA

Sales:
$2.2B (2005)

Employees:
5000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Larry D. Brady	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Intermec, 2000-07
Robert N. Burt	Business	c. 1937		CEO of FMC, 1992-2001
Michael J. Callahan	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Material Sciences, 2003-04
Stephen F. Gates	Business	20-May-1946		Former EVP, Conoco-Phillips
Peter D. Kinnear	Business	c. 1947		CEO of FMC Technologies
James A. McClung	Business	c. 1938		Former VP at FMC
Joseph H. Netherland	Business	c. 1944		CEO of FMC Technologies, 2001-07
William G. Walter	Business	20-Sep-1945		CEO of FMC

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
G. Peter D'Aloia	Business	c. 1944		CFO of Trane
Mark P. Frissora	Business	c. 1956		CEO of The Hertz Corporation
Edward J. Mooney	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Nalco Chemical, 1994-2000
William F. Reilly	Business	c. 1937		President of PRIMEDIA, 1990-99
Enrique J. Sosa	Business	c. 1940		Former Dow Chemical/Amoco executive
William G. Walter	Business	20-Sep-1945		CEO of FMC

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Larry D. Brady	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Intermec, 2000-07
Robert N. Burt	Business	c. 1937		CEO of FMC, 1992-2001
Joseph H. Netherland	Business	c. 1944		CEO of FMC Technologies, 2001-07
James R. Thompson	Politician	8-May-1936		Governor of Illinois, 1977-91
Clayton K. Yeutter	Government	10-Dec-1930		US Secretary of Agriculture, 1989-91

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pauline Newman	Judge	20-Jun-1927		US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Robert Pirsig	Author	6-Sep-1928		Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
William P. Rutledge	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Allegheny Teledyne, 1996-97
Michael T. Yonker	Business	1942		CEO of Portec, 1988-98

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