COMPANY

Specialty chemical manufacturer, founded 1912 as Hercules Powder Company when anti-trust legislation forced DuPont to divest its explosives business. Agreed to be acquired by Ashland in 2008.

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

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
NYSE:HPC (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Wilmington, DE

Sales:
$2.1B (2007)

Employees:
4500

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William H. Joyce	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
George MacKenzie	Business	c. 1949		CFO of Hercules, 1996-2000
Craig A. Rogerson	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Hercules

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anna C. Catalano	Business	c. 1959		Former executive at BP-Amoco
Thomas P. Gerrity	Business	13-Jul-1941		Former Dean, Wharton School
John C. Hunter III	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Solutia, 1999-2004
Burton M. Joyce	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Terra Industries, 1991-2001
Robert D. Kennedy	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Union Carbide, 1986-95
Craig A. Rogerson	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Hercules
John K. Wulff	Business	c. 1949		CFO of Union Carbide, 1996-2001
Joe B. Wyatt	Educator	c. 1935		Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1982-2000

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stuart Eizenstat	Diplomat	15-Jan-1943		US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96
William H. Joyce	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Jeffrey M. Lipton	Business	5-Jul-1942		CEO of NOVA Chemicals, 1998-2009
Joan Spero	Diplomat	c. 1944		Under Secretary of State, 1993-97
Raymond S. Troubh	Business	3-May-1926		Independent Financial Consultant

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard F. Heck	Chemist	1931		Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jean Piccard	Aviator	28-Jan-1884	28-Jan-1963	Extreme balloonist

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Henry Taube	Chemist	30-Nov-1915	16-Nov-2005	Mechanisms of electron transfer

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