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Hercules

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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard F. Heck
Chemist
1931   Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jean Piccard
Aviator
28-Jan-1884 28-Jan-1963 Extreme balloonist

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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