COMPANY

Formed in 1920 as Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation by the merger of five industrial concerns: Barrett Chemical Company (founded 1858), General Chemical Company (founded 1899), National Aniline & Chemical Company (founded 1917), Semet-Solvay Company (founded 1895) and the affiliated Solvay Process Company (founded 1881). Renamed Allied Chemical Corporation in 1958. It became Allied Corporation in 1981, acquired Bendix in 1983, and merged with Signal Companies in 1985. Operated as Allied-Signal (or AlliedSignal after 1993). AlliedSignal merged with Honeywell in 1999, and the combined entity is now known under that name.

Industry:
Chemical

Corporate headquarters:
Morristown, NJ

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John T. Connor	Business	3-Nov-1914	6-Oct-2000	CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79
Alexander Trowbridge	Politician	12-Dec-1929	27-Apr-2006	US Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John T. Connor	Business	3-Nov-1914	6-Oct-2000	CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79
Helen Stevenson Meyner	Politician	5-Mar-1928	2-Nov-1997	Congresswoman from New Jersey, 1975-78

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gallagher	Comic	24-Jul-1947		Watermelon's natural enemy
Orin R. Smith	Business	13-Aug-1935		CEO of Engelhard, 1984-2001

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roald Hoffmann	Chemist	18-Jul-1937		Woodward-Hoffmann reaction

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