COMPANY

Chemical and manufacturing company. Formerly Ashland Oil. Acquired Hercules in 2008.

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

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
NYSE:ASH

Corporate headquarters:
Covington, KY

Sales:
$8.4B (2007)

Employees:
12,000 (2008)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James R. Boyd	Business	c. 1947		VP of Ashland, 1986-2002
Paul W. Chellgren	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Ashland, 1996-2002
John R. Hall	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Ashland, 1981-96
Steven F. Leer	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Arch Coal
J. Howard Marshall II	Business	24-Jan-1905	4-Aug-1995	Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith
James J. O'Brien	Business	1955		CEO of Ashland

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roger W. Hale	Business	c. 1943		CEO of LG&E Energy, 1990-2001
Mannie L. Jackson	Business	4-May-1939		Owner of the Harlem Globetrotters
Kathleen Ligocki	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Tower Automotive, 2003-07
Patrick Noonan	Activist	c. 1943		Chairman of the Conservation Fund
James J. O'Brien	Business	1955		CEO of Ashland
Barry W. Perry	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Engelhard, 2001-06
Mark C. Rohr	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Albemarle
George A. Schaefer, Jr.	Business	17-May-1945		CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp, 1991-2007
Theodore M. Solso	Business	5-Mar-1947		CEO of Cummins
John F. Turner	Government	3-Mar-1942		Asst. Secy. of State for Oceans, 2001-05
Michael J. Ward	Business	c. 1950		CEO of CSX

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Carlucci	Government	18-Oct-1930		US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89
Paul W. Chellgren	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Ashland, 1996-2002
Ernest H. Drew	Business	c. 1936		Former Hoechst executive
John R. Hall	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Ashland, 1981-96
Bernadine P. Healy	Doctor	4-Aug-1944	6-Aug-2011	President, American Red Cross, 1999-2001
Jane C. Pfeiffer	Business	c. 1932		Chairman of NBC, 1978-81
Michael D. Rose	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Holiday Inn, 1981-90

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dustan E. McCoy	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Brunswick

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