COMPANY

Tire and rubber company.

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

Industry:
Rubber and Tire

Ticker:
NYSE:GT

Corporate headquarters:
Akron, OH

Sales:
$19.7B (2005)

Employees:
80,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John F. Fiedler	Business	1938		CEO of BorgWarner, 1995-2003
Samir G. Gibara	Business	23-Apr-1939		CEO of Goodyear, 1996-2002
Gabrielle Giffords	Politician	8-Jun-1970		Congresswoman from Arizona, 2007-12
Robert Keegan	Business	27-Jul-1947		CEO of Goodyear
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr.	Business	20-Oct-1918		CEO of Goodyear, 1974-83
John W. Richardson	Business	c. 1945		CFO of Qwest, 2007-08
Oren G. Shaffer	Business	c. 1942		Vice Chairman and CFO of Qwest, 2002-07
Jesse T. Williams, Sr.	Business	c. 1940		VP at Goodyear, 1988-98

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James C. Boland	Business	c. 1940		Retired Partner, Ernst & Young
Gary D. Forsee	Business	1950		CEO of Sprint Nextel, 2005-07
William J. Hudson, Jr.	Business	c. 1934		CEO of AMP Inc, 1993-98
Robert Keegan	Business	27-Jul-1947		CEO of Goodyear
Steven A. Minter	Government	c. 1939		Cleveland Foundation, 1984-2003
Denise M. Morrison	Business	c. 1953		Campbell Soup executive
Rodney O'Neal	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Delphi
Shirley D. Peterson	Attorney	3-Sep-1941		Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson
G. Craig Sullivan	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Clorox, 1992-2003
Thomas H. Weidemeyer	Business	c. 1948		COO of UPS, 2001-03
Michael R. Wessel	Government	c. 1959		Longtime aide to Dick Gephardt

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John G. Breen	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Sherwin-Williams, 1979-99
Thomas H. Cruikshank	Business	c. 1931		CEO of Halliburton, 1983-95

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert B. Anderson	Government	4-Jun-1910	14-Aug-1989	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61
Susan E. Arnold	Business	c. 1954		Global Business President, Proctor & Gamble
Newton D. Baker	Politician	3-Dec-1871	25-Dec-1937	US Secretary of War, 1916-21
Edward T. Fogarty	Business	c. 1937		CEO of Tambrands, 1994-97
Samir G. Gibara	Business	23-Apr-1939		CEO of Goodyear, 1996-2002
Ruben Mettler	Business	23-Feb-1924	23-May-2006	CEO of TRW, 1969-77
Grayson Murphy	Business	1878	Nov-1937	Banker, Co-Founder of American Legion
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr.	Business	20-Oct-1918		CEO of Goodyear, 1974-83
Oren G. Shaffer	Business	c. 1942		Vice Chairman and CFO of Qwest, 2002-07
H. Guyford Stever	Educator	24-Oct-1916	9-Apr-2010	President of CMU, 1965-72
Robert E. Wood	Business	13-Jun-1879	6-Nov-1969	Chairman of Sears, 1939-54
Kathryn D. Wriston	Attorney	c. 1939		Wife of Walter B. Wriston

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul J. Flory	Chemist	19-Jun-1910	9-Sep-1985	Studied polymers

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lloyd H. Donnell	Engineer	20-May-1895	7-Nov-1997	Donnell's thin shell theory
John S. Reed	Business	1939		CEO of Citibank, 1984-2000
John F. Seiberling	Politician	8-Sep-1918	2-Aug-2008	Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87
Roy J. Turner	Politician	6-Nov-1894	11-Jun-1973	Governor of Oklahoma, 1947-51

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
W. Edwards Deming	Mathematician	14-Oct-1900	20-Dec-1993	Quality Control guru

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