COMPANY

Founded 1937 by Edwin H. Land. Polaroid filed for bankruptcy in 2001. The parent holding company, PHC, was acquired by Petters Group Worldwide in 2005.

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

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary T. DiCamillo	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Polaroid, 1995-2002
Edwin H. Land	Inventor	7-May-1909	1-Mar-1991	Polaroid Land Camera
Carole J. Shapazian	Business	c. 1945		Former EVP, Polaroid

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary T. DiCamillo	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Polaroid, 1995-2002
Stephen P. Kaufman	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Arrow Electronics, 1986-2000
Ralph Z. Sorenson	Business	c. 1934		President of Babson College, 1974-81
Alfred M. Zeien	Business	1930		CEO of Gillette, 1991-99

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Shurcliff	Physicist	27-Mar-1909	20-Jun-2006	Manhattan Project physicist

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rita V. Foley	Business	c. 1954		Former VP, MeadWestVaco
Abbie J. Griffin	Educator	c. 1952		Business Professor at UIUC
Tom Scholz	Musician	10-Mar-1947		Founder and songwriter behind Boston

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Henry Dreyfuss	Inventor	2-Mar-1904	5-Oct-1972	Product designer, human factors engineer

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Candice Bergen	Actor	9-May-1946		Murphy Brown
James Garner	Actor	7-Apr-1928		Jim Rockford on Rockford Files

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