COMPANY

Chemical company founded 1897 by Herbert Dow. Acquired Union Carbide in 2001.

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

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
NYSE:DOW

Corporate headquarters:
Midland, MI

Sales:
$46.3B (2005)

Employees:
42,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arnold A. Allemang	Business	c. 1943		EVP of Dow Chemical, 2000-04
Kathleen M. Bader	Business	c. 1951		Former Dow Chemical executive
Anthony J. Carbone	Business	c. 1941		Vice Chairman of Dow Chemical, 2000-05
Herbert D. Doan	Business	5-Sep-1922	16-May-2006	CEO of Dow Chemical, 1962-71
Herbert Dow	Business	26-Feb-1866	15-Oct-1930	Founder of Dow Chemical
William H. Joyce	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Andrew N. Liveris	Business	?		CEO of Dow Chemical
Keith R. McKennon	Business	c. 1933		CEO of PacifiCorp, 1998-99
Geoffery E. Merszei	Business	c. 1952		CFO of Dow Chemical
Thomas Midgley	Chemist	18-May-1889	2-Nov-1944	Ethyl gasoline, Freon
Frank Popoff	Business	27-Oct-1935		CEO of Dow Chemical, 1987-95
J. Pedro Reinhard	Business	?		CFO of Dow Chemical, 1995-2005
Enrique J. Sosa	Business	c. 1940		Former Dow Chemical/Amoco executive
William S. Stavropoulos	Business	12-May-1939		Twice CEO of Dow Chemical
Robert L. Wood	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Chemtura

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arnold A. Allemang	Business	c. 1943		EVP of Dow Chemical, 2000-04
Jacqueline K. Barton	Chemist	7-May-1952		Professor of Chemistry at CalTech
James A. Bell	Business	4-Jun-1948		CFO of Boeing
Jeff M. Fettig	Business	?		CEO of Whirlpool
Barbara Hackman Franklin	Government	19-Mar-1940		US Secretary of Commerce, 1992-93
John B. Hess	Business	5-Apr-1954		CEO of Amerada Hess
Andrew N. Liveris	Business	?		CEO of Dow Chemical
Geoffery E. Merszei	Business	c. 1952		CFO of Dow Chemical
Dennis H. Reilley	Business	1953		Chairman of Praxair, 2000-07
J. Pedro Reinhard	Business	?		CFO of Dow Chemical, 1995-2005
James M. Ringler	Business	1946		CEO of Premark, 1996-99
Ruth G. Shaw	Business	19-Feb-1948		CEO of Duke Power, 2003-06
Paul G. Stern	Business	31-Oct-1938		CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989-93

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Melvin Calvin	Chemist	8-Apr-1911	8-Jan-1997	Deciphered photosynthesis
Anthony J. Carbone	Business	c. 1941		Vice Chairman of Dow Chemical, 2000-05
J. Michael Cook	Business	16-Sep-1942		CEO of Deloitte & Touche, 1989-99
Willie D. Davis	Football	24-Jul-1934		Businessman, former football player
Allan D. Gilmour	Business	1934		Twice Vice Chairman of Ford
William Lipscomb	Chemist	9-Dec-1919	14-Apr-2011	Chemical bonding
Paul W. McCracken	Economist	29-Dec-1915	3-Aug-2012	Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Keith R. McKennon	Business	c. 1933		CEO of PacifiCorp, 1998-99
Frank Popoff	Business	27-Oct-1935		CEO of Dow Chemical, 1987-95
Harold T. Shapiro	Educator	8-Jun-1935		President of Princeton, 1988-2000
Enrique J. Sosa	Business	c. 1940		Former Dow Chemical/Amoco executive
William S. Stavropoulos	Business	12-May-1939		Twice CEO of Dow Chemical

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George A. Olah	Chemist	22-May-1927		Isolated carbonium ions

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Raymond Davis, Jr.	Scientist	14-Oct-1914	31-May-2006	Detected solar neutrinos
Chad C. Deaton	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Baker Hughes
Joseph P. Overton	Activist	4-Jan-1960	30-Jun-2003	The Overton Window
Richard R. Schrock	Chemist	4-Jan-1945		Metathesis
Alexander Shulgin	Chemist	17-Jun-1925		Rediscovered MDMA

EXTRANEOUS

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

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