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
Robert B. Woodward	Chemist	10-Apr-1917	8-Jul-1979	Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc.

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	25-Feb-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
Ansel Adams	Photographer	20-Feb-1902	22-Apr-1984	Yosemite photographer
Rita V. Foley	Business	c. 1954		Former VP, MeadWestVaco
Abbie J. Griffin	Educator	c. 1952		Business Professor at UIUC
Tom Scholz	Songwriter	10-Mar-1947		Founder and songwriter behind Boston

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
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
Mariette Hartley	Actor	21-Jun-1940		CBS Morning Program
Lady Gaga	Singer	28-Mar-1986		The Fame
Laurence Olivier	Actor	22-May-1907	11-Jul-1989	Shakespearean actor
Vincent Price	Actor	27-May-1911	25-Oct-1993	Master of the macabre

Copyright ©2025