COMPANY

Founded by George Eastman and Henry Strong as the Eastman Dry Plate Company in 1881.

Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 19 January 2012.

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

Ticker:
NYSE:EK

Corporate headquarters:
Rochester, NY

Sales:
$13.3B (2006)

Employees:
40,900 (2007)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leo Baekeland	Scientist	14-Nov-1863	23-Feb-1944	Father of plastics
Robert H. Brust	Business	c. 1944		CFO of Kodak, 2000-06
Daniel A. Carp	Business	4-May-1948		CEO of Kodak, 2001-05
Harry Coover	Chemist	6-Mar-1919	19-Mar-2011	Invented Super Glue
Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Eastman Chemical, 1994-2001
George Eastman	Inventor	12-Jul-1854	14-Mar-1932	Inventor of the Kodak camera
George M. C. Fisher	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Kodak, 1993-2000
Marion B. Folsom	Business	23-Nov-1893	27-Sep-1976	HEW Secretary, 1955-58
Jesse J. Greene, Jr.	Business	c. 1945		Chief Financial Risk Officer at IBM, 2007-10
Donald F. Hornig	Educator	17-Mar-1920		President of Brown University, 1970-76
Robert Keegan	Business	27-Jul-1947		CEO of Goodyear
Candy M. Obourn	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Active Healthcare, Inc.
Antonio M. Perez	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Kodak
Patricia F. Russo	Business	1953		CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, 2006-08
J. Phillip Samper	Business	c. 1935		Gabriel Venture Partners
Willy C. Shih	Business	c. 1951		VP at Kodak, 1997-2005
Patrick T. Siewert	Business	c. 1955		Senior Director, Carlyle Group
Paul L. Smith	Business	c. 1935		CFO of Kodak, 1983-93
James C. Stoffel	Business	c. 1946		Senior VP and CTO at Kodak, 2000-05
David L. Swift	Business	c. 1959		Senior Whirlpool executive
John P. White	Government	27-Feb-1937		US Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1995-97

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard S. Braddock	Business	c. 1943		President of Citicorp, 1990-92
Timothy M. Donahue	Business	1949		CEO of Nextel, 1999-2005
Michael Hawley	Photographer	18-Nov-1961		Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey
William H. Hernandez	Business	1948		CFO of PPG Industries
Douglas R. Lebda	Business	c. 1970		President of IAC, 2005-08
Kyle P. Legg	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Legg Mason Capital Management
Delano E. Lewis	Diplomat	12-Nov-1938		US Ambassador to South Africa, 2000-01
William G. Parrett	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Deloitte Touche Tomatsu, 2003-07
Antonio M. Perez	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Kodak
Joel Seligman	Educator	11-Jan-1950		President, University of Rochester
Dennis F. Strigl	Business	c. 1947		President & COO of Verizon

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill Bradley	Politician	28-Jul-1943		US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97
Daniel A. Carp	Business	4-May-1948		CEO of Kodak, 2001-05
Martha Layne Collins	Politician	7-Dec-1936		Governor of Kentucky, 1983-87
Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Eastman Chemical, 1994-2001
George M. C. Fisher	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Kodak, 1993-2000
Marion B. Folsom	Business	23-Nov-1893	27-Sep-1976	HEW Secretary, 1955-58
Roberto C. Goizueta	Business	18-Nov-1931	18-Oct-1997	CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97
Durk I. Jager	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Procter & Gamble, 1999-2000
Juanita M. Kreps	Government	11-Jan-1921	5-Jul-2010	US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79
Debra L. Lee	Business	1955		CEO of BET Networks
Paul O'Neill	Government	4-Dec-1935		US Treasury Secretary, 2001-02
John J. Phelan, Jr.	Business	7-May-1931	4-Aug-2012	CEO of the NYSE, 1984-91
Hector Ruiz	Business	25-Dec-1945		CEO of Advanced Micro Devices
J. Phillip Samper	Business	c. 1935		Gabriel Venture Partners
Paul L. Smith	Business	c. 1935		CFO of Kodak, 1983-93
Laura D. Tyson	Economist	28-Jun-1947		Dean of London Business School

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arthur Glenn Andrews	Politician	15-Jan-1909	25-Sep-2008	Congressman from Alabama, 1965-67
Bill Campbell	Business	31-Aug-1940		Chairman of Intuit
Glenn Curtiss	Aviator	21-May-1878	23-Jul-1930	American aviation pioneer
Raymond V. Gilmartin	Business	6-Mar-1941		CEO of Merck, 1994-2005
Story Musgrave	Astronaut	19-Aug-1935		Spent 1281 hours in space
John Naisbitt	Author	15-Jan-1929		Megatrends
William D. Zollars	Business	c. 1947		CEO of YRC Worldwide

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Donald J. Cram	Chemist	22-Apr-1919	17-Jun-2001	Synthesis of molecules
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Roald Hoffmann	Chemist	18-Jul-1937		Woodward-Hoffmann reaction
Charles Plosser	Economist	19-Sep-1948		President and CEO, Philadelphia Fed

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill Cosby	Comic	12-Jul-1937		Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill
Seth Green	Actor	8-Feb-1974		Dr. Evil's son Scott
Michael Landon	Actor	31-Oct-1936	1-Jul-1991	Little House on the Prairie
Edwin Moses	Track and Field	31-Aug-1955		Olympic hurdler
Erin Murphy	Actor	17-Jun-1964		Tabitha on Bewitched
Rihanna	Singer	20-Feb-1988		Umbrella
Dick Van Dyke	Actor	13-Dec-1925		The Dick Van Dyke Show

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