COMPANY

Founded on 4 April 1996 as a spinoff of AT&T. It is a manufacturer of network equipment and hardware, and includes the former Bell Laboratories. Lucent acquired Livingston Enterprises in 1997, and Ascend Communications in June 1999 for $24B. Merged in 2006 with Alcatel to form Alcatel-Lucent.

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

Industry:
Computer

Ticker:
NYSE:LU (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Murray Hill, NJ

Sales:
$8.4B (2003)

Employees:
34,500 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ruth E. Bruch	Business	27-Jun-1953		CIO, Kellogg Company
Curtis J. Crawford	Business	c. 1947		President of XCEO
Frank A. D'Amelio	Business	c. 1958		CFO of Pfizer
John T. Dickson	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Agere Systems, 2000-05
Carly Fiorina	Business	6-Sep-1954		CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1999-2005
Jeong H. Kim	Business	c. 1961		President of Bell Laboratories
William B. Marx, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		Former AT&T/Lucent EVP
Richard A. McGinn	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Lucent, 1996-2000
Arun Netravali	Business	26-May-1946		Chief Scientist at Lucent, 2002-03
Arno Penzias	Astronomer	26-Apr-1933		Detected primordial radiation
Patricia F. Russo	Business	1953		CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, 2006-08
Henry B. Schacht	Business	16-Oct-1934		Former CEO of Cummins, Lucent
William R. Spivey	Business	c. 1947		Retired AT&T executive
Daniel C. Stanzione	Business	c. 1945		COO of Lucent, 1997-2000
Ben Verwaayen	Business	11-Feb-1952		CEO of Alcatel-Lucent

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Allaire	Business	21-Jul-1938		Twice CEO of Xerox
Betsy S. Atkins	Business	c. 1955		Venture capitalist
Linnet F. Deily	Business	1945		Deputy US Trade Representative, 2001-05
Robert E. Denham	Attorney	27-Aug-1945		Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Edward E. Hagenlocker	Business	c. 1940		Vice Chairman of Ford, 1996-99
Carla Hills	Diplomat	3-Jan-1934		US Trade Representative, 1989-93
Karl J. Krapek	Business	1948		COO of United Technologies, 1999-2002
Drew Lewis	Government	3-Nov-1931		US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83
Richard A. McGinn	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Lucent, 1996-2000
Patricia F. Russo	Business	1953		CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, 2006-08
Henry B. Schacht	Business	16-Oct-1934		Former CEO of Cummins, Lucent
Franklin A. Thomas	Attorney	27-May-1934		President of the Ford Foundation, 1979-96
Ronald A. Williams	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Aetna, 2006-10
John A. Young	Business	24-Apr-1932		CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1978-92

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dennis Ritchie	Computer Programmer	9-Sep-1941	12-Oct-2011	Co-Creator of UNIX

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tim Bray	Computer Programmer	21-Jun-1955		Co-Inventor of XML
Neelie Kroes	Government	19-Jul-1941		EU Commissioner of Competition

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