COMPANY

Chemical and materials company, founded 1854 by William Russell Grace.

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

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
NYSE:GRA

Corporate headquarters:
Columbia, MD

Sales:
$2.6B (2005)

Employees:
6400

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. P. Bolduc	Business	c. 1941		CEO of W. R. Grace, 1993-95
Hugh L. Carey	Politician	11-Apr-1919	7-Aug-2011	Governor of New York, 1975-83
Charles H. Erhart, Jr.	Business	c. 1927		President of W.R. Grace & Co., 1989-90
J. Peter Grace	Business	25-May-1913	19-Apr-1995	W.R. Grace scion
William Russell Grace	Business	10-May-1832	21-Mar-1904	Founder of W. R. Grace & Company
Sidney Kimmel	Business	c. 1927		CEO of Jones Apparel Group, 1975-2002
Kenneth P. Manning	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Sensient Technologies
George R. Mrkonic, Jr.	Business	c. 1952		Former President, Borders
William F. Reilly	Business	c. 1937		President of PRIMEDIA, 1990-99
Richard E. Rivera	Business	c. 1946		President of Darden Restaurants, 2001-04

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John F. Akers	Business	28-Dec-1934		CEO of IBM, 1986-93
Gordon Humphrey	Politician	9-Oct-1940		US Senator from New Hampshire, 1979-90

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. P. Bolduc	Business	c. 1941		CEO of W. R. Grace, 1993-95
Charles H. Erhart, Jr.	Business	c. 1927		President of W.R. Grace & Co., 1989-90
Kathryn D. Wriston	Attorney	c. 1939		Wife of Walter B. Wriston

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis C. Camilleri	Business	1955		CEO of Altria
David F. Hoffmeister	Business	c. 1954		CFO of Invitrogen
John T. Reid	Business	c. 1940		CTO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1997-2000
Pat Robertson	Religion	22-Mar-1930		The 700 Club
Jeremy Slate	Actor	17-Feb-1926	19-Nov-2006	The Mini-Skirt Mob
John H. Timoney	Business	c. 1932		Applied Bioscience International

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation

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