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Union Carbide

COMPANY

Founded on 1 November 1917 as "Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation." Name changed in 1957 to Union Carbide. Became a subsidiary of Dow Chemical on 6 February 2001.

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

Industry:
Chemical

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Leo Baekeland
Scientist
14-Nov-1863 23-Feb-1944 Father of plastics
Ruth E. Bruch
Business
27-Jun-1953   CIO, Kellogg Company
Charles F. Brush
Inventor
17-Mar-1849 15-Jun-1929 Street lights
John A. Clerico
Business
c. 1941   CFO of Praxair, 1992-2000
William H. Joyce
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Robert D. Kennedy
Business
c. 1933   CEO of Union Carbide, 1986-95
H. William Lichtenberger
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Praxair, 1992-2000
Theodore Maiman
Physicist
11-Jul-1927 5-May-2007 Built the first working laser
James W. Rawlings
Business
12-Oct-1929   President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86
Kenneth Rush
Business
17-Jan-1910 11-Dec-1994 US Ambassador to France, 1974-77
Alvin M. Weinberg
Physicist
20-Apr-1915 18-Oct-2006 Nuclear scientist
John K. Wulff
Business
c. 1949   CFO of Union Carbide, 1996-2001

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Vernon Jordan
Business
15-Aug-1935   Advisor to Bill Clinton
William H. Joyce
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Robert D. Kennedy
Business
c. 1933   CEO of Union Carbide, 1986-95
Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.
Business
6-Apr-1935   Chairman of El Paso
H. William Lichtenberger
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Praxair, 1992-2000
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Diplomat
22-Aug-1935   Asst. Secy. of State for Europe, 1985-89
James M. Ringler
Business
1946   CEO of Premark, 1996-99
Alice Rivlin
Economist
4-Mar-1931   Founding director, Congressional Budget Office
Kenneth Rush
Business
17-Jan-1910 11-Dec-1994 US Ambassador to France, 1974-77
Kathryn D. Wriston
Attorney
c. 1939   Wife of Walter B. Wriston

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard W. Boyce
Business
c. 1954   Texas Pacific Group
Cyrus F. Freidheim
Business
c. 1936   CEO of Sun Times Media Group, 2006-09
Jim Gibbons
Politician
16-Dec-1944   Governor of Nevada, 2007-11
T. D. Jakes
Religion
9-Jun-1957   Televangelist
Larry Kissell
Politician
31-Jan-1951   Congressman, North Carolina 8th
Joseph W. McClanathan
Business
c. 1953   President of Energizer Battery Div.
Ann Dore McLaughlin
Government
16-Nov-1941   US Secretary of Labor, 1987-89
Stanley A. Rabin
Business
c. 1938   CEO of Commercial Metals, 1979-2006
Ann N. Reese
Business
c. 1952   CFO of ITT, 1995-98
Jeffrey Wigand
Scientist
17-Dec-1942   Tobacco industry whistleblower

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Donald J. Cram
Chemist
22-Apr-1919 17-Jun-2001 Synthesis of molecules


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