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Rockwell Automation

COMPANY

Founded 1919 by Willard Rockwell, merged with North American Aviation in 1967, acquired Collins Radio (an avionics company) in 1973. Once known as Rockwell International Corporation. Sold its aerospace business to Boeing in 1997. Spun off Rockwell Collins in 2001.

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

Ticker:
NYSE:ROK

Corporate headquarters:
Milwaukee, WI

Sales:
$4.1B (2003)

Employees:
21500 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gil Amelio
Business
1-Mar-1943   CEO of Apple, 1996-97
Robert Anderson
Business
2-Nov-1920 28-Oct-2006 Chairman of Rockwell, 1979-88
W. Michael Barnes
Business
c. 1943   CFO of Rockwell, 1991-2001
Donald R. Beall
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Rockwell, 1988-98
Michael T. Byrnes
Military
c. 1945   President of Tyco China, 2005-06
Don H. Davis, Jr.
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Rockwell, 1997-2005
Donald DeFosset
Business
c. 1948   CEO of Walter Industries, 2000-05
Clayton M. Jones
Business
c. 1949   CEO of Rockwell Collins
James A. McDivitt
Astronaut
10-Jun-1929   Commander, Gemini 4 and Apollo 9
Keith D. Nosbusch
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Rockwell
Bradford W. Parkinson
Engineer
16-Feb-1935   Global Positioning System
Willard Rockwell
Business
31-Mar-1888 16-Oct-1978 Founder of Rockwell Automation
Alan E. Ross
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Broadcom, 2003-05
Chauncey Starr
Physicist
14-Apr-1912 17-Apr-2007 Electric Power Research Institute
Paul G. Stern
Business
31-Oct-1938   CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989-93

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Betty C. Alewine
Business
c. 1948   COMSAT Corporation
Verne G. Istock
Business
c. 1940   President of Bank One, 1999-2000
Barry C. Johnson
Business
c. 1944   Villanova Dean of Engineering, 2002-06
William T. McCormick, Jr.
Business
c. 1944   CEO of CMS Energy, 1985-2002
Keith D. Nosbusch
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Rockwell
Bruce M. Rockwell
Business
c. 1939   First of Michigan Corporation
David B. Speer
Business
c. 1951   CEO of Illinois Tool Works
Joseph F. Toot, Jr.
Business
c. 1936   CEO of Timken, 1992-97

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert Anderson
Business
2-Nov-1920 28-Oct-2006 Chairman of Rockwell, 1979-88
George Argyros
Business
4-Feb-1937   Billionaire
Donald R. Beall
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Rockwell, 1988-98
J. Michael Cook
Business
16-Sep-1942   CEO of Deloitte & Touche, 1989-99
Don H. Davis, Jr.
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Rockwell, 1997-2005
Robin Chandler Duke
Activist
13-Oct-1923   Former president of NARAL
Judith L. Estrin
Business
1954   Packet Design LLC
William H. Gray
Politician
20-Aug-1941   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-91
Donald R. Parfet
Business
c. 1952   Former Senior VP, Pharmacia
Robert B. Shapiro
Business
4-Aug-1938   CEO of Monsanto, 1995-2000
Kenneth F. Yontz
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Sybron, 1986-2000

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
James A. Bell
Business
4-Jun-1948   CFO of Boeing
James D. Bindenagel
Diplomat
30-Jun-1949   Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, 1999-2001
Robert D. Coombe
Educator
c. 1948   Chancellor, University of Denver
Scott McNealy
Business
13-Nov-1954   Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems
James E. Oberg
Historian
7-Nov-1944   Space exploration historian
Jerry Pournelle
Author
7-Aug-1933   Sci-Fi collaborator with Larry Niven
Michael T. Riordan
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Fort Howard Corporation, 1996-97
John S. Shiely
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Briggs & Stratton
Michael R. Splinter
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Applied Materials
Bob Walkup
Politician
14-Nov-1936   Mayor of Tucson
John A. White
Business
c. 1940   Chancellor, University of Arkansas


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