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Polaroid

COMPANY

Founded 1937 by Edwin H. Land. Polaroid filed for bankruptcy in 2001. The parent holding company, PHC, was acquired by Petters Group Worldwide in 2005.

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

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gary T. DiCamillo
Business
c. 1951   CEO of Polaroid, 1995-2002
Edwin H. Land
Inventor
7-May-1909 1-Mar-1991 Polaroid Land Camera
Carole J. Shapazian
Business
c. 1945   Former EVP, Polaroid
Robert B. Woodward
Chemist
10-Apr-1917 8-Jul-1979 Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc.

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gary T. DiCamillo
Business
c. 1951   CEO of Polaroid, 1995-2002
Stephen P. Kaufman
Business
c. 1941   CEO of Arrow Electronics, 1986-2000
Ralph Z. Sorenson
Business
c. 1934   President of Babson College, 1974-81
Alfred M. Zeien
Business
25-Feb-1930   CEO of Gillette, 1991-99

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
William Shurcliff
Physicist
27-Mar-1909 20-Jun-2006 Manhattan Project physicist

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ansel Adams
Photographer
20-Feb-1902 22-Apr-1984 Yosemite photographer
Rita V. Foley
Business
c. 1954   Former VP, MeadWestVaco
Abbie J. Griffin
Educator
c. 1952   Business Professor at UIUC
Tom Scholz
Songwriter
10-Mar-1947   Founder and songwriter behind Boston

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Diebold
Author
8-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 Advocate of automation
Henry Dreyfuss
Inventor
2-Mar-1904 5-Oct-1972 Product designer, human factors engineer

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Candice Bergen
Actor
9-May-1946   Murphy Brown
James Garner
Actor
7-Apr-1928   Jim Rockford on Rockford Files
Mariette Hartley
Actor
21-Jun-1940   CBS Morning Program
Lady Gaga
Singer
28-Mar-1986   The Fame
Laurence Olivier
Actor
22-May-1907 11-Jul-1989 Shakespearean actor
Vincent Price
Actor
27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre


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