About
Previous Keynote Speakers
- 2007 - Randy Dearth
President & CEO
Lanxess Corporation
- 2006 - Madeleine Jacobs
Executive Director & CEO
American Chemical Society
- 2005 - Charles E. Bunch
President & CEO
PPG Industries
- 2004 - Gregori Lebedev
President & CEO
American Chemistry Council
- 2003 - Myron Galuskin
President, Rhodia Inc.
- 2002 - Jeffrey M. Lipton
CEO
NOVA Chemicals
- 2001 - Paul W. Chellgren
Chairman & CEO
Ashland Inc.
- 2000 - William S. Stavropoulos
President & CEO
The Dow Chemical Company
- 1999 - Harold A. "Hap" Wagner
President & CEO
Air Products and Chemicals
- 1998 - J. Roger Hirl
President & CEO
Occidental Chemical Corporation
- 1997 - John A. Krol
President & CEO,
DuPont
- 1996 - G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
President, General Motors
North American Operations
- 1995 - Jon M. Huntsman
Chairman of the Board & CEO,
Huntsman Group
- 1994 - Thomas L. Gossage
Chairman President & CEO,
Hercules Inc.
- 1993 - Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.
President
Eastman Chemical Company
- 1992 - Helge H. Wehmeier
President & CEO,
Miles, Inc.
- 1991 - James W. Kinnear
President & CEO,
Texaco, Inc
- 1990 - The Honorable Peter K. Nune
Assistant Secretary (Enforcement)
Department of Treasury
United States of America
- 1989 - H. Eugene McBrayer
President
Exxon Chemical Company
- 1988 - Robert D. Kennedy
Chairman of the Board & CEO,
Union Carbide Corporation
- 1987 - Dr. Konrad Weis
President & CEO
Bayer USA, Inc.
- 1986 - Vincent A. Sarni
Chairman of the Board & CEO,
PPG Industries, Inc.
- 1985 - Ray R. Irani
President,
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
- 1984 - Alexander F. Giacco
Chairman of the Board & CEO,
Hercules Corporation
- 1983 - Edward L. Hennessy
Chairman of the Board & CEO,
Allied Corporation
- 1982 - Richard E. Heckert
Vice Chairman & CEO,
DuPont
- 1981 - J. Peter Grace
President & CEO
W. R. Grace & Co.
- 1980 - Richard J. Mahoney
President,
Monsanto Company
- 1979 - Paul F Oreffice
President & CEO,
Dow Chemical Corporation
- 1978 - Gerhard Dittmar
Director
Bayer AG
- 1977 - David M. Roderick
President,
U. S. Steel Corporation
- 1976 - Werner C. Brown
President & CEO,
Hercules Inc.
- 1975 - J. P. St. Clair
President & Executive VP,
Shell Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co.
- 1974 - Z. D. Bonner
President & CEO & Executive VP,
Gulf Oil Company
Gulf Oil Corporation
- 1973 - Charles H. Simpson
President,
Airco Industrial Gases
- 1972 - Fletcher L. Byrom
Chairman of the Board & CEO,
Koppers Company
- 1971 - Robinson F. Barker
Chairman of the Board & CEO,
PPG Industries, Inc.
- 1970 - Carl A. Gerstacker
Chairman of the Board & CEO,
Dow Chemical Corporation
- 1969 - James G. Baldwin
Executive Vice President,
Hooker Chemical Company
- 1968 - John L. Gillis
Vice President
Monsanto
