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Ted Doan
Ted Doan was a businessman, philanthropist and the last member of the Dow family that served as president and CEO of the Dow Chemical Company. Doan led the company from 1962-71 and transformed Dow from a firm that made chemicals for other companies into one of the most widely known and one of the world’s largest chemical conglomerates. Doan was a strong supporter of entrepreneurship and was chairman of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, founded in his grandparent's honor. Early years Doan was born in 1922 in Midland, Michigan. He was the youngest of three children of Leland Doan, Leland Ira Doan, general sales manager at Dow, and his wife, Ruth Alden Dow, daughter of the founder of Dow, Herbert H. Dow, after whom he was named. He was always called Ted because his grandfather's name was "too much to hang on a kid" Doan recalled. Doan attended elementary school in Midland before boarding at Cranbrook Educational Community, Cranbrook Academy, then enrolled at Cornell Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dow Chemical Company
The Dow Chemical Company is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company was among the three largest chemical producers in the world in 2021. It is the operating subsidiary of Dow Inc., a publicly traded holding company incorporated under Delaware law. With a presence in around 160 countries, it employs about 36,000 people worldwide. Dow has been called the "chemical companies' chemical company", as its sales are to other industries rather than directly to end-use consumers. Dow is a member of the American Chemistry Council. In 2015, Dow and fellow chemical company DuPont agreed to a corporate reorganization involving the merger of Dow and DuPont followed by a separation into three different entities. The plan commenced in 2017, when Dow and DuPont merged to form DowDuPont, and was finalized in April 2019, when the materials science division was spun off from DowDuPont and took the name of the Dow Chemical Company. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
