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E. Gary Cook, the Chairman of the Management Committee, is the former Chairman, President, and CEO of Witco Corporation. Dr. Cook received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University. He joined E. I. DuPont in 1969 as a Research Chemist. He spent 23 years with DuPont, holding a variety of senior management positions, including Vice President of Medical Products, Vice President and General Manager of Publishing and Printing, and Vice President-Corporate Plans. He joined Ethyl Corporation as Senior Vice President and President-Chemicals Group and Director in 1992. In 1994, the Chemicals Group was spun off from Ethyl as the Albemarle Corporation as an independently traded specialty chemical company. Dr. Cook served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Albemarle. He was named Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Witco Corporation in 1996. He served in that capacity until the merger of Witco and Crompton and Knowles in 1999, at which time he was named Chairman of the merged company, CKWitco. Dr. Cook has served on numerous industry association boards, including those of the Chemical Manufacturers Association, the Soap and Detergent Association, the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, and the Health Industry Manufacturers Association. He has served as a director of more than a half-dozen public companies over the last twenty years, and is currently a director of Trimeris Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company and Chairman of the Board of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, a building products company. | 