1. Bo a r d o f D i re c t o rs a n d Of f ic e r s
Directors
Ruth S. Block J erry W. Levin Mich ael E . S h an n o n
Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Chairman, Revlon, Inc. (beauty care company), and Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial and
Insurance Officer, The Equitable Life Assurance Chairman, The Coleman Company, Inc. (outdoor Administrative Officer, Ecolab Inc., Director since
Society of the United States (insurance and recreational products company), Director since 1991, Finance Committee
investment products), Director since 1985, 1992, Compensation and Governance Committees
Compensation and Finance Committees P h ilip L. S mith
Former Chairman of the Board, President and
Reu b en F. R ich ard s
Retired Chairman of the Board, Terra Industries Inc. Chief Executive Officer, The Pillsbury Company
R u s s e l l G . Cl e a ry
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, (agribusiness), Director since 1983, Audit and (food products company), Director since 1989,
Cleary Management Corporation (business and Finance* Committees Compensation* and Governance Committees
real estate development), Director since 1981,
Audit and Governance Committees Rich ard L. S chall Hug o Uyterh o even
Consultant, Retired Vice Chairman of the Board Timken Professor of Business Administration,
and Chief Administrative Officer, Dayton Hudson Graduate School of Business Administration,
J a m e s J . H o wa rd
Chairman of the Board, President and Corporation (national retailer), Director since Harvard University, Director since 1992, Audit
Chief Executive Officer, Northern States Power 1978, Audit* and Finance Committees and Finance Committees
Company (public utility company), Director
since 1991, Compensation and Governance* Rolan d S chu lz Alb rech t Wo este
Executive Vice President and Member of Executive Chairman of the Shareholders' Committee and
Committees
Board, Henkel KGaA (household and personal care Supervisory Board, Henkel KGaA (household and
products and adhesives), Director since 1993, personal care products and adhesives), Director
J o e l W. J o h ns on
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Finance Committee since 1991, Audit and Governance Committees
Executive Officer, Hormel Foods Corporation
(food products), Director since 1996, *Committee Chair
A llan L. S chu man
Compensation and Finance Committees President and Chief Executive Officer, Ecolab Inc.,
Director since 1991, Governance Committee
Officers
A l l a n L . S c huma n N ich o las R . E ian James L. McCarty
President and Chief Executive Officer Vice President-Information Services Senior Vice President-Institutional North America
M i c h a e l E . S ha nnon J oh n G. Fo rsyth e James A. Miller
Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Vice President-Emerging Businesses
Vice President-Tax and Public Affairs
and Administrative Officer
St even L. Fritze Maurizio Nisita
Vice President and Treasurer Senior Vice President-Global Operations
L a wr e n c e T. Be l l
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary A rthu r E. Henn ing sen , Jr. William R . R osen g ren
Senior Vice President and Controller Senior Vice President-Law and General Counsel
G e r a l d K . Ca rl s on
Senior Vice President-Corporate Planning Kenn eth A. Iverson Mary J. S ch u macher
and Development Vice President and Secretary Vice President-Marketing
W i l l i a m G . Cra wford D ian a D. Lewis C. William S n ed ek er
Vice President and General Manager-Textile Care Vice President-Human Resources Vice President and General Manager-Pest
Elimination
P e t e r D ' A l ma da Rich ard L. Marcan to n io
Senior Vice President-Global Accounts Senior Vice President-Industrial Jo h n P. S po o n er
Senior Vice President-International
D e a n d e B u hr Phillip J. Maso n
Vice President and General Manager-Professional Vice President-Asia Pacific F. William Tuo min en , P h .D.
Products North America Senior Vice President and Chief Technical
and Environmental Officer
William A. Mathison
Vice President and General Manager-Food &
Beverage North America
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