Compass Minerals International, Inc. Appoints Vernon G. Baker II and John R. Stevenson to its Board of Directors.OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Vernon G. Baker II has been appointed to the board of directors of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information ) effective immediately, taking the seat of Douglas A. Pertz who stepped down from Compass's board to pursue other interests. Mr. Baker will serve on the board's nominating/corporate governance committee and its environment, health and safety committee. John R. Stevenson John R. Stevenson is the writer of Bloody Murder and its sequel . has also been named to the board of directors effective May 16, 2005. He will serve on the nominating/corporate governance and compensation committees and will replace Joshua J. Harris, who tendered his resignation effective May 16 to reduce the number of boards on which he sits. Mr. Baker is senior vice president and general counsel for ArvinMeritor (NYSE:ARM), a global supplier of motor vehicle systems and components. Before joining ArvinMeritor in 1999, he served as vice president and general counsel to the corporate research and technology division of Hoechst Celanese Corporation. Mr. Baker is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received his juris doctorate from American University's Washington College of Law The American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is a private ABA-certified American law school. It is located on Massachusetts Avenue in the Spring Valley area of Northwest Washington, DC. . Mr. Stevenson is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of McWhorter Technologies, a New York Stock Exchange-listed producer of resins and dispersed pigments that was acquired by Eastman Chemical Company Eastman Chemical Company is a United States based chemical company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastics and fibers. Eastman has 16 manufacturing sites in 10 countries, supplying its products throughout the world. in 2000. He previously served as a vice president of special products and administration for Valspar Corporation, a global leader in the paint and coatings industry. Mr. Stevenson is a graduate of Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis. About Compass Minerals International Based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Compass is the second-leading salt producer in North America and the largest in the United Kingdom. The company operates nine production facilities, including the largest rock salt mine in the world in Goderich, Ontario. The company's product lines include salt for highway deicing De-icing is the process of removing ice from a surface. Anti-icing is the process of preventing ice from forming on a surface. Deicing can be accomplished by mechanical methods (scraping), through the application of heat, by use of chemicals designed to lower , consumer deicing, water conditioning, consumer and industrial food preparation, agriculture and industrial applications. In addition, Compass is North America's leading producer of sulfate sulfate, chemical compound containing the sulfate (SO4) radical. Sulfates are salts or esters of sulfuric acid, H2SO4, formed by replacing one or both of the hydrogens with a metal (e.g., sodium) or a radical (e.g., ammonium or ethyl). of potash, which is used in the production of specialty fertilizers for high-value crops and turf. |
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