Crompton Chairman, President and CEO Vincent A. Calarco named recipient of prestigious Chemical Industry Medal.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000 Vincent A. Calarco, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Crompton Corporation Crompton Corporation, formerly Crompton and Knowles, is a chemical research, production, sales and distribution company headquartered in Middlebury, Connecticut. The company produces specialty chemicals used for polymers, fire suppressants and retardants, pool and spa water , has been named the recipient of The Society of Chemical Industry-American Section's year 2000 Chemical Industry Medal. The gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize , one of the industry's most prestigious awards, is given to individuals whose leadership, foresight and contributions have enhanced the chemical industry's progress and performance. It will be awarded to Mr. Calarco during the Society's meeting Oct. 11 at the Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Crompton Corporation, headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 61,101. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies that have left Manhattan. Of the $1. , is one of the world's largest specialty chemical companies with sales of $3.1 billion. It was created by the merger of Crompton & Knowles Corporation and Witco Corporation in September 1999. Mr. Calarco joined Crompton & Knowles Corporation in 1985 as president and chief executive officer and a year later was elected to the additional post of chairman. Under his leadership, Crompton & Knowles dedicated itself to the expansion of its core value-added specialty chemicals and equipment businesses, thereby achieving superior growth in shareholder value. Mr. Calarco's career in the chemical industry spans more than 30 years. He received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering at Polytechnic University of New York Polytechnic University (Brooklyn Poly, Poly, or Polytech), located in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City, is the United States' second oldest private technological university, founded in 1854. in 1963 and an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard University in 1970. Shortly thereafter, he joined NL Industries Inc., where he held a series of management positions in Plastics and Specialty Chemicals. He joined Uniroyal Chemical Company in 1978 and was appointed president of Uniroyal Chemical and vice president of Uniroyal Inc., the parent company, a year later. In 1984, he became corporate vice president for Strategy and Development at Uniroyal Inc. Mr. Calarco served as the 1995-96 chairman of the Chemical Manufacturers Association (now the American Chemistry Council The American Chemistry Council (ACC), formerly known as the Chemical Manufacturers' Association, is an industry trade association for American chemical companies. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is in charge of improving the public image of the chemical industry. ) and currently serves the organization as chairman of the Board International Committee, chairman of the Chemical Industry Trade Advisor (OCITA) and as a member of the Executive Committee. He is the immediate past president of the Society of Chemical Industry-London and is a past chairman of the Society of Chemical Industry - American Section. He is a trustee of Polytechnic University of New York, a trustee of the National Foundation for the History of Chemistry and a member of the American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has over 160,000 members at all degree-levels and in and the American Section of the Societe de Chimie Industrielle. In addition, he is the immediate past chairman of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of The Hopkins School and is a member of the Board of Directors of Newmont Mining Corporation. Mr. Calarco is married with two children and lives in Woodbridge, Conn. The Society of Chemical Industry is an international society founded in London in 1881 to foster applied chemistry in all its branches and facilitate the exchange of ideas. The American Section, established in 1894, is one of the Society's largest sections. |
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