Directors
STEPHEN G. BUTLER
Director since 2002
Mr. Butler served as Chairman and Chief Executive of the accounting firm, KPMG LLP, from 1996 until June 2002, when he retired. He is also a director of ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Ford Motor Company.
JAMES J. POSTL
Director since 2003
Mr. Postl served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pennzoil Quaker State Company, a petroleum products company, from May 2000 until October 2002 when he retired. He joined Pennzoil in October 1998 as President and Chief Operating Officer. He is also a director of Pulte Group, Inc., the American Balanced Fund, International Growth and Income Fund and the Income Fund of America. He is a former director of Centex Corporation and Northwest Airlines.
IVOR J. EVANS
Director since 2003
Mr. Evans is an operating partner HCI Equity Partners, a private equity firm. He previously served as Vice Chairman of Union Pacific Corporation and its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, a rail carrier and transportation company, until February 2005. He is also a director of ArvinMeritor, Inc., Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc., Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., and Textron Inc. He is a former director of Suntron Corporation.
DAN F. SMITH
Director since 1998
Mr. Smith currently serves as a director of Kraton Performance Polymers Inc., a company providing polymer solutions, and also serves as Chairman of its principal operating subsidiary, Kraton Polymers, LLC. He was also appointed Chairman of the Board of Valerus Compression Services, a privately held natural gas services company, in December 2009. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lyondell Chemical Company, a petrochemicals and refining operations company, until December 2007 and is a former director of Lyondell Chemical Company.
KIRK S. HACHIGIAN
Director since 2004
Mr. Hachigian is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cooper Industries plc. He was named Chairman in February 2006, President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2005. He previously held various executive positions with Cooper since joining the Company in April 2001. He is also a director of PACCAR Inc. He is a former director of American Standard Companies, Inc. and Trane Inc.
GERALD B. SMITH
Director since 2000
Mr. Smith is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smith Graham & Company, an investment management firm that he founded in 1990. He is also a director of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, ONEOK Inc. and ONEOK Partners, L.P.
LINDA A. HILL
Director since 1994
Ms. Hill is a Professor at the Harvard Business School. She joined the faculty of Harvard Business School in 1984 as an Assistant Professor in organizational behavior and human resource management. She was named Associate Professor in 1991, Professor in 1995 and the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration in 1997. She is also a director of State Street Corporation.
MARK S. THOMPSON
Director since 2007
Dr. Thompson has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., a company providing semiconductor solutions, since May 2008 and as President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2005. He is also a director of American Science and Engineering, Inc. and Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.
LAWRENCE D. KINGSLEY
Director since 2007
Mr. Kingsley is President and Chief Executive Officer of Pall Corporation, a filtration products company. He previously served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IDEX Corporation, an engineered industrial products company, from April 2006 to September 2011. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer of IDEX Corporation in March 2005 and Chief Operating Officer in August 2004. He is also a director of Pall Corporation.
