Monsanto Company Organization

from NNDB Website

Company: Agriculture and chemical behemoth, founded in 1901 by John Francis Queeny

Spun off its chemical businesses as Solutia in 1997.

Official Website: http://www.monsanto.com/

Industry: Agriculture

Ticker: NYSE:MON

Corporate headquarters: St. Louis, MO

Sales: $5.4B (2004)

Employees: 12,600 (2004)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
Frank V. AtLee III	Business	`c. 1940`	Chairman of Monsanto, 2000-03
Donald K. Bandler	Diplomat	`1947`	US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1999-2002
Hugh Grant	Business	`c. 1958`	CEO of Monsanto
Juanita H. Hinshaw	Business	`c. 1945`	CFO of Graybar Electric, 2000-05
Amin I. Khalifa	Business	`c. 1954`	CFO of Leap Wireless
Michael F. Mee	Business	`c. 1944`	CFO of Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1994-2001
Richard U. De Schutter	Business	`?`	CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals, 2000-01
Robert B. Shapiro	Business	`4-Aug-1938`	CEO of Monsanto, 1995-2000
Jack Watson	Government	`?`	Carter's Chief of Staff

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
Frank V. AtLee III	Business	`c. 1940`	Chairman of Monsanto, 2000-03
John W. Bachmann	Business	`16-Nov-1938`	Partner, Edward Jones
Hugh Grant	Business	`c. 1958`	CEO of Monsanto
Arthur H. Harper	Business	`3-Dec-1955`	CEO, GE Equipment Services 2002-05
Gwendolyn S. King	Government	`23-Sep-1940`	Commissioner of Social Security, 1989-92
C. Steven McMillan	Business	`c. 1946`	CEO of Sara Lee, 2000-05
William U. Parfet	Business	`c. 1947`	MPI Research
George H. Poste	Biologist	`c. 1944`	Health Technology Networks
Robert J. Stevens	Business	`c. 1954`	CEO of Lockheed Martin

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
Mickey Kantor	Government	`7-Aug-1939`	US Secretary of Commerce, 1996-97
William Ruckelshaus	Government	`24-Jul-1932`	Two-time EPA administrator
Robert B. Shapiro	Business	`4-Aug-1938`	CEO of Monsanto, 1995-2000
Stansfield Turner	Government	`1-Dec-1923`	CIA Director, 1977-81

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William S. Knowles	Chemist	`1-Jun-1917`		Chiral catalysts

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
John Doerr	Business	`29-Jun-1951`	Silicon Valley venture capitalist
Victoria F. Haynes	Business	`c. 1947`	CEO of RTI International
Ray R. Irani	Business	`13-Jan-1935`	CEO of Occidental Petroleum
Jose Octavio Reyes Lagunes	Business	`13-Mar-1952`	Coca-Cola Latin America
Clarence Thomas	Judge	`23-Jun-1948`	US Supreme Court Justice

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Known for
Ken Duberstein	Government	`21-Apr-1944`	Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1988-89
Michael Fumento	Author	`4-Jan-1960`	Conservative science writer
Stanley B. Greenberg	Business	`10-May-1945`	Pollster
Ted Wells	Attorney	`28-Apr-1950`	Washington lawyer

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