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Mission
Statement
Our mission is to highlight Pittsburgh as a chemical industry center and to provide a premier, one-day forum for idea sharing and for insight into current key issues affecting the chemical industry. Our focus is to deliver exceptional value to sales, marketing, purchasing, and other industry professionals.
How it
Began
Founding fathers Harry Pugh (Chemical Sales Association/Monsanto) and Art Morgan (Purchasing Association/PPG Industries) met for lunch in 1967 to discuss the feasibility of a joint group dinner. Upon agreement to move forward, the Chemical Marketing Association and its Chairman Ray Siren were also invited; ultimately Ralph Reed, President Elect of the Sales Association, was selected to chair the initial Pittsburgh Chemical Day affair. The event was held on April 18, 1968, a date that coincided with National Chemical Week. Anticipating a crowd of 80-90, the event’s founders were astounded when 203 people convened at Chatham Center to hear John Gillis, Vice President, Monsanto, speak about “The International Posture of the U.S. Chemical Industry.” Sponsored by the aforementioned associations, the full committee for the first Pittsburgh Chemical Day consisted of the following:
H. Carlson Sinclair
Koppers
Q. Ebert
PPG Industries
P. LaGrotteria
Pittsburgh Activated Carbon
A. Morgan
PPG Industries
T. Onett
Koppers Company
F. Parkin
Parkin Chemical
J. Payne
Carnegie Mellon University
H. Pugh
Monsanto
R. Reed
Chemply, Inc.
J. Rogers
DuPont
W. Sawyer
PPG Industries
R. Siren
Mobay
J. Snyder
Allegheny Solvents
S. Varga
Air Reduction
D. Weimer
Koppers Company
How it
Grew
Pittsburgh Chemical Day wasn’t always a full-day event complete with Workshop, Forum, and Dinner. Its early years called for evening cocktails, a dinner, and an address by a well-respected member of the Chemicals Industry family. CEO’s and Presidents of Fortune 500 companies have graced the Chemical Day dais. Past keynote speakers are so sufficiently impressed that they often endorse participation with future keynote speakers.
2019 – Hilary Mercer
Vice President, Pennsylvania Chemicals Shell
2018 – Markus Klaehn
President and CEO, Brenntag North America, Inc.
2017 – Antonis Papadourakis
President and CEO, Lanxess Corp.
2016 – Teressa Szelest-Shah
President, Market and Customer Development North America, BASF
2015 – Michael McGarry
President & CEO PPG Industries
2014 – George Biltz
Chief Strategy Officer Axiall Corporation
2013 – Dennis Yablonsky
Chief Executive Officer
Allegheny Conference on Community Development2012 – Leonard Dolhert
PPG Industries
2011 – Randy G. Woelfel
Chief Executive Officer NOVA Chemicals
2010 – Greg Babe
President & Chief Executive Officer
Bayer Corporation and Bayer MaterialScience LLC2009 – Dr. Kurt Bock
Chief Financial Officer, BASF SE; Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BASF Corporation
2008 – Stacy Methvin
President and CEO of Shell Chemical Company LP
2007 – Randy Dearth
President & CEO Lanxess Corporation
2006 – Madeleine Jacobs
Executive Director & CEO American Chemical Society
2005 – Charles E. Bunch
President & CEO PPG Industries
2004 – Gregori Lebedev
President & CEO American Chemistry Council
2003 – Myron Galuskin
President, Rhodia Inc.
2002 – Jeffrey M. Lipton
CEO, NOVA Chemicals
2001 – Paul W. Chellgren
Chairman & CEO Ashland Inc.
2000 – William S. Stavropoulos
President & CEO The Dow Chemical Company
1999 – Harold A. “Hap” Wagner
President & CEO Air Products and Chemicals
1998 – J. Roger Hirl
President & CEO Occidental Chemical Corporation
1997 – John A. Krol
President & CEO, DuPont
1996 – G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
President, General Motors North American Operations
1995 – Jon M. Huntsman
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Huntsman Group
1994 – Thomas L. Gossage
Chairman President & CEO, Hercules Inc.
1993 – Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.
President Eastman Chemical Company
1992 – Helge H. Wehmeier
President & CEO, Miles, Inc.
1991 – James W. Kinnear
President & CEO, Texaco, Inc
1990 – The Honorable Peter K. Nune
President & CEO, Miles, Inc.
1989 – H. Eugene McBrayer
President Exxon Chemical Company
1988 – Robert D. Kennedy
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Union Carbide Corporation
1987 – Dr. Konrad Weis
President & CEO Bayer USA, Inc.
1986 – Vincent A. Sarni
Chairman of the Board & CEO, PPG Industries, Inc.
1985 – Ray R. Irani
President, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
1984 – Alexander F. Giacco
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Hercules Corporation
1983 – Edward L. Hennessy
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Allied Corporation
1982 – Richard E. Heckert
Vice Chairman & CEO, DuPont
1981 – J. Peter Grace
President & CEO W. R. Grace & Co.
1980 – Richard J. Mahoney
President, Monsanto Company
1979 – Paul F Oreffice
President & CEO, Dow Chemical Corporation
1978 – Gerhard Dittmar
Director Bayer AG
1977 – David M. Roderick
President, U. S. Steel Corporation
1976 – Werner C. Brown
President & CEO, Hercules Inc.
1975 – J. P. St. Clair
President & Executive VP, Shell Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co.
1974 – Z. D. Bonner
President & CEO & Executive VP, Gulf Oil Company
Gulf Oil Corporation1973 – Charles H. Simpson
President, Airco Industrial Gases
1972 – Fletcher L. Byrom
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Koppers Company
1971 – Robinson F. Barker
Chairman of the Board & CEO, PPG Industries, Inc.
1969 – James G. Baldwin
Executive Vice President, Hooker Chemical Company
1968 – John L. Gillis
Vice President Monsanto
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Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Phone: 412.812.0070
Fax: 412.321.6689
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