The Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
Executive Council’s Corporate Connections

 

Vincent Calarco
Professional

• Crompton and Knowles Corp., President, CEO and Chairman of the Board
• Uniroyal Chemical Co. Inc., President and CEO
• Witco Corp., President and CEO
• Rhodia, Board Member
• ASARCO, Board Member

Business Profiles
I. Crompton and Knowles Corp.

• Crompton, formed by the merger of Crompton & Knowles and Witco produces specialty chemicals and equipment used in products from tires to textiles and paper to auto parts.
• Produces rubber chemicals and polymers, seed-treatment and crop-protection chemicals, dyes, additives for plastic and petroleum products, organosilicones used in fiberglass, and petroleum additives.

II. Uniroyal Chemical Co.

• Basic organic chemical manufacturing
• Synthetic rubber manufacturing
• Pesticide and agricultural chemical manufacturing
• Commercial physical and biological research
• Plastics materials synthetic resins
• Polymers, dyes and food flavorings

III. Witco Corp.

• Plastics additives
• Rubber chemicals
• Urethane Chemicals
• Foam control agents
• Silicones surfactants
• Crop protection, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, miticides, seed treatments
• Rubber polymers

IV. Rhodia

• Fine organic chemicals
• Food additives, personal care and detergents and process additives
• Industrial specialties, including tire and rubber, silicone, paper, paint and construction materials
• Polyamide, including textile yarns, industrial yarns, engineering plastics and fibers

V. ASARCO

• A leading miner, refiner and smelter of nonferrous metals. ASARCO has mines in the US, Canada, and Peru, where it extracts copper and zinc. ASARCO’s holdings include 54 percent of Southern Peru Copper and 50 percent of a copper-molybdenum mine in Montana.

Other Interests

• American Chemical Society, Member
• Chemical Manufacturers Association, Member
• National Foundation for History of Chemistry, Member

Earnest Deavenport
Professional

• Eastman Chemicals, Chairman and CEO
• King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Board Member
• McWhorter Technologies, Inc., Chairman and CEO
• Amsouth Bancorporation, Board Member

Business Profiles
I. Eastman Chemicals

• A former unit of Eastman Kodak, Eastman Chemical makes chemicals, fibers and plastics for applications such as toothbrushes, tools and specialty packaging.
• It is one of the world’s largest producers and recyclers of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), used to make plastic packaging such as beverage bottles.
• Agricultural chemicals
• Food and beverage ingredients
• Inks
• Specialty polymers and intermediates
• Container plastics
• Fibers
• Specialty plastics

II. King Pharmaceuticals

• Cardiovascular (including Altace, Thalitone and Procanbid)
• Anti-infectives (including Lorabid, Cortisporin, Neosporin and Coly-Mycin M)
• Vaccines and biologicals (including Fluogen and Aplisol)
• Women’s health (including Menest and Pitocin)

III. McWhorter Technologies (Merged with Eastman Chemical)

• Produces resins and colorants used to make surface coatings, specialty coatings, and reinforced fiberglass.
• Composite polymers, liquid resins and colorants used in stains, paints and industrial coatings.

IV. Amsouth Bancorporation

• A $42 billion holding company with 661 banking offices located in Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky and Virginia.
• Consumer lending and deposit products, commercial real estate loans, asset-based lending, commercial lease financing and a full range of trust and investment management services.

John Georges
Professional

• JAG Associates

Note: Extensive searching revealed no information on JAG Associates or John Georges.

C. Boyden Gray
Professional

• Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, Partner
• Citizens for a Sound Economy, Board Member
• Clerk to Justice Earl Warren, U.S. Supreme Court, October Term, 1968
• Council Member, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1993-1996
• Counsel to the President of the United States, 1989-1993
• Counsel to the Vice-President of the United States, 1981-1989

Business Profile
I. Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering

• Defended a metals reclamation company in one of the federal government’s first "multi-media" suits (RCRA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act). Represented clients in several significant federal criminal prosecutions under RCRA and the Clean Water Act.
• Defended chemical manufacturers in administrative enforcement actions under TSCA.
• Served as counsel to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund in class action litigation arising out of the Exxon Valdez and American Trader oil spills.
• Other principle areas include products liability, regulatory Law and toxic torts.

II. Counsel to the President of the United States

• Gray was the chief architect of Bush Administration policies concerning regulatory issues.

III. Counsel to the Vice-President of the United States

• Actively involved within the Administration on regulatory concerns.

IV. Citizens for a Sound Economy

• "Think tank" that serves corporate lobbying interests though advertising, polling and research studies while maintaining the anonymity of its industry sponsors.

Thomas Graham
Professional

• VSZ (steelmaker), Board Member
• U.S. Steel, Former President of Steel Division
• Washington Steel Corp., Former Chairman and CEO
• Armco Steel Inc., later became AK Steel Corp., Chairman and CEO

Business Profiles
I. VSZ Steel

• The production facilities currently manufacture 140,000 metric tons of single-reduced electrolytic tinplate coils and cut-lengths annually primarily for the packaging industries.

II. U.S. Steel

• The country’s top steelmaker produced more than half the nation’s steel in the early part of the 1900s. Today it’s one of two publicly traded companies - along with oil and gas producer USX-Marathon Group -- that make up USX Corporation.
• U.S. Steel manufactures sheet, tubular, plate, and semifinished steel at plants in Alabama, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and the Slovak Republic. In addition to steel, the company produces tin products, coal, and coke. U.S. Steel also provides engineering, consulting, and mineral resource management services and develops real estate.

III. AK Steel

• The company manufactures flat-rolled steel and sells hot- and cold-rolled carbon steel to construction companies, independent steel distributors, and automotive, home appliance and industrial machinery manufacturers.
• Carmakers account for about 55 percent of the company’s sales: General Motors (15 percent of sales), Ford, and DaimlerChrysler are among AK Steel’s top customers.

Thomas P. Grumbly
Professional

• Kaiser International, Inc., Former Executive Vice President
• Life Sciences Trust, Managing Director
• Life Sciences Consultancy LLC, Partner
• Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, 1996-1997

Business Profile
I. Life Sciences Trust

• A virtual biotech company in Washington, D.C. that invests in therapies and diagnostic ideas at medical schools and then takes them through the federal regulatory process to market.
• The development company that works with early to mid-stage companies with promising medical and health-related technologies.

Jerry Jasinowski
Professional

• National Association of Manufacturers, President
• Harsco Corp., Board Member
• Phoenix Home National Association of Life Mutual Insurance Co., Director
• Provant Inc., Advisor
• American Industry Partners, Advisor

Business Profiles
I. National Association of Manufacturers

• The largest industry trade group in the country, with 14,000 member companies and 350 member associations across all industrial sectors.

II. Harsco Corp

• The mill services unit offers metal reclamation, slag processing, scrap management, and other services for steel and nonferrous metals producers.
• Harsco’s infrastructure unit sells concrete-forming equipment, grating, scaffolding, and bridge-decking products, and it offers services to the railroad and nonresidential construction markets.
• A third division, gas and fluid controls, serves petrochemical, specialty gas, and food and drug makers with gas tanks, fittings, valves, and other gear.

III. Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co.

• The holding company, which is demutualizing and going public, markets a range of investment products, including life insurance, mutual funds, and annuities.
• Targeting corporations and affluent individuals, the Phoenix Companies markets most of its products through third-party agents such as Merrill Lynch.

IV. Provant Inc.

• A group of more than 20 training companies, offers classroom instruction and training programs, as well as technology-based training via CD-ROM, the Internet, and Intranets.
• Programs include human resources training, performance skills, spoken communication, and customer service improvement. PROVANT also offers management consulting services.
• Provant serves more than 1,500 companies and government bodies (federal government work accounts for 15 percent of sales).

Rachel King
Professional

• Novartis, Government Relations Vice President Genetic Therapy, Inc., CEO (a Novartis Co.)

Business Profile
I. Novartis

• One of the top five pharmaceutical firms in the world. Prescription drugs, including hypertensives Diovan and Lotrel and transplant drug Neoral, comprise some 60 percent of the firm’s revenues.
• Novartis’ consumer health unit includes such brands as Gerber baby foods, ExLax, Maalox, Tavist, and Theraflu and generates nearly one-fourth of revenues.
• The company also makes and sells contact lenses and eye care products (CIBA Vision), animal health products, and generic pharmaceuticals. Novartis spun off its agrichemicals unit and combined it with AstraZeneca’s to form stand-alone company Syngenta.

2. Genetic Therapy, Inc.

• Involved in the development of human gene therapy products for the treatment of genetic and acquired diseases.

William Shaw McDermott
Professional

• Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston Office, Partner
• Law Clerk to Andrew A. Caffrey, Chief Judge, 1975-1976
• Tort Law Commission, President
• Products and Services Liability Commission, Union Internationale Des Avocats, Vice Chairman
• Harvard Law School-Trial Advocacy Workshop, Trial Adviser

Business Profiles
I. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart – McDermott’s Involvement

• McDermott handles complex civil litigation and has presented state and federal court cases on commercial, real estate, zoning, banking, medical malpractice, toxic tort and employment matters.
• In financial services matters, McDermott has represented underwriters, broker/dealers, banks, officers, directors, professional advisors and individuals in class action and complex federal court cases involving allegations of lender liability, violations of RICO and claims under the securities claims laws and FIRREA.
• McDermott was appointed by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to serve as special master in the Lomas Securities litigation, where he supervised pre-trial discovery and preparation for trial of ten large securities actions consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation in Boston.

II. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart - General

• K&L has defended product liability cases on behalf of companies that manufacture industrial equipment, transportation products, consumer items and commercial products.
• The firm also has been retained to coordinate national defense efforts on behalf of major industrial clients, such as the development of medical defenses, product testing reports, coordination of discovery responses and preparation of product and medical expert reports.
• The firm’s energy practice has included representation of utilities, oil and gas producers and distributors, industrial customers, municipalities, and state public utility commissions, as well as lenders, developers and contractors.
• Toxic tort experience includes cases involving asbestos, silica, nickel, breast implants, benzene, lead, PCBs, TCE, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, and other alleged toxins, as well as products with emissions such as welding fumes and electromagnetic fields.

Dana Mead
Professional

• Cummins Engine Co. Inc., Board Member
• Fleet Bank, Board Member
• Newport News Shipbuilding Inc., Board Member
• Packaging Corporation of America, Board Member
• Pactiv Corp., Board Member
• Pfizer Inc., Board Member
• Tenneco Inc., Non-Executive Chairman
• Textron Inc., Board Member
• Zurich Allied AG, Board Member

Business Profiles
I. Cummins Engine Co. Inc.

• World’s leader in the manufacture of large diesel engines. The company’s engines also power school buses, medium-duty trucks, pickup trucks and equipment for mining and construction.

II. Fleet Bank

• The merger of Fleet Financial and BankBoston created one of the top 10 banks in the U.S., which operates some 1,700 branches in the Northeast after acquiring New Jersey-based Summit Bancorp.

III. Newport News Shipbuilding

• The only builder of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers for the past 40 years, the second-largest shipbuilder in the U.S. builds, maintains, refuels and repairs nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines. The U.S. Navy accounts for 98 percent of total sales.

IV. Packaging Corporation of America

• The company manufactures some 2.2 million tons of containerboard annually, most of which it turns into corrugated boxes and containers. The company is a leading producer of shipping containers, including meat boxes and wax-lined boxes for the agricultural industry.

V. Pactiv

• The company makes consumer products such as plastic food-storage bags, plastic waste bags and disposable tableware. Its foodservice products include molded-fiber egg cartons, bakery bags, and foam trays for meats.
• Pactiv makes protective packaging for use by the automotive, computer, and electronics industries.

VI. Pfizer

• One of the top five drug manufacturers after merging with Warner-Lambert.
• Products include such prescription drugs as Viagra, cardiovascular drug Norvasc, and cholesterol-lowering Lipitor, as well as such consumer brands as Visine, BenGay, Listerine, Certs, Dentyne, Efferdent and Zantac.

VII. Tenneco Inc.

• Auto parts maker specializes in shock absorbers and mufflers for vehicle manufacturers and the aftermarket parts sector.

VIII. Textron

• The parent company of Cessna and Bell, Textron has five operating segments: aircraft, industrial (fluid and power systems, golf carts, lawn-care products), automotive (trim and fuel systems), fastening systems (fasteners and tools), and finance (commercial loans).

IX. Zurich Allied AG

• The firm offers life and non-life insurance, reinsurance, and asset management through such brands as Farmers Group and Kemper, Allied Dunbar and Eagle Star in more than 60 countries worldwide.

David Peipers
Professional

• Bedminster Bioconversion Corp., Founder and Chairman
• Delta Omega Technologies, Former Board Member
• Holds , through several LLPs, 2,030,668 shares
• Domaine Clarence Dillon, Board Member
• Equistar Holdings, Board Member
• Millennium Multi Media.com Corp., Board Member
• Offline Entertainment Group, Chairman
• Regal Group, L.L.C., Partner
• SK Technology, Board Member

Business Profiles
I. Delta Omega Technologies

• Development, manufacture and marketing of (water-based, non-toxic and biodegradable) specialty chemicals for use in industrial and military applications. These products replace hazardous, flammable, toxic and ozone depleting chemicals in a broad range of cleaning and emergency response applications.

II. Equistar Holdings

• Oil and gas exploration and development.

III. Millennium Multi Media.com

• Internet development and consulting.

IV. Offline Entertainment Group

• New York based independent film and television company.

V. SK Technology

• Developer of retail store management software for the specialty retail industry.

Howard Raiffa
Professional

• Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Managerial Economics emeritus at the Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Former Director
• Risk and Decision Making Committee at the National Academy of Sciences, Former Chair

Katherine Rhyne
Professional

• King & Spalding, Partner, heads the Environmental Practice Group

Business Profiles
I. King and Spalding – Rhyne’s Involvement

• Focuses on issues relating to the Clean Water Act, occupational health and safety, Superfund, and chemical risk assessment issues under all the environmental statutes or in toxic tort litigation.
• Involved in the development of numerous OSHA standards, including Section 6(b) rulemaking proceedings, OSHA’s generic PEL rulemaking, the Hazard Communication Standard, and rulemakings addressing Process Safety Management and other safety standards.
• Rhyne has litigated against OSHA standards on formaldehyde, wood dust, welding fumes and chloroform, and advised clients on standards for cadmium, ethylene oxide, butadiene, arsenic, fiberglass and mineral wool.

II. King and Spalding – General

• Represents major manufacturers in the following industries: chemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, herbicide and pesticide, automotive, petroleum, capacitor manufacturing, quarrying and mining, railroad tank car manufacturing, telecommunications, hazardous waste disposal and others.
• The firm has been heavily involved in cases involving a variety of chemical substances such as PCBs, dioxin, asbestos, formaldehyde, solvents (such as TCE, hexane and others), petroleum products, pesticides, (including insecticides and herbicides), metals (including lead, mercury, arsenic and others), silicone, methane, hydrogen sulfide and other chemicals. The firm has also been involved in EMF radiation litigation.
• Represented Gwinett County in defense of a lawsuit brought by the Southern Environmental Law Center, the Georgia Conservancy, and several other environmental groups seeking to invalidate the authorization for certain projects that are being constructed in the metropolitan Atlanta area.
• Successfully defended Cargill in a citizens suit under Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
• Represented solid waste permit holders in successful defense of challenge to solid waste permits and in actions invalidating state regulations.

Stuart Singer
Professional

• Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Partner
• Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Miami Office, Former Partner
• Law Clerk to Honorable Byron R. White, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-1983

Business Profiles
I. Boies, Schiller and Flexner

• Singer practices business litigation, class action defense, securities litigation.
• The firm is taking a lead role in bringing health maintenance organization class actions against Humana and Aetna.
• Boies argued the antitrust case U.S. v. Microsoft and Bush v. Gore.

II. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart - General

• K&L defended product liability cases on behalf of companies that manufacture industrial equipment, transportation products, consumer items and commercial products.
• The firm also has been retained to coordinate national defense efforts on behalf of major industrial clients, such as the development of medical defenses, product testing reports, coordination of discovery responses and preparation of product and medical expert reports.
• The firm’s energy practice has included representation of utilities, oil and gas producers and distributors, industrial customers, municipalities, and state public utility commissions, as well as lenders, developers and contractors.
• Toxic tort experience includes cases involving asbestos, silica, nickel, breast implants, benzene, lead, PCBs, TCE, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, and other alleged toxins, as well as products with emissions such as welding fumes and electromagnetic fields.

John Straker, Jr.
Professional

• Oxford Oil Co., President
• Ohio Oil and Gas Association, President
• Banc First Ohio Corp., Board Member
• First National Bank-Zanesville, Board Member
• BancInsurance Corp., Board Member

Business Profiles
I. Oxford Oil Co.

• Wholesale supplier of oils and fuel products in Ohio area.

II. Ohio Oil and Gas Association

• The association was formed in 1947 and represents hundreds of producers, contractors, allied industries, professional members, associates and royalty owners throughout Ohio.
• Allied Industry and Professional members provide the industry with oilfield equipment and services and professional assistance.
• Lobbies state and federal governments on legal and safety issues affecting the oil and natural gas producing industry.

III. BancFirst Ohio

• The company operates as the holding company for The First National Bank of Zanesville, with about 25 offices in central Ohio.
• Targeting individuals and local business customers, First National offers standard retail products like checking and savings accounts, demand and time deposits, and investment planning and trust services.
• Almost 50 percent of the bank’s loan portfolio consists of commercial real estate mortgages; it also makes residential mortgage, construction, and consumer loans.

William Stewart
Professional

• Stewart-Glapat, President and CEO
• BancFirst Ohio, Board Member
• First National Bank-Zanesville, Board Member

Business Profile
I. Stewart-Glapat

• Makers of conveyor technology for loading and unloading of most non-palletized goods in over the road vehicles.

II. BancFirst Ohio

• The company operates as the holding company for The First National Bank of Zanesville, with about 25 offices in central Ohio.
• Targeting individuals and local business customers, First National offers standard retail products like checking and savings accounts, demand and time deposits, and investment planning and trust services.
• Almost 50 percent of the bank’s loan portfolio consists of commercial real estate mortgages; it also makes residential mortgage, construction, and consumer loans.

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