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10 unusual facts about Rohm and Haas


Andrew N. Liveris

Liveris’ strongest move to implement the strategy came with the purchase of Rohm and Haas in the summer of 2008 for $16.2 billion.

Byron Lavoy Cockrell

In April 1949, the Rohm and Haas Company signed a contract with the U.S. Army Missile Command near Redstone Arsenal to do research and development work on rockets and jet propulsion.

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

He has held other board and director memberships to a number of corporations including AMR Corporation, Daimler AG, Federated Department Stores and Rohm and Haas, as while as board member of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium in New York City.

Flaget High School

The school produced several notable members of the community, including Citizens Fidelity Bank president Daniel Ulmer, Rohm and Haas president Daniel Ash and University of Louisville trustee George Fischer.

M. Frederick Hawthorne

He conducted postdoctoral research at Iowa State University before joining the Redstone Arsenal Research Division of the Rohm and Haas Company in Huntsville, Alabama.

Mozzate

Mozzate hosts the Rohm and Haas plant, which produces adhesives used in the packaging and automotive industries.

Paraloid B-72

Paraloid B-72 or B-72 is a thermoplastic resin that was created by Rohm and Haas for use as a surface coating and as a vehicle for flexographic ink.

Raj Gupta

Raj Gupta is the former Chief executive officer and president of the Fortune 500 company Rohm and Haas.

Rohm and Haas

As early as 1980, the company's McCullom Lake factory located in McHenry County, Illinois, underwent investigation for contamination of the town's groundwater.

Tebufenozide

Because it has high selectivity for the targeted pests and low toxicity otherwise, the company that discovered tebufenozide, Rohm and Haas, was given a Presidential Green Chemistry Award for its development.


William Penn Foundation

The William Penn Foundation is a grant-making foundation established in 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by businessman Otto Haas and his wife Phoebe.