History of Chemistry in The Dow Chemical Company

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1History of Chemistry in The Dow Chemical Company Etcyl Blair May 18, 2006 Presentation by Etcyl Blair, ACS Central Regional Meeting, May 16-20, 2006 Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this symposium. Today I would like to share with you some history of chemistry in The Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan. While I spent 35 years in Research and Development at Dow and witnessed some of the events I will be discussing today, most I know by study and from stories told by others.

• building blocks for a vast chemical enterprise
• development by a management team
• chemicals from brine
• herbert h. dow
• biochemical research laboratory
• medal award
• dow
• research