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Dr. William H. Joyce

Dr. William H Joyce is one of the most successful chemical executives in history. He is the retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Nalco, Union Carbide Corporation and Vice Chairman of Dow Chemical. Dr. Joyce sits on the Board of Directors of Hexion Inc. He is CEO of Advanced Fusion Systems.

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Notable Accolades

  • Active member of scientific bodies and panels and was awarded the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton in 1993

  • Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1994

  • 2003 Perkin Medal from the Society of Chemical Industry

  • Outstanding Achievement Award and Lifetime Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers in 2008

  • Selected as one of the hundred most successful engineers of the century by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

 

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Board Experience

  • In 2018 he become Vice Chairman and Committee Chair of the Fermi Research Alliance

  • Director and Committee Chair of Hexion Inc.

  • Current trustee and Vice Chairman trustee of the Universities Research Association

  • Former elected chairman of the Society of the Plastics Industry

  • American Chemistry Council executive board member

  • Former director and audit committee chairman of CVS

  • Former director on the boards of El Paso, Celanese, and Reynolds Metal

  • One of the first Board Leadership Fellows of the National Association of Corporate Directors

  • Board member at Universities Research Association and Fermi Forward Discovery Group (Operator of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

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Education

  • BS in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University

  • MBA with distinction and a PhD in Business from New York University

  • Received the McDowell award as the outstanding graduate student relating to his doctoral studies at New York University

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