Hale, Charles

In 1960, on the advice of Earl T. McBee, a professor of industrial chemistry at Purdue University, Great Lakes resolved to withdraw from the oil business and expand in bromine. Besides changing its name to Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, the company acquired several bromine-rich wells in Arkansas. Its next step was to obtain a contract from Du Pont to supply bromide for a plant it was building in Canada. To fulfill that contract, the company s president Charles Hale apparently convinced Dow s managers, who were then conquering the world in petrochemicals, to turn over much of its bromide business to its small neighbor. 

Carbohydrate Chemistry, Biology and Medical Applications Hari G. Garg, Mary K. Cowman and Charles A. Hales 2008 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved DOI 10.1016/B978-0-08-054816-6.00001-X... 

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