Procter & Gamble

James Gamble was a U.S.-based Irish soapmaker and industrialist. He was the co-founder and co-eponym of Procter & Gamble Company in 1837, along with William Procter. The future business partner of James Gamble was William Procter who married Olivia Norris, sister of Elizabeth Ann Norris. The... pair's father-in-law, Alexander Norris, first suggested that the two go into business together in 1837 and consequently Procter & Gamble was born. James Gamble was born near Enniskillen, Ireland and went to Portora Royal School. After graduating from Kenyon College in 1824 . James Gamble and Elizabeth Ann Norris Gamble bore ten children. One of whom was James Norris Gamble . He eventually became Vice President of Procter & Gamble and was the chemist who devised the formula for Ivory soap. He married Margaret Penrose. James Norris Gamble died in his sleep on July 2, 1932 in Cincinnati, Ohio and is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The son of James Norris Gamble, William, married Franzeska Wilhelmina Nast, the daughter of the Rev.
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Alan George "A.G." Lafley is the former Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble, retiring from the... company in 2010. Lafley is largely credited for turning around P&G during his tenure under the mantra “Consumer is Boss.” During the decade of his leadership organic sales grew at an average rate of 5% pa and P&G’s share price doubled . Lafley graduated from Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, to earn an A.B. from Hamilton College in 1969. In 1970, after beginning a doctoral program at the University of Virginia, he took a commission with the U.S. Navy as a supply officer during the Vietnam War. Afterwards, he studied at Harvard Business School, receiving his M.B.A. in 1977. He joined P&G upon his graduation, where he worked until his retirement. He is credited with revitalizing the company by focusing on P&G’s billion dollar brands like Crest, Tide, and Pampers, But he also brought in several new brands, like Swiffer and Febreze, by merging P&G’s internal resources with outside “open” innovation.
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Norman Ralph Augustine is a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as Under Secretary of the Army from 1975-77. Augustine currently serves as... chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee. Augustine was raised in Colorado and attended Princeton University where he graduated with a BSE in Aeronautical Engineering, magna cum laude, and an MSE. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi. In 1958 he joined the Douglas Aircraft Company in California where he worked as a Research Engineer, Program Manager and Chief Engineer. Beginning in 1965, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Assistant Director of Defense Research and Engineering. He joined LTV Missiles and Space Company in 1970, serving as Vice President, Advanced Programs and Marketing. In 1973 he returned to the government as Assistant Secretary of the Army and in 1975 became Under Secretary of the Army, and later Acting Secretary of the Army. Joining Martin Marietta Corporation in 1977 as Vice President of Technical Operations, he was elected as CEO in 1987 and chairman in 1988, having previously been President and COO.
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Johnathan A. Rodgers, age 61, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of TV One, LLC. Mr. Rodgers joined TV One in March 2003. Mr. Rodgers was... President, Discovery Networks US for Discovery Communications, Inc. 1996 to 2003. Previous to his work at Discovery Communications, Mr. Rodgers had a 20-year career at CBS, Inc. where he held a variety of executive positions, including President, CBS Television Stations. Mr. Rodgers is also a director of Procter & Gamble Company.
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