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Pat D. Dawson is the group president for the Polyurethanes business of The Dow Chemical Company. He is also a member of the Business Operations Committee.
Dawson began his career in 1980 in the Market Development Program in the New York Sales office. Following a series of sales and marketing positions in Performance Products, Dawson was named group marketing manager for Emulsion Polymers North America in 1991. He became business manufacturing manager for Fabricated Products in 1994 and later assumed additional roles of global business director for Engineered Laminates. In 1996, he became commercial director for Specialty Chemicals in the Pacific area and was located in Hong Kong.
In 1999, was named business director for the Global Polyglycols Business and he relocated to Midland. Dawson was appointed business vice president for the Oxide Derivatives global business unit, and also business director for Oxygenated Solvents in 2000. He assumed his current role in January, 2004.
Dawson received a Bachelor’s degree in agronomy in 1979 and a Masters in agricultural economics/management from Purdue University in 1980. He is married and has three children. | 