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Mr. Oreffice is currently Chairman of the Board and one of the principal owners of Fairfield Homes of Arizona. He is on the International Advisory Board of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC) and Chairman of the Board of the National Parkinson Foundation. He is also on the Board of Visitors of MD Anderson Cancer Center. Mr. Oreffice is also a trustee of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C. Mr. Oreffice retired as Chairman of the Board of The Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) in 1992 after almost 40 years with the company. Mr. Oreffice joined Dow in 1953 following service in the US Army and was named Chief Financial Officer in 1970. He was elected to the board of directors and the Executive Committee in 1971. In 1975 he became President of Dow USA, and in 1978 he took over as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Co. In 1986 he was also named Chairman of the Board. Mr. Oreffice also previously served on the boards of the CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) (1979-1998), The Coca Cola Company (NYSE: KO) (1984-2003), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) (1987-1995), and Nortel Networks Corporation (NYSE: NT) (1983-1998). Mr. Oreffice received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 1949. | 