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<div><font color="#000000">Dear Colleagues:</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">This lecture should be of great interest to
your students, please urge them to attend. Attendance is free;
no need to register, and refreshments will be served before the
lecture.</font></div>
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<div align="center"><b>Industry Leaders in Technology and Management
Lecture Series</b></div>
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<div align="center"><b>Sponsored by the Office of Corporate
Relations</b></div>
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<div align="center"><b>Chad Holliday, Jr.</b></div>
<div align="center"><b>Chairman and CEO</b></div>
<div align="center"><b>DuPont</b></div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1"><b>"Transformation: Company
and Country"</b></font></div>
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<div align="center"><b>Monday, May 1, 2006 @ 5:00 pm</b></div>
<div align="center"><b>Wong Auditorium, Tang Center</b></div>
<div align="center">Refreshments at 4:30pm</div>
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<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><b>Biography:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Chad Holliday, Jr.,
57, is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of
DuPont. Chad is the 18th executive to lead the company in more than
200 years of DuPont history. He became CEO on February 1, 1998 and
Chairman on January 1, 1999.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Chad has been with
DuPont for more than 30 years. He started at DuPont in the summer of
1970 at DuPont's Old Hickory site after receiving a B.S. in Industrial
Engineering from the University of Tennessee. He is a licensed
Professional Engineer.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">In 2004, he was
elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He became
chairman of the Business Roundtable's Task Force for Environment,
Technology and Economy the same year. Chad is also past chairman of
the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), The
Business Council and the Society of Chemical Industry - American
Section. While chairman of the WBCSD, Chad co-authored a book<u><i><b>
Walking the Talk</b></i></u> which details the business case for
sustainable development and corporate responsibility.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Chad also serves on
the board of directors of HCA and is chair of the Board of Directors
of Catalyst. In addition, he is chairman of the U.S. Council on
Competitiveness and is a founding member of the International Business
Council.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Under Chad's
direction, DuPont established the mission to achieve sustainable
growth - increasing shareholder and societal value while decreasing
the company's environmental footprint.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Chad says, "We
will never compromise our core values - safety and environmental
excellence, integrity, high ethical standards and treating people
fairly and with respect. They are our foundation. We must continually
strive to find ways to enhance them. "</font></div>
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