Midland, MI - October 25, 2005
Australian-born Andrew N. Liveris, president and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company, will be honored for his contributions to American-Australian relations by the American Australian Association at a benefit this evening in New York City.
The primary purpose of the American Australian Association Benefit Dinner is to raise funds for the Association's Education Fund, the largest privately funded program of its kind between Australia and the United States. The dinner this year has already raised US$1.2million.
The Education Fund awarded over US$250,000 to eleven Fellows in its 2005 program. Rupert Murdoch AC, Chairman and Chief Executive of News Corporation and a Patron of the Association, will make presentations to the seven attending Fellows, who will speak about their research and studies.
Carrie Underwood, the 21-year-old winner of the FOX television network's 2005 'American Idol,' will perform at the dinner and Larry Kudlow, host of CNBC's Kudlow & Company, will serve as master of ceremonies.
Four former CEOs of Dow - Herbert Dow Doan, Zoltan Merszei, Paul Oreffice and William Stavropoulos - will attend the benefit honoring Liveris.
Other guests attending the Annual Benefit Dinner for the American Australian Association Education Fund include:
David Anstice, President-Human Health of Merck & Co., Inc.; Terry Campbell, Chief Executive Officer of JB Were Goldman Sachs; Charles O. Prince, Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup Inc.; Anthony Walton, Vice Chairman of the Americas, Standard Chartered Bank; Gavin Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of GovernanceMetrics International; Jerome Kenney, Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; Greg Norman AO, Chairman & CEO of Great White Shark Enterprises, Inc.; Kevin Donohue, Chief Executive Officer of Muehlstein Holding Corporation; Nelson Peltz, Chairman & CEO of TRIARC Companies; Theo Roussis, Chief Executive of Ravago SA; Bernt Reitan, Group President - Global Primary Products Alcoa; Anthony Pratt, Chairman of Pratt Industries (USA), Inc.; Paul Stern, Chairman of Claris Capital; Dr. Hans U. Engel, Chief Financial Officer of BASF Corporation; Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel; Col Allan, Editor of the New York Post; William Webb, Vice Chairman Emeritus of Altria Group, Inc.; William Y. Yun, President of Fiduciary Trust Company; Bryan Moss, President of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation; Chairman & CEO of Developers Diversified Realty, Scott Wolstein; Mark Baillie, Head of Real Estate North America and Europe, Macquarie Real Estate Inc., and Hap Stein Jr., Chairman & CEO of Regency Realty Corporation.
Australian Ambassador to the United States H.E. Mr. Dennis Richardson AO; Ambassador to the United Nations H.E. Mr. John Dauth LVO; and New Zealand Ambassador to the United States H.E. Mr. John Wood, will also attend on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Governments
About the American Australian Association
Founded in 1948, the American Australian Association is the largest non-profit organization in the United States devoted to relations between the United States and Australia and New Zealand; with operations throughout the New York / New Jersey / Connecticut tri-state and the New England and California regions. Its goal is to encourage stronger ties across the Pacific, particularly in the private sector. The Association has an active program of corporate, educational, economic, cultural and social activities. For more information on the Association please visit our website: www.americanaustralian.org.
About the Dow Chemical Company
Dow is a leader in science and technology, providing innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. With annual sales of $40 billion, Dow serves customers in 175 countries and a wide range of markets that are vital to human progress: food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, and building and construction, among others. Committed to the principles of sustainable development, Dow and its 43,000 employees seek to balance economic, environmental and social responsibilities. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted.
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