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Mr. Rogerson, 50, is president and chief executive officer of Hercules Incorporated, a position he has held since December 2003. He also serves as a director of Hercules. Located in Wilmington, Delaware, Hercules is a leading manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals and related services for a broad range of business, consumer and industrial applications. Mr. Rogerson joined Hercules in 1979 and served in a number of management positions before leaving the company to serve as president and chief executive officer of Wacker Silicones Corporation in 1997. He returned to Hercules in 2000 as president of the BetzDearborn Division. Following the sale of that business to General Electric in 2002, he remained with Hercules as president of the FiberVisions and Pinova divisions until he was named president and chief executive officer of Hercules in December 2003. Mr. Rogerson also serves on the boards of the American Chemistry Council, the Delaware Business Roundtable and First State Innovation. He holds a chemical engineering degree from Michigan State University. He is a member of the Nuclear Oversight Committee and has been a director since September 2005; his term ends in 2010. | 