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As senior vice president and general counsel, Mr. Hausrath is responsible for all legal and corporate governance matters pertaining to Ashland Inc., as well as security and facilities management. He also oversees the environmental health and safety and government relations groups.
Mr. Hausrath joined Ashland's Law Department in 1980 and has held a number of positions within the department. He was named vice president in 1998 and general counsel in 1999, at which time he joined Ashland's executive committee. In 2004, he was promoted to the title of senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. In the fall of 2006, he promoted his assistant general counsel to the position of corporate secretary. He is chairman of Ashland's Compliance Committee and a member of the company's Diversity Council.
Mr. Hausrath is a member of the American Corporate Counsel Association, American Bar Association, Ethics Officer Association, Kentucky Bar Association, and the Virginia State Bar. He serves on the Board of Advisors of the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Ky. He received a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1974 from Virginia Tech. From 1974 to 1976, he was employed by DuPont in Richmond, Va., as a project engineer. He received his J.D. degree in 1979 from the University of Richmond Law School. After graduation, he served as a law clerk for the Virginia Supreme Court. | 