John Krol

Mr. Krol joined DuPont in 1963 and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
He held various marketing and manufacturing positions in DuPont Fibers until being named Vice President in 1983.
In 1986, he joined DuPont Agricultural Products and served as Senior Vice President until being named Senior Vice President of DuPont Fibers in 1990.
In 1992, he was elected Vice Chairman, and named President and Chief Executive Officer in 1995, and became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1997.
In August of 2002, Mr. Krol joined the board of Tyco International Ltd. He currently serves on the boards of ACE Ltd Insurance and Milliken & Co. and was Director of MeadWestvaco Corp.
He is on the advisory board of Bechtel Corp., and the board of trustees of the University of Delaware.
He is a former member of The Business Council, a former trustee of Hagley Museum and emeritus trustee of Tufts University, and the former president of GEM: The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. He formerly served on the boards of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., JP Morgan and the advisory board of Teijin Ltd. Mr. Krol received a BS degree and an MS degree from Tufts University.