Leland I. Doan

(1894-1974) born at North Bend, Dodge County. Chemical engineer, corporation executive, achieved leadership positions with Dow Chemical from 1917 to 1972, including president during a period of the company's great diversification and planning from 1949 to 1962 when the firm grew from 14,000 employees and $200 million in annual sales to 31,000 employees and $890 million in annual sales. Consult Current Biography (1952) 151-152 and New York Times obituary, April 5, 1974, p. 40 and International Directory of Company Histories, Vol 8 (St. James Press, 1994) 147-150.

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