HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 22, 2009--
Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced today that Nance Dicciani has been
named to the company’s board of directors. The appointment is effective
July 16, 2009, and Dicciani will be confirmed by the stockholders at the
annual meeting in May 2010.
Dicciani serves on the board of directors for Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE: ROC), and Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX). She also currently serves on
the board of trustees of Villanova University and was appointed by
President George W. Bush to the President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology.
Before retiring in 2008, Dicciani was the president and chief executive
officer of Specialty Materials, a $4.9 billion strategic business group
of Honeywell. Prior to that, she was senior vice president and business
group executive of Chemical Specialties and the director of the European
Region for Rohm and Haas. During Dicciani’s tenure at Rohm and Haas, she
also served as vice president of the Petroleum Chemicals Division and
headed the company’s worldwide monomers business. Before joining Rohm
and Haas, Dicciani held positions of increasing responsibility in
research, engineering and research management at Air Products and
Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD).
Dicciani earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering
from Villanova University, a master of science degree in chemical
engineering from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in chemical
engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. She also earned a
master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania.
Ranked twice as one of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” by Forbes
magazine, Dicciani was also named as one of the “Top 40 Most Important
People in the Chemical Industry” in 2006 by Chemical Business.
She has received the “Achievement Award” of the Society of Women
Engineers.
Dicciani joins current Halliburton board members Alan M. Bennett, James
R. Boyd, Milton Carroll, S. Malcolm Gillis, James T. Hackett, David J.
Lesar, Robert A. Malone, J. Landis Martin, Jay A. Precourt and Debra L.
Reed.
About Halliburton
Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world's largest providers of
products and services to the energy industry. With more than 50,000
employees in approximately 70 countries, the company serves the upstream
oil and gas industry throughout the life cycle of the reservoir – from
locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and
formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing
production through the life of the field. Visit the company's Web site
at www.halliburton.com.
Source: Halliburton
Halliburton
Director, Corporate Affairs
Cathy Mann,
+1-713-759-2605
cathy.mann@halliburton.com
