• RISING THROUGH THE RANKS AT DEERE
• GROWTH IN A CHALLENGING ECONOMY
• MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Deere & Company

Nationality: American.

Born: November 14, 1949, in Washington, D.C.

Education: Wheaton College, BBA, 1972; University of Chicago, MBA, 1974.

Career: First National Bank of Chicago, ?–1982, vice president and branch manager; Deere & Company, 1982–1996, various positions; 1996–1998, senior vice president and chief financial officer; 1998–1999, senior vice president and managing director of operations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, and the countries of the former Soviet Union; 1999–2000,...