Anthony W Ruggiero

ANTHONY W. RUGGIERO retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Olin in May 2005, a position he held since January 1999. He joined Olin in 1995 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ruggiero served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (a publisher and direct marketer) from 1990 to 1995. He joined Squibb Corporation (a producer and distributor of medicines) in 1969 and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a director from 1983 to 1990. He holds a bachelor's degree from Fordham University, an MBA degree from the Columbia Business School, and a Post Master's Certificate in Accounting. He is a member of the Financial Executives Institute, a director and Audit Committee Chair of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (a manufacturer and distributor of products for the roofing, construction, trucking, automotive, food service, industrial equipment, lawn and garden and aircraft manufacturing industries). He is also a former director and Audit Committee Chair of Primex Technologies, Inc. (an ordnance and aerospace contractor). Olin director since 1999. DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS CONTINUE UNTIL 2009.