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<html> <head> <title>Whitman Corporation</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Whitman Corporation COMPANY Founded 1851 as the Illinois Central Railroad. It changed name to Illinois Central Industries in 1962, IC Industries in 1975, and to Whitman Corporation in 1988. Over this time it evolved into one of the largest Pepsi bottling firms, operating as its subsidiary the Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers. In 1972, IC acquired <a href="/company/176/000127792/">Midas</a>, running it as a subsidiary until all non-bottling enterprises were sold off in 1978. In 2000 Whitman acquired <a href="/company/395/000124023/">PepsiAmericas</a> and assumed that company's name. Industry: <a href="/lists/695/000124323/">Beverages</a> Ticker: NYSE:WH (defunct) Corporate headquarters: <a href="/geo/457/000069250/" class=proflink>Chicago, IL</a> EXECUTIVES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/391/000129004/">Bruce S. Chelberg</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Whitman Corporation, 1992-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000128811/">Miles L. Marsh</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Fort James Corporation, 1997-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000177671/">Peter M. Perez</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EVP Human Resources at ConAgra</td> </tr> </table> PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000127847/">Herbert M. Baum</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Dial Corporation, 2000-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/391/000129004/">Bruce S. Chelberg</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Whitman Corporation, 1992-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000127852/">Archie R. Dykes</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Chancellor, University of Kansas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000127818/">Jarobin Gilbert, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former NBC executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/866/000171353/">Victoria B. Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Victoria Belle, Inc.</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=127856" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/211/000001208/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/211/1208/s1208.jpg" width=128> Berkshire Hathaway</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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