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Episode
505
FEEDING AND FUELING THE WORLD:
Healthier Alternatives for Planet Earth
Featured Guest:
Robert W. Lane
Chairman
and CEO, Deere & Co.
Robert W. Lane has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Deere & Company
since August 2000.
Lane, following an early career in global banking, joined John Deere in 1982,
initially managing various operations within the Worldwide Construction Equipment
Division and later serving as president and chief operating officer of Deere
Credit, Inc. In 1992, he joined the Worldwide Agricultural Equipment Division
where, as senior vice president, he directed equipment operations in Latin
America, Australia and East Asia.
Elected chief financial officer in 1996, Lane subsequently moved to Germany
where, as managing director, he led Deere's agricultural equipment operations
in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and the nations of the former Soviet
Union. He returned to the United States as president of the Worldwide Agricultural
Equipment Division and thereafter was elected president and chief operating
officer of Deere & Company.
Lane also serves as a director of General Electric Company and Verizon Communications
Inc. He is an honorary director of the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, and a national
director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Born in Washington, D.C. (1949), Lane graduated with high honors from Wheaton
College in Illinois (1972), and earned a Master of Business Administration
degree from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1974). He
and his wife, Patricia, have three adult children and reside in Moline, Illinois.
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) is the world's leading manufacturer of agricultural
and forestry equipment, a major manufacturer of construction equipment, and
a leading supplier of equipment used in lawn, grounds and turf care. John Deere
also manufactures and markets diesel engines used in off-road equipment and
provides landscape and worldwide financial services. Since it was founded in
1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality, commitment
and innovation around the globe.
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