Herbert Henry Dow II (January 6, 1927 – March 31, 1996) was an American foundation executive who led his family's charitable institution, Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation from 1970 to 1996. He also worked for 40 years at his family's business, the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical, founded by his grandfather, Herbert Henry Dow. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was a Dow vice president for 6 years and the corporate secretary for 18 years.[1]
Early years
Herbert Henry Dow II was born in 1927 in Midland, Michigan. He was the younger of two children of Willard Dow, second president of Dow Chemical, and his wife, Martha Lenora Major, a teacher from Bay County. Herbert completed elementary school in the Midland Public Schools before boarding at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. He graduated in 1945, then served in the United States Navy at the end of World War II. After his discharge, he briefly attended Yale University before enrolling at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology