Gilbert R. Whitaker

Gilbert R.
Whitaker Jr. has been a Director of Westlake Chemical Corp.
since August 2004.
He is Senior Advisor of the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation.
Dr. Whitaker was Dean for the Jesse H.
Jones Graduate School of Management of Rice University from July 1997 to June 2005.
He was Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan from September 1990 to August 1995 and Dean and Professor of Business Economics from 1979 to 1990.
Dr. Whitaker was Dean and Professor of Business Economics for the M.J.
Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University from 1976 to 1978.
He served as Associate Dean and Professor of Business Economics for the Graduate School of Business at Washington University from 1966 to 1976.
Dr. Whitaker received a BA degree from Rice University and an MS degree and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin.