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  • Catalyst Study Finds Women Scientists Attracted to Careers in Industry Over Academia

    American industry eagerly seeks scientists to hire yet companies have a virtually unmined talent pool of women to draw from, according to a new study released today by Catalyst. Women Scientists in Industry: A Winning Formula for Companies, based on in-depth interviews with 30 leading women...

    Date: 1999
  • Baxter Healthcare, Corning Incorporated and TD Bank Financial Group Win 1999 Catalyst Award

    Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Corning Incorporated, and TD Bank Financial Group accepted the Catalyst Award this evening at a gala dinner at The Waldorf-Astoria. Awards Presenter Gwen Ifill, NBC's chief Congressional and political correspondent, presented Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr., President...

    Date: 1999
  • Study Finds Women Scarce in Canadian Corporate Boardrooms

    Women hold just 6.2 percent of the board seats on the companies of the 1998 Financial Post 500—257 out of 4,154 total seats—according to the Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of Canada, released today by Catalyst at a press conference at the Royal York Hotel. When the boards of each of...

    Date: 1999
  • 1999 Catalyst Award Winners Move Women Up

    Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Corning Incorporated, and TD Bank Financial Group have won the 1999 Catalyst Award for their exemplary initiatives to advance women into leadership. The three initiatives, each proven to be effective and successful, are diverse in their methods. Baxter focuses...

    Date: 1999
  • Catalyst Census Finds Eighty-Six Percent of Fortune 500 Companies Have Women Directors

    Four hundred twenty-nine of the Fortune 500 companies have women directors, and more than one-third, or 188 companies, boast multiple women directors, according to a Catalyst study released today. The 1998 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500 reports a 29 percent increase...

    Date: 1998
  • Proctor & Gamble and Sara Lee Corporation Win 1998 Catalyst Award

    Procter & Gamble and Sara Lee Corporation accepted the 1998 Catalyst Award at a gala dinner this evening at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Presenter Jane Pauley, anchor of Dateline NBC, introduced honorees John E. Pepper, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive of Procter & Gamble, and John H...

    Date: 1998
  • Advancement Opportunities Lacking, Say Corporate Women of Color

    A new Catalyst study released today, Women of Color in Corporate Management: Dynamics of Career Advancement, reveals that women-of-color executives perceive formidable barriers to advancement that have not yet been addressed adequately by corporations. Women of color average 3.6 years in a job...

    Date: 1998
  • Catalyst Study Finds Dual-Career Couples Want Freedom and Control

    A two-career marriage offers couples the benefits of economic independence and career control, according to a Catalyst study released today at a press breakfast in New York City. More than two-thirds (67 percent) of the 802 male and female survey respondents agreed that having a working spouse...

    Date: 1998
  • 1998 Catalyst Award Winners Translate Vision Into Reality

    Procter & Gamble and Sara Lee Corporation have won the 1998 Catalyst Award for their classic approaches to advancing and preparing women for senior management. P&G's initiative has tripled the number of women at the general manager/vice president level in brand management, while Sara Lee's...

    Date: 1998
  • Catalyst Study Finds Woman Top Earners Doubling in 2-Year Period

    The second annual Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners, released today, finds that the number of women top earners in Fortune 500 companies has doubled in the past two years, bringing the total to 61 women. Women make up 2.5 percent of the total of 2,458 top earners, up...

    Date: 1997