Shares of W. R. Grace ended the day at $53.625, up $1.
Before that, he was a vice president of W. R. Grace.
He will remain as an honorary chairman of W. R. Grace.
They were both built by the W. R. Grace and Company.
He began his business career in the transportation department at W. R. Grace & Company.
After a year of training, he left W. R. Grace to pursue a theatrical career.
W. R. Grace said it had decided to separate the sale of its chemical and agriculture businesses.
Last year W. R. Grace lost $472 million on sales of $3.7 billion.
W. R. Grace & Company said yesterday that it planned to eliminate more than 800 jobs as part of a plan to cut costs.
W. R. Grace moved its headquarters here last year.