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Donald Borst

Donald V. Borst

President & CEO, Millennium Inorganic Chemicals (retired)

Education

  • B.S. 1957, Chemical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • 1974, Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School

Donald Borst enrolled at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in the fall of 1953 to study chemistry. He operated the Rhenium Laboratory before transferring to chemical engineering. As a chemical engineering student, he worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Rohm & Hass.

During his career, Borst was senior vice president of CF Industries, Inc., one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash fertilizers in North America. He also served as president and CEO of Agritrans Corporation. In 1984, he joined SCM Chemicals as vice president, and two years later, he was appointed president and CEO of the company’s global business. In this capacity, he managed the second-largest producer of titanium dioxide in the United States and the third-largest in the world with some of the most modern and productive titanium dioxide facilities. Before his retirement in 1997, SCM Chemicals became Millennium Inorganic Chemicals. Upon retirement, Borst received the 1997 Industry Statesman Award from the National Paint and Coatings Association.

In 1987, Borst took part in the Chemical Engineering Department’s Distinguished Alumni Seminar Series at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He also served the university as chair of the Advisory Council for Enhancement under chancellor William T. Snyder, the 2001 Nathan W. Dougherty Award recipient, and as a member of the Tickle College of Engineering’s Board of Advisors in 2002 and 2003.