Harold Sorgenti

Sorgenti started his career as a scientist for ARCO Chemical company, a subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield, where he developed several U.S. patents that led to the formation of new chemical industrial processes.^[2] He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of ARCO Chemical between 1979^[3] and 1991,^[4] where he headed the transformation of ARCO Chemical that led to splitting the company into two entities: Lyondell Petrochemical (now LyondellBasell) and ARCO Chemical Company.^[5]

After serving for ARCO Chemical, he co-founded with Fred Rullo the Freedom Chemical Company,^[6] a company that made several lower middle-market acquisitions of specialty chemical companies, which sold to BFGoodrich for $375 million in 1998.^[7]

In 2003 Sorgenti received the Petrochemical Heritage Award from the Chemical Heritage Foundation.^[8][9]

In 2010, Sorgenti joined Ennovance Capital, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm, as an operating partner.^[10]

Sorgenti died on July 11, 2018.^[11]

In 1980 Sorgenti joined the board of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and was chairman from 1986^[1] to 1993.^[12] From 2005 to 2009 he served as chairman of the Philadelphia Orchestra.^[13]