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            scientists.  Laney did this in order to get knowledge to enable                           
            him to relate their information systems to the type of                                    
            information systems that Laney would put into place at the                                
            Rodriguez Key project (hereinafter sometimes referred to as                               
            R.K.), described infra.  Laney’s work with Dow continued into at                          
            least 1982.  Laney consulted with Dow about a computerized system                         
            for managing animal data in Dow’s toxicology studies.  Laney was                          
            initially invited to work for Dow because he was working on the                           
            information system prototype for R.K.  Laney’s initial work for                           
            Dow was not related to R.K., but was to help Dow’s Health and                             
            Safety Division construct its own computer centers that could be                          
            designed, programmed, and run independent of Dow’s controller’s                           
            office.  At some point, Laney also consulted with Dow about                               
            problems with “Agent Orange”.  Eventually Laney advised Dow on                            
            how to develop an information system that could communicate with                          
            outside sources such as (1) other divisions of Dow located in                             
            various places around the world and (2) R.K.  As a result of                              
            Laney’s work with Dow, Dow built a computer center that was tied                          
            into an international communications network; the software that                           
            was used in this computer center was consistent with software                             
            that Laney designed for Lederle and Sterling-Winthrop.                                    
                  In or around 1978 Laney began to consult for Monsanto.                              
            Laney was initially invited to work for Monsanto because he was                           
            working on the information system prototype for R.K.  Laney                               





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