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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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