WESTLAKE, OH, June 20, 2008-

Born in 1917, the son of Walter and Virginia Nord, Mr. Nord started his career as an engineer at the U.S. Automatic Corporation in 1939. In 1954, together with his brother Evan and father Walter, Eric Nord organized Nordson Corporation as a subsidiary of U.S. Automatic Corporation. Eric Nord served as President of Nordson from 1954 to 1974. During this time, Nordson grew from a small, local business with less than $1 million in annual sales to a publicly traded, multinational corporation with sales of $121 million and operations in eight countries. In 1974, Mr. Nord was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He retired from the position of CEO in 1983, continuing as Chairman of the Board of Directors until October 31, 1997, and remaining as Chairman Emeritus until his death. Today, Nordson has sales of over $1 billion with direct operations in 33 countries.

Eric Nord's business acumen was paralleled by a lifetime of personal philanthropy involving multiple non-profit organizations and causes. Mr. Nord, with his family, was also catalytic in creating four remarkable philanthropic resources: the Nord Family Foundation, Nordson Corporation and its Foundation, the Eric and Jane Nord Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Greater Lorain County. Eric's philanthropic vision was behind more than $100 million of support for charitable and educational causes, particularly in northern Ohio.

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