Dow

Dow, or the acronym DOW, may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Business 3 Academia 4 Places 5 Indigenous peoples 6 Fiction 7 Science 8 Acronym 9 See also

People

• Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930), founder of Dow Chemical Company
• Charles Dow (1851–1902), founder of Dow Jones & Co
• James R. Dow, professor of German language
• Paula Dow (born 1955), 58th Attorney General of New Jersey
• Neal S. Dow (1804–1897), noted prohibitionist
• Tony Dow (born 1945), actor most famous as the older brother, Wally, in the Leave it to Beaver TV series
• Harold Dow (1947–2010), from the 48 Hours Mystery TV series
• Ryan Dow (born 1991), Scottish footballer for Dundee United
• Dow Finsterwald (born 1929), American professional golfer

Business

• Dow Chemical Company, a manufacturer of plastics and other chemicals
  • Dow Corning, a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, USA
• Dow Jones & Company, a financial publisher
  • Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of major US stocks
  • Dow Jones–AIG Commodity Index, a commodity price index
• Dow Breweries, a former Quebec brewing company

Academia

• Dow University of Health Sciences, formerly Dow Medical College, in Pakistan

Places

• Dow, California, in Kern County

Indigenous peoples

• Dow people, an Indian tribe in Brazil, from the Maku family

Fiction

• Dow, a character in the Fusion comics series

Science

• Dow process, the electrolytic method of bromine extraction from brine

Acronym

• Day of week, an abbreviation often used in date formats
• Declaration of war, a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another
• Deep ocean water, a marine term
• Died of wounds, a military casualty classification
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, a strategy video game
• Doppler On Wheels, an experimental portable Doppler radar device used for meteorological research
• United States Department of War, an extinct department now part of the United States Department of Defense
• Days of Wonder, a board games company
• Dry Operating Weight, a term used in aviation

See also

• Dhow, a traditional Arab sailing ship

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