Beverly BAUER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALBEMARLE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

Background

Beverly Bauer, the plaintiff/appellant, filed suit against Abemarle Corporation alleging discrimination on the basis of her age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., and on the basis of her gender in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.

Mrs. Bauer 1 began working for Ethyl Corporation as a research chemist in 1981. Ethyl’s Chemicals Group was reorganized in 1994 as Abemarle Corporation, a separate corporate entity. In 1993, prior to this reorganization,…