2005's 50 best companies for people over 50, according to the AARP:

1. Stanley Consultants, Inc. (Muscatine, IA)

2. Scripps Health (San Diego, CA)

3. Bon Secours Richmond Health System (Richmond, VA)

4. Deere & Company (Moline, IL)

5. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

7. First Horizon National Corporation (Memphis, TN)

8. Brevard Public Schools (Viera, FL)

9. Yale-New Haven Hospital (New Haven, CT)

10. Lee Memorial Health System (Fort Myers, FL)

11. Mercy Health System (Janesville, WI)

12. The Principal Financial Group (Des Moines, IA)

13. SSM Health Care (St. Louis, MO)

14. Lincoln Financial Group (Philadelphia, PA)

15. Beaumont Hospitals (Southfield, MI)

16. Loudoun Healthcare, Inc. (Leesburg, VA)

17. Pepco Holdings, Inc. (Washington, DC)

18. Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)

19. Saint Barnabas Health Care System (West Orange, NJ)

20. The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, CA)

21. Kelly Services, Inc. (Troy, MI)

22. Oakwood Healthcare System Inc. (Dearborn, MI)

23. Michelin North America (Greenville, SC)

24. Centegra Health System (Woodstock, IL)

25. Cinergy Corp. (Cincinnati, OH)

26. Scottsdale Healthcare (Scottsdale, AZ)

27. The YMCA of Greater Rochester (Rochester, NY)

28. University of Colorado Hospital Authority (Denver, CO)

29. Cabell Huntington Hospital (Huntington, WV)

30. Pitney Bowes, Inc. (Stamford, CT)

31. Carondelet Health Network (Tucson, AZ)

32. Securian Financial Group, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)

33. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Nutley, NJ)

34. NASD (Rockville, MD)

35. Inova Health System (Falls Church, VA)

36. Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, MI)

37. St. Mary's Medical Center (Huntington, WV)

38. Mitretek Systems (Falls Church, VA)

39. Volkswagen of America, Inc. (Auburn Hills, MI)

40. Pinnacol Assurance (Denver, CO)

41. Busch Entertainment Corporation (Clayton, MO)

42. Zurich North America (Schaumburg, IL)

43. West Virginia University Hospitals (Morgantown, WV)

44. SAS (Cary, NC)

45. Ochsner Clinic Foundation (New Orleans, LA)

46. Girl Scouts, San Diego - Imperial Council, Inc. (San Diego, CA)

47. University Physicians Healthcare (Tucson, AZ)

48. University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)

49. Henry Ford Health System (Detroit, MI)

50. The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (Hartford, CT)

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