Rohm & Haas (ROH) 10-K 2008 FY Annual report

Exhibit 31.01

CERTIFICATION

I, Raj L. Gupta, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K of Rohm and Haas Company;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of Rohm and Haas as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.	Rohm and Haas’ other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for Rohm and Haas and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to Rohm and Haas, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Rohm and Haas’ disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in Rohm and Haas’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during Rohm and Haas’ most recent fiscal quarter (Rohm and Haas’ fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Rohm and Haas’ internal control over financial reporting; and

5. Rohm and Haas’ other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to Rohm and Haas’ auditors and the audit committee of Rohm and Haas’ board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect Rohm and Haas’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Rohm and Haas’ internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 27, 2009	/s/ Raj L. Gupta
	Raj L. Gupta
	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer