Bethlehem Steel


Duane R. Dunham
President and Chief Operating Officer

A native of Birmingham, Michigan, Mr. Dunham graduated in 1964 from Western Michigan University with a bachelor of science degree in administration. In 1967, he received a master's degree in administration from the Pennsylvania State University. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business in 1991.

He joined Bethlehem Steel in 1965 and first served as a salesman in Buffalo, N.Y. He was transferred to the Bethlehem, Pa., headquarters in 1971 as a salesman in the galvanized and specialty sheet sales division, in which he later served as product specialist, assistant manager and manager.

Mr. Dunham was promoted to general manager of marketing services in 1986 and a year later advanced to general manager, tin mill products sales and marketing. He was named general manager, marketing in 1988. He was elected vice president, marketing, in 1990 and named president of the Sparrows Point Division in January 1993. Six years later, he was appointed executive vice president, commercial and business development. In his current capacity, effective in August 1999, Mr. Dunham serves as president and chief operating officer. He is responsible for Bethlehem's operating, commercial and business development activities.

Mr. Dunham is a member of the American Iron and Steel Institute and was formerly the North American representative for the Committee for Promotion and Market Development of the International Iron and Steel Institute. In the community, while a resident of Maryland, he was a member of the Boards of Directors of the United Way of Central Maryland, Maryland Chamber of Commerce and the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education and on the Executive Council of Junior Achievement for Central Maryland.

He and his wife Glenna have three grown children and reside in the Bethlehem area.


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