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A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. Chango holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Drexel University. In 1999 he attended the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and earlier had completed several senior management programs at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Mr. Chango joined Bethlehem Steel in 1970 at the blast furnace department at the Corporation's Lackawanna, N.Y., plant. Mr. Chango worked in various operating management positions there before being transferred to Burns Harbor in 1983. At Burns Harbor, he served as superintendent of the blast furnace department from 1990 to 1995 and was superintendent of the slab mill/plate mills department from 1995 to 1997. He was promoted to senior manager, operations, in August 1997 and to vice president, operations, in June 1998. He was elected to President,Burns Harbor Division on April 1, 2000. He was appointed to his present position on March 17, 2003 to bring additional focus to the critical job of planning and implementing the proposed transition of the Burns Harbor Division to International Steel Group.
A leading steel operations expert, Mr. Chango is a member and former director of the Western States Blast Furnace and Coke Plant Association, having held several elected offices with that group, and is a member of the American Iron and Steel Institute.
Mr. Chango and his wife, Lorraine, are the parents of three grown children. They reside in Chesterton, Ind.
Ronald F. Chango