native of Birmingham, Mich., Mr. Dunham was graduated in 1964 from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters from the Pennsylvania State University in 1967. 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 elected president of the Sparrows Point, Md. Division in January 1993. He was elected executive vice president and chief commercial officer January 1, 1999 and president and chief operating officer in August 1999. Effective April 25, 2000, Mr. Dunham became Bethlehem's chairman, president and chief executive officer. In October 2000, he was appointed a director of the International Iron and Steel Institute.
In 2001, Mr. Dunham is serving as chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute and is also a member of their board of directors. He is a director of the International Iron and Steel Institute. Previously, he was the North American representative for the Committee for Promotion and Market Development of the International Iron and Steel Institute. He is a member of the policy committee of The Business Roundtable and a director of the Pennsylvania Business Roundtable.
In the Lehigh Valley community, Mr. Dunham is a member of the Lehigh Valley Partnership, the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation and the Pennsylvania Society.
Mr. Dunham and his wife, Glenna, are the parents of three adult children.
