William H.
Graham elected
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
For Immediate Release
BETHLEHEM,
Pa., February 1, 2000 -- The election, effective today, of William H. Graham to
senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, was announced today by Curtis H. Barnette, chairman and chief
executive officer.
Mr.
Graham will report to Mr. Barnette until April 25, 2000 and to Duane R. Dunham
after Mr. Barnette�s retirement. Mr. Dunham�s election as chairman,
president and chief executive officer, effective April 25, 2000, was previously
announced.
Mr.
Graham, a native of Newark, N.J., graduated from Ohio State University with a
bachelor of arts degree in 1968. He then served as a lieutenant in the
U.S. Army from December 1968 until September 1970. Following military
service in Vietnam, he earned a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Rutgers
University Law School in 1973. Mr. Graham was awarded a master of laws
degree in corporate law from New York University Law School in 1978 and a master
of laws degree in trade regulation law from New York University Law School in
1980. He attended the Stanford University Executive Education Program in
1997.
Prior
to joining Bethlehem Steel as an attorney in the law department in 1977, Mr.
Graham was an attorney with McElroy, Connell, Foley and Geiser, a law firm in
Newark. He was promoted to senior attorney in 1979 and general attorney in
1981, with responsibilities in connection with state and federal litigation
matters. He advanced to assistant general counsel in 1985 and was elected
general counsel, effective November 1, 1992. Mr. Graham was elected vice
president, general counsel and secretary, effective January 25, 1995.
He
is a member of the Pennsylvania, Northampton County, American, New Jersey and
Essex County, N.J., Bar Associations, as well as the Trial Attorneys of New
Jersey, the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the American Corporate Counsel
Association.
Mr.
Graham is also a member of the Association of General Counsel, the American Bar
Association Committee of Corporate General Counsel, the Manufacturers�
Alliance Law Council, the American Society of Corporate Secretaries and the
Stockholders Relations Society. He serves on the boards of the
Pennsylvania Civil Justice Coalition, the Atlantic Legal Foundation and the
Bethlehem YMCA.