PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United States Steel
Corporation (NYSE: X) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John P. Surma
today announced that George F. Babcoke has been appointed senior vice
president- European Operations and president-U. S. Steel Kosice, s.r.o.
Babcoke succeeds David H. Lohr, who was named senior vice president-North
American flat-roll operations earlier today. (More detailed background on
David Lohr was included in A press release issued earlier today.) In his
new role, Babcoke will oversee U. S. Steel's two European operations: U. S.
Steel Kosice in the Slovak Republic and U. S. Steel Serbia in the Republic
of Serbia. Babcoke will report to Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer John H. Goodish. The change is effective March 1.
"Over the last three years, Dave led our European operations through a
period of dramatic growth and change," Surma said. "Under his leadership,
we built a new hot-dip galvanizing line in Slovakia, rebuilt and restarted
a blast furnace in Serbia that had been idle for 18 years, and made
numerous other operational and environmental investments. Even more
important, however, were the continued improvements in each location's
safety performance. We are confident that George's extensive steel industry
background, strong leadership skills, and intense focus on safety and
environmental stewardship will be tremendous assets to our European
operations and their efforts to supply world-class, value-added steel
products to our Central European customers."
Babcoke, 51, and a native of Northwest Indiana, began his career with
U. S. Steel in 1976 as a laborer in the general services department at Gary
Works in Gary, Ind. He later became a lineman in the energy division. He
moved into management in 1981, supervising electrical power distribution
for the plant's sheet finishing operations, and in 1987, after a series of
positions with increasing responsibilities, he became area manager of
maintenance at Gary Works' hot strip mill. In 1990, he was named division
manager of hot rolling. He was named division manager of operations
services in 1994 and advanced to plant manager of finishing operations in
1995.
Babcoke left Gary Works in 1997 when he was appointed vice president of
operations at a joint-venture partnership, USS/Kobe Steel Company in
Lorain, Ohio. He later assumed the title of president. In 1999, after the
operations of USS/Kobe and two other companies were combined to form
Republic Technologies International, he was named executive vice president
and general manager of hot rolled bar operations.
Babcoke returned to U. S. Steel in 2001 when he was appointed general
manager of Gary Works. In 2004, he relocated to the company's corporate
headquarters in Pittsburgh when he was appointed managing director -
engineering & technology. He was elected to his current post, vice
president- plant operations, in 2005, assuming executive oversight of the
company's North American operating facilities.
Babcoke holds a bachelor's degree in organizational management from
Calumet College and a master's degree in management from National-Louis
University. He and his wife, Kathleen, will relocate to Slovakia.
For more information about U. S. Steel, visit http://www.ussteel.com.
SOURCE United States Steel Corporation
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