PITTSBURGH, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United States Steel
Corporation (NYSE: X) announced today that David S. Sutherland has been
elected to the company's board of directors effective today to serve as a
Class II director until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is
expected to be held on April 28, 2009.
Mr. Sutherland, 59, retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of
the former IPSCO, Inc., a leading North American steel producer, in July
2007 after spending 30 years with the company and more than five as
President and CEO. Mr. Sutherland is currently a member of the board of
directors of GATX Corporation (NYSE: GMT), a Chicago-based company that
provides lease financing and related services to customers operating rail
and marine assets; Transfield Services Limited, a corporation listed on the
Australian Stock Exchange; and ZCL Composites Inc., a corporation listed on
the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Mr. Sutherland is a former chairman of the American Iron and Steel
Institute and served as a member of the board of directors of the Steel
Manufacturers Association, the International Iron and Steel Institute, the
Canadian Steel Producers Association and the National Association of
Manufacturers.
A native of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Mr. Sutherland earned a Bachelor
of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a master's
degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz
Graduate School of Business.
For more information about U. S. Steel, visit http://www.ussteel.com.
SOURCE United States Steel Corporation
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