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American General Names Jacobs Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

    HOUSTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- American General Corporation (NYSE: AGC)
today announced that Susan A. Jacobs has recently been named deputy general
counsel and corporate secretary.  In addition to serving as corporate
secretary, she will be responsible for legal representation on mergers and
acquisitions, corporate, finance, and investment division activities.  Jacobs
will report to Mark S. Berg, senior vice president and general counsel.
    Jacobs' business career includes 21 years of legal and corporate
experience.  Prior to joining American General's corporate law department in
1986 as associate general counsel, she was corporate counsel for Tenneco Inc.
for five years, specializing in corporate finance.  She began her legal career
as an associate attorney with the Houston law firm of Butler & Binion.
    A native of Waco, Texas, Jacobs received a B.A. degree from the University
of Texas in 1969, and her J.D. degree from the University of Houston in 1976.
    American General Corporation is one of the nation's largest diversified
financial services organizations with assets of $79 billion and shareholders'
equity of $7.3 billion.  Headquartered in Houston, it is a leading provider of
retirement services, life insurance, and consumer loans to 12 million
customers.  American General common stock is listed on the New York, Pacific,
London, and Swiss stock exchanges.


SOURCE American General Corporation




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