UAL announces new directors

Those named by the company include W James Farrell, chairman of Illinois Tools Works, Robert S. Miller Jr, chairman and CEO of Delphi Corporation, James J O'Connor retired chairman and CEO of Unicom Corporation and Glenn F. Tilton chairman, president and CEO pf UAL Corporation. Those named by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors include Richard J Almeida, retired Chairman and CEO of Heller Financial, Inc and Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute. Union representatives on the Board will continue to be Mark A. Bathurst (United Airlines Pilots Master Executive Council chairman and Stephen R. Canale president and general chairman of District Lodge. "We are encouraged by this slate of directors, which brings a level of knowledge and experience that this company needs as it emerges from Chapter 11 as a sustainable enterprise," said Glenn Tilton, United's Chairman, president and CEO. Upon the effective date of the reorganization plan W Douglas Ford, Dipak C Jain, Paul E Tierney Jr and George B Weiksner Jr will leave the board.

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