Goodyear Directors Re-elected

AKRON, Ohio, June 30 -- Shareholders of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today elected Robert J. Keegan, Rodney O'Neal and Shirley D. Peterson to three-year terms on the company's Board of Directors. John G. Breen was elected to serve the remaining year of a three-year term on the board.

Keegan is the chairman and chief executive officer of Goodyear. O'Neal is president, Dynamics, Propulsion, Thermal & Interior Sector, Delphi Corporation. Peterson is a retired former partner in the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and has held a number of senior government positions, including Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Breen is a retired chairman of The Sherwin-Williams Company.

  The company's other directors, whose terms continue, are:
   - Susan E. Arnold, Gary D. Forsee and William J. Hudson, whose terms
     expire at the 2005 annual meeting.
   - James C. Boland, Steven A. Minter and James M. Zimmerman, whose terms
     expire at the 2006 annual meeting.

  Director Agnar Pytte retired from the board today.

A shareholder proposal concerning Goodyear's Shareholder Rights Plan failed to receive a majority of votes cast. The company has already terminated the plan effective June 1, 2004.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's appointment as the company's independent accountants for 2004 was ratified by the shareholders.

Goodyear is the world's largest tire company. The company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and chemicals in more than 80 facilities in 28 countries. It has marketing operations in almost every country around the world. Goodyear employs about 86,000 people worldwide.