Joseph B. Rizzo to Join Torvec Board of Directors

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 13 -- Torvec, Inc. announced today that Joseph B. Rizzo, Partner and Head of the Litigation Department of the law firm of Gallo & Iacovangelo, LLP, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Torvec, effective September 9, 2005.

Joseph B. Rizzo, born January 17, 1965, in Buffalo, New York. Graduated from Pittsford Mendon High School, 1982; State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., English, 1986; State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1989. Admitted to practice law in the State of New York, 1990. Associate Attorney with the law firm of Speyer & Perlberg, New York, New York, 1989 to 1995. Joined law firm of Gallo & Iacovangelo, LLP, Rochester, New York in 1995 and became a Partner and Head of the firm's Litigation Department, 1997 to present. Mr. Rizzo is a published legal commentator and a lecturer for the New York State Bar Association. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the National Crime Victims Bar Association. Appears in the "Strathmore's Who's Who" 2005-2006 Edition for outstanding leadership and achievement in the practice of law.

About Torvec, Inc.

Torvec, Inc., based in Rochester, New York, develops advanced automotive technologies that increase transportation safety, mobility, fuel efficiency and reduce soot emissions. Torvec owns the technologies for an Infinitely Variable Transmission that reduces diesel soot emissions, a Fast Tracked Vehicle (FTV((TM)) that goes where no 4x4 can, novel designs of hydraulic pumps and constant velocity joints, and Ice Technology to increase tire traction on ice and de-ice windshields. Torvec's founders invented the famous Torsen((R)) differential used in high-performance vehicles. To learn more about Torvec's many technologies and view a video of its FTV((TM)), visit http://www.torvec.com/ .

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