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Board Officers Elected: IBM's Sergeant Named Chairman of the Board For the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)

7 July 1997

Board Officers Elected: IBM's Sergeant Named Chairman of the Board For the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 7 -- Roger N. Sergeant, automotive
industry manager for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
, has been elected chairman of the board of directors for the
Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a not-for-profit trade association of
more than 1,300 North American auto and truck manufacturers and their
suppliers.  The announcement was made by AIAG Executive Director Thomas S.
Hoy.
    Sergeant has served on AIAG's board of directors since 1991.  He was vice
chairman of the AIAG board from 1996 to 1997.
    A 33-year veteran of IBM, Sergeant has spent a majority of his career in
automotive-related assignments.  Before his current assignment, he managed
IBM's automotive center from 1989 to 1992. Prior to this, he held a variety of
management positions on IBM's General Motors and Ford account team.
    He earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering in 1962
and a master's of business administration in 1963 from the University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.  Sergeant also represents IBM on the Founding
Board of Southeast Michigan Alliance for Advanced Manufacturing.
    The 21-member AIAG board of directors consists of a cross-section of
AIAG's membership, represented by senior industry executives from the Big
Three automakers, truck manufacturers and Tier One automotive suppliers.  The
executives provide strategic direction and oversee the activities of the
AIAG's cooperative industry efforts.
    Other officers named to AIAG's board of directors for 1997-98 are:
   -- Stephen E. Zimmer, of Chrysler Corporation, to board vice chairman;
   -- Thomas J. Feely, of Dana Corporation, to board treasurer;
   -- Jack R. Loeffler, of Ford Motor Company, to board secretary; and
   -- Derryl R. Barringer, of General Motors Corporation, to past chairman.

    Founded in 1982, AIAG is a not-for-profit trade association of more than
1,300 North American auto and truck manufacturers and their suppliers.
Originally recognized for its efforts to standardize electronic data
interchange and bar code standards to assist Tier One suppliers, AIAG's
mission has expanded to cover all levels of the OEM supply chain, as well as
to include numerous programs and initiatives aimed at improving its members'
productivity and quality.
    More information about AIAG and the annual AUTO-TECH Conference &
 Exposition can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.aiag.org.

SOURCE  International Business Machines Corporation