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Tenneco Names Simpson Head Of Tenneco Business Services

8 July 1997

Tenneco Names Simpson Head Of Tenneco Business Services

    GREENWICH, Conn., July 8 -- Tenneco today named
Robert G. Simpson as general manager of the company's shared services
organization, Tenneco Business Services.
    Simpson, 45, a corporate vice president, has been responsible for
Tenneco's Tax Department since 1990. He replaces Matthew W. Appel, who has
resigned as president of the unit but who will remain with the organization on
a consulting basis through the end of the year.
    Before joining Tenneco, Simpson was a tax attorney with Dart & Kraft, a
tax counselor with Draft, Inc., and a director of federal taxes for Philip
Morris Management Company.  He holds an accounting degree from Indiana
University and a J.D. from the University of Illinois law school.  He is a CPA
and a member of the Illinois bar association.
    Tenneco Business Services, based in the Woodlands, Tex., employs 350
people and handles administrative functions for all of Tenneco including
accounting, accounts payable, tax, payroll, employee benefits administration,
information services, employee health and safety, and supplier development.
The unit was formed in 1995 and had its and supplier development.  The unit
was formed in 1995 and had its first full year of operation in 1996.
    Tenneco is a $7 billion global manufacturing company headquartered in
Greenwich, Conn., with 50,000 employees worldwide.  Tenneco Automotive is one
of the world's largest producers and marketers of ride control products and
exhaust systems, which are marketed with the Monroe(R) and Walker(R) brand
names.  among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) and Rancho(R) shock absorbers,
Walker Advantage(R) mufflers and DynoMax(R) performance mufflers, and Monroe
Clevite(TM) vibration control components.  Tenneco Packaging is among the
world's leading and most diversified packaging companies.  Among its products
are Hefty(R) trash bags, Hefty One Zip(R) and Baggies(R) food storage bags,
E-Z Foil(R) single-use aluminum cookware and Diamond(R) tableware.

SOURCE  Tenneco