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Tenneco Names Browne To Head Tenneco Tax Unit

8 July 1997

Tenneco Names Browne To Head Tenneco Tax Unit

    GREENWICH, Conn., July 8 -- Tenneco announced
today that it has named James R. Browne as executive director of its Tax unit,
where he will be responsible for Tenneco's overall corporate tax strategy and
tax policy.  This involves responsibility for managing the company's tax
exposure and directing all areas of tax activities, including compliance,
international, planning and legal aspects.
    Browne, replaces Robert G. Simpson, who was named general manager of the
company's shared services organization, Tenneco Business Services.
    Browne joined the company in November 1991 as director of Tax Legal.  His
previous experience was as a partner of Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, and on
the tax and audit staff of Arthur Andersen in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  He
holds has a B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Michigan and a J.D.
from Vanderbilt University School of Law.  He is a Certified Public Accountant
and a member of both the Illinois and Texas bar associations.
    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