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Lear Appoints Murray Director - Styling and Industrial Design

16 September 1997

Lear Appoints Murray Director - Styling and Industrial Design

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 16 -- Lear Corporation
today announced the appointment of Patrick Murray to the position of Director
- Styling and Industrial Design.  In his new position, Patrick will be
responsible for establishing and managing Lear's new styling studio currently
under construction at the company's technology campus in Southfield, Michigan,
as well as Lear's current styling studio in Turin, Italy.
    Patrick joins Lear from General Motors Design Center where he had been
employed since 1984.  While at GM, he held various positions with design
responsibilities in Pontiac Interior Design Studio, GM's Advanced Concept
Center in Thousand Oaks, California, Chevrolet Design Studios and the Color,
Trim and Component Design Studios.
    Patrick holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Arts
and a Masters of Business Administration from Wayne State University.  He and
his wife, Marie, reside in Waterford, Michigan, along with their four
children, Ryan, Jesslyn, Benjamin, and Daniel.
     A Fortune 250 Company, Lear Corporation is one of the world's largest
independent automotive suppliers, with 1996 sales of over $6.2 billion.  The
company's world class products are manufactured by more than 50,000 employees
in over 160 facilities located in 23 countries.  Information about Lear and
 its products is available on the Internet at http://www.lear.com.

SOURCE  Lear Corporation