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Emil Hassan Named Senior Vice President At Nissan North America, Inc.

8 December 1997

Emil Hassan Named Senior Vice President At Nissan North America, Inc.

    TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 8 -- Nissan North America, Inc., (NNA)
announced today that effective January 1, 1998, Emil E. Hassan, 50,  will be
promoted to the new position of Senior Vice President, Projects and Logistics
at NNA.  Hassan currently is Senior Vice President, Operations at Nissan Motor
Manufacturing Corporation U.S.A. (NMMC).  He will maintain his office at NMMC
in Smyrna, Tenn. and report directly to Minoru Nakamura, president, NNA,
Torrance, Calif.  In his new position, Hassan will have responsibility for
three major areas of Nissan's North American activities:  the next generation
Sentra Project; North American environmental issues; and NNA Logistics.
    Specifically, Hassan will serve as Chairperson of the Administrative
Office for the Sentra Project responsible for handling all administration
activities of the project's Steering Committee, of which he is also a member.
In his new role, he will also serve as Chairperson of the Administrative
Office for the newly created North American Environmental Management
Committee.  Lastly, Hassan will oversee Nissan's total logistics operations
for both vehicles and parts in the U.S.
    Hassan joined NMMC in 1981 as its Paint Plant manager.  Previously, he
spent 12 years with Ford Motor Company where he held increasingly responsible
management positions.  During his career with Nissan, Hassan has held several
top level engineering and operations management positions.  He has served as
Senior Vice President, Operations for Nissan's U.S. manufacturing facility
since 1993.
    Hassan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from
Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., and is a member of the Society of
Automotive Engineers.  In Tennessee, he is active in both the Nashville Area
and Rutherford County Chambers of Commerce and is the chairman of the
Business/Education Partnership of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County.  He is
also a member of the Chancellor's Advisory Council for Enhancement for the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

SOURCE  Nissan North America, Inc.