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Tenneco Names Larry D. Brady and Roger B. Porter to Board of Directors

13 January 1998

Tenneco Names Larry D. Brady and Roger B. Porter to Board of Directors

    GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 13 -- The Board of Directors of
Tenneco announced the election today of Larry D. Brady, president
of FMC Corporation, and Roger B. Porter, IBM Professor of Business and
Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,
to membership on the company's board effective immediately.
    Brady, 55, has spent the past 20 years with FMC Corporation, one of the
world's leading producers of chemicals and machinery for industry and
agriculture with revenues of $5.0 billion.  He was appointed to his current
position in 1993 but also served in various other capacities including
executive vice president, vice president of corporate development as well as a
number of managerial roles.
    Prior to FMC, Brady was employed at TRW, Inc. from 1974 to1978 serving as
vice president of finance for Financial Data Services, Inc. and the Singer
Business Machines Division.  He began his career at Beatrice Foods, where he
was general manager of the Striker Boat Division from 1972 to1974.
    "Larry brings a background of strong business leadership in a
manufacturing environment to our board," said Dana G. Mead, chairman and chief
executive officer.  "We look forward to the insights and viewpoint he will
bring to our business."
    Brady holds a bachelor's of science degree from the United States Naval
Academy and a master's degree in business administration from The Harvard
Business School.  He serves on the boards of directors of FMC Corporation and
Harnischfeger Industries, Inc.
    Porter, 51, has had a 25 year career, bridging education and government.
Currently, he is Director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard
University and is the IBM Professor of Business and Government, having joined
the Harvard faculty in 1977.
    For more than a decade, he held senior economic policy positions in the
Ford, Reagan and Bush White Houses, serving as special assistant to the
President and executive secretary of the Economic Policy Board from 1974 to
1977, as deputy assistant to the President and director of the White House
Office of Policy Development from 1981 to 1985, and as assistant to the
President for economic and domestic policy from 1989 to 1993.
    "Roger's proven expertise and experience in business and government will
be of great value to our company," said Mead.  "We are pleased to have someone
of Roger's character and talent join our board."
    Porter received his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and was
selected as a Rhodes Scholar and Woodrow Wilson Fellow receiving his
bachelor's degree in philosophy from Oxford University.  He received his M.A.
and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University.  Porter serves on the boards of
directors of Zions Bancorporation, National Life of Vermont, and RightChoice
Managed Care, Inc.
    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 sold under the Monroe(R) and Walker(R) brand names.
Among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) and Rancho(R) shock absorbers, Walker
Quiet-Flow(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 OneZip(R) and Baggies(R) food storage bags and
E-Z Foil(R) single-use aluminum cookware.

SOURCE  Tenneco