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Reynolds And Reynolds Shareholders Elect Three New Board Members, Re-Elect Two Others

12 February 1998

Reynolds And Reynolds Shareholders Elect Three New Board Members, Re-Elect Two Others

    DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 12 -- At their annual meeting held in
Dayton today, shareholders of The Reynolds and Reynolds Company
elected James L. Arthur (age 62), formerly senior vice president and general
manager, worldwide customer support operations for Hewlett-Packard Company to
a two-year term; and Philip A. Odeen (age 63) president and CEO, BDM
International Inc., a multinational technology services company focused on
information technology; and Donald K. Peterson (age 47), executive vice
president and CFO, Lucent Technologies Inc. each to three-year terms.
    Messrs.  Odeen and Peterson were elected to fill the positions of
Robert C. Nevin, president of Reynolds' Automotive Division; and Joseph N.
Bausman, former chief strategy officer for Reynolds, whose terms expired at
the annual meeting.  Mr. Arthur will fill a position created by the retirement
from the board by Kenneth W. Thiele, private investor, whose term would have
expired in 2000.
    Re-elected to three-year terms were Richard H. Grant, chairman of
Reynolds' Steering Committee and Allan Z. Loren, executive vice president and
CIO, American Express Company.
    Reynolds and Reynolds, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is a leading
provider of integrated information management systems and related value-added
services to automotive, healthcare and general business markets.  The company
has reported revenues of over $1.44 billion for the 12 months ended Dec. 31,
1997.  For more information on Reynolds and Reynolds, visit the company's
World Wide Web site on http://www.reyrey.com, or call The Reynolds and
Reynolds Information Hotline at 1-8884REYREY.

SOURCE  The Reynolds & Reynolds Company