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Johnson Controls Makes Executive Appointments

23 September 1998

Johnson Controls Makes Executive Appointments

    MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 23 -- Johnson Controls, Inc.
today announced several new executive appointments.
    James H. Keyes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said that John M.
Barth has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of the company
and that Stephen A. Roell was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer.  Messrs. Keyes, Barth and Roell will comprise a newly
created Office of the Chief Executive Officer.
    The company also announced that Patrick J. Dennis was named the company's
Corporate Controller.
    Mr. Barth, 52, had served as Executive Vice President of Johnson Controls
since 1992. He joined the company in 1969 and has served in a variety of
operating management positions, including heading Johnson Controls' Automotive
Systems Group since 1990. Mr. Barth was elected to Johnson Controls Board of
Directors in 1997.
    Mr. Roell, 48, had served as the company's Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer since 1991.  Since joining Johnson Controls in 1982 he held
the positions of Corporate Controller and Treasurer among other financial
management positions.
    Mr. Dennis, 47, most recently served as Controller for the company's
Automotive Systems Group.  He joined Johnson Controls in 1983.
    Both Messrs. Barth and Dennis are located at Johnson Controls Automotive
Systems Group headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan.
    Johnson Controls, Inc., with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis., is a global
market leader in automotive systems and building controls.  Through its
Automotive Systems Group, it supplies seating systems, interior systems and
batteries.  The Controls Group serves the nonresidential buildings market with
control systems and services, and integrated facility management.  Founded in
1885, it operates from more than 500 locations worldwide.  Johnson Controls
securities (JCI) are listed on the NYSE.