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Lear Appoints Cameron C. Hitchcock Vice President - Treasurer

1 November 1999

Lear Corporation Appoints Cameron C. Hitchcock Vice President - Treasurer LEAR CORPORATION CAM HITCHCOCK Cam Hitchcock, Vice President - Treasurer of Lear Corporation. (PRNewsFoto)[DM] SOUTHFIELD, MI USA 11/01/1999    

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Nov. 1 -- Lear Corporation
today announced the appointment of Cameron C. Hitchcock as Vice President -
Treasurer.
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991101/DEM033 )
    In his new position, Hitchcock is responsible for global treasury, tax and
finance activities for the corporation, reporting to Lear Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer Donald J. Stebbins.  He assumes his
position at Lear on November 1, 1999.
    Hitchcock joins Lear from Dean Foods Company in Franklin Park, Illinois,
where he was Treasurer.  He also has held positions with the investment bank
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and Rockwell International.
    He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Spanish from
Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana and a Masters of Business
Administration from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
    Hitchcock, his wife, Becky, and their three children have relocated to
Troy, Michigan from their former residence in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
    Lear Corporation, a Fortune 200 company headquartered in Southfield,
Michigan, USA, is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, with 1998
proforma sales of more than $12 billion.  The company's world-class products
are designed, engineered and manufactured by more than 100,000 employees in
over 300 facilities located in 33 countries.  Information about Lear and its
products is available on the Internet at http://www.lear.com