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Goodyear Elects Former Eastman Kodak Executive as President, Chief Operating Officer and Director

14 September 2000

Goodyear Elects Former Eastman Kodak Executive as President, Chief Operating Officer and Director

    AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 14 A strategic Goodyear commitment to
build a stronger management team and to focus more intently on the consumer
was reinforced today with the announced election of former Eastman Kodak
executive Robert J. Keegan as president, chief operating officer and director
of the world's largest tire company.
    Keegan, 53, who leaves Kodak as president, Consumer Imaging, will report
to Goodyear Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Samir G. Gibara.  The
effective date is Oct. 1.
    "The breadth and depth of Bob Keegan's global sales, marketing and
business operating experience over more than two decades in the consumer
products industry should prove of great value to Goodyear," Gibara said.
    "Goodyear is pleased to attract a global executive the caliber of Bob
Keegan, and we look forward to the many significant contributions he will make
to our organization," the chairman said.
    "As president and COO, Bob will focus his energy on the daily global
business operations as we move our product offerings and services closer to
the consumer," Gibara said.  "This will allow me, as chairman and CEO, to
concentrate my efforts on Goodyear's strategic opportunities and to continue
to grow the company profitably."
    Keegan began his Kodak career in 1972, holding a series of positions in
finance and marketing in the U.S. and Europe before being named general
manager of Kodak New Zealand in 1986.  In 1987, he returned to headquarters in
Rochester, N.Y., with the Photographic Products Group.
    In 1990, Keegan was named general manager of Kodak Spain and a year later
became general manager of Consumer Imaging for Kodak's European, Middle East
and Africa Regions.  In 1993, he was elected a corporate vice president.
    In 1995, Keegan left Kodak to join Avery Dennison Corporation in Pasadena,
Calif., as executive vice president and global strategy officer.
    In 1997, Keegan returned to Kodak as president of Kodak Professional and
later that year was appointed president of Consumer Imaging and elected a
senior vice president.  In 1999, he was elected an executive vice president.
    Keegan received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from LeMoyne
College in Syracuse, N.Y., and an MBA from the University of Rochester.
    Keegan and his wife Lynn have two children.
    Goodyear is the world's largest tire company.  Headquartered in Akron,
Ohio, the company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and chemicals
in more than 90 facilities in 27 countries.  It has marketing operations in
almost every country around the world.  Goodyear, with the addition of its
Dunlop tire joint ventures, employs more than 105,000 people worldwide.