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Byron Kearney Joins DaimlerChrysler as Director - Vehicle Development - Small Car Platform

18 September 2000

Byron Kearney Joins DaimlerChrysler as Director - Vehicle Development - Small Car Platform

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 18 DaimlerChrysler Corporation
announced today that Byron A. Kearney has been appointed Director - Vehicle
Development - Small Car Platform, reporting to Larry D. Lyons, Vice President
- Small Car Platform Engineering.  Kearney joins DaimlerChrysler from General
Motors, where he most recently served as Vehicle Chief Engineer - Large Cars
for the North American Car Group.
    "I am extremely pleased to have Byron join our team," said Lyons.  "Byron
comes to us with a very strong background in virtually all phases of
engineering, as well as having a true passion for cars and trucks."
    In this position, Kearney will be responsible for all vehicle product
development activities for the Small Car Platform.
    Kearney's previous assignments with General Motors included Director -
"J" Car planning for General Motors' J Car program, Program Management
responsibilities for Oldsmobile Luxury vehicles, and management of
Oldsmobile's engineering facility at the desert proving grounds.  His
experience also includes powertrain interface and coordination, product
development responsibilities in vehicle chassis and electrical, fuel and
exhaust, and steering and suspension systems.
    Kearney holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from
North Carolina A&T State University and is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon's
Graduate School of Industrial Administration Executive Program.