Lear Corporation Appoints Patrick Murray Vice President

- Industrial Design & Product Analysis for the TechnologyDivision Southfield, Mich. (PROTEXT) - Lear Corporation (NYSE: LEA)today announced the appointment of Patrick Murray to VicePresident - Industrial Design & Product Analysis for theTechnology Division. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990608/DETU012available later this morning ) In this new position, Murray is responsible for managing thecompany's Industrial Design Studios at the World Headquarters andTechnology Center as well as the Product Analysis group whichstudies current market segments and trends to help determine thefuture interior products Lear will develop with its customers. Healso oversees Lear's new Concept Development Studios with itstechnical staff and capability to develop 3-dimensional interiorconcepts both manually and digitally. Murray joined Lear in 1997 from the General Motors DesignCenter where he had been employed since 1984. While at GM, heheld various positions with design responsibilities in thePontiac Interior Design Studio, GM's Advanced Concept Center inThousand Oaks, California, Chevrolet Design Studios, and theColor Trim and Component Design Studios. Prior to assuming hiscurrent position, Murray was Lear's Director of Industrial Designand Concept Development Center for the Technology Division. Murray earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from theCleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio and a Masters ofBusiness Administration degree from Wayne State University inDetroit, Michigan. He is a member of the Industrial DesignSociety of America and the Editorial Advisory Board forAutomotive & Transportation Interiors Magazine. He and his wife, Marie, reside in Bloomfield, Michigan, alongwith their four children. Lear Corporation, a Fortune 200 company headquartered inSouthfield, Michigan, is the world's largest supplier ofautomotive interiors, with 1998 proforma sales of more than $12billion. The company's world-class products are designed,engineered and manufactured by more than 100,000 employees inover 300 facilities located in 33 countries. Information aboutLear and its products is available on the Internet athttp://www.lear.com. ots Original Text Service: Lear CorporationInternet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Karen Stewart,Director - Corporate Communications of Lear (USA) 248-447-1651Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990608/DETU012available later this morning, or NewsCom, (USA) 213-237-5431Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/518304.htmlor Fax: (USA) 800-758-5804, ext. 518304 Web site:http://www.lear.com

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