Dr. Shinn, Ph.D. was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Boston, Inc. from 1975 to 1983. Prior to joining First Boston in 1975, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Merrill Lynch and Company, Inc., where he began his career in 1948. Dr. Shinn had been a member of the boards of The New York Times Company and various funds of the Colonial Management Group of Mutual Funds, a Trustee of the National Council for the Humanities, and a Trustee Emeritus of Amherst College where he served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He is a Director Emeritus of the Research Corporation, a former Trustee and director of The New York Philharmonic Society, and a former Trustee of the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust, the National Humanities Center, and the Rockefeller Family Office Trust. Also, he served on the boards of the New York Life Insurance Company, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Superior Oil Company, the American Stock Exchange and The New York Stock Exchange.
Mr. Roderick was Chairman of the Board of Earle M. Jorgensen Company. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of USX (U.S. Steel) Corporation from 1979 to 1989 and President from 1975 to 1979. Mr. Roderick is a member of the boards of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and BWAY Corporation. He is past Chairman of both the American Iron and Steel Institute and the International Iron Institute. Mr. Roderick is past Chairman of the International Environmental Bureau. He is a co-founder and currently is Chairman Emeritus of the U.S.-Korea Business Council and is a past Chairman of the National Alliance of Business. Mr. Roderick is a Trustee and past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University. He is a past member of the Business Roundtable and a member of the Business Council. Mr. Roderick is a retired director of U. S. Steel Corporation, American Standard Companies, Inc., Proctor & Gamble Company, the Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club, Aetna Life and Casualty Company and Texas Instruments Incorporated.