Williams to Be Chief Executive at Bethlehem
Donald H. Trautlein will step aside March 1 as chief executive of Bethlehem Steel Corp., the nation’s third-largest steel producer. President Walter F. Williams will assume the chief executive duties, Trautlein said Monday.
Trautlein, 59, said he has made no decision about retirement.
“I have completed nearly six years as chairman and have put into place many of the plans and programs that I had hoped to establish. It seems appropriate, therefore, to have Mr. Williams assume the chief executive officer responsibility to carry on with the important work that must be finished as well as many new areas that I am sure he will start,” Trautlein said.
Trautlein will continue as a director, board chairman and chairman of the executive committee.
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