Delphi's Rodney O'Neal Elected to Goodyear Board.

Rodney O'Neal, the president of Delphi Corporation's Dynamics, Propulsion, Thermal & Interior Sector, has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company .

"Rodney has demonstrated outstanding leadership throughout his many business management successes at General Motors and Delphi," said Goodyear Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Keegan. "We are confident he will make significant contributions to our board."

O'Neal, a 33-year veteran of the auto industry, was elected a Delphi vice president and president of its Interior Systems business when the auto parts maker was incorporated in 1998. Delphi was spun off from General Motors Corporation in 1999. He was named executive vice president and president of Delphi's Safety, Thermal and Architecture Sector in 2000.

In his present position, which he has held since 2003, O'Neal is also responsible for Delphi's operations in Europe and South America and serves as executive champion for its Ford Motor Company customer team. He is a member of the Delphi Strategy Board, the company's top internal policy-making group.

He began his career in 1976 with GM's Inland Division and held various engineering and manufacturing positions in the United States, Portugal and Canada before being named director of industrial engineering for the Chevrolet-Pontiac-GM of Canada group in 1991. O'Neal was named director of manufacturing for Delphi the following year and general director of warehousing and distribution, GM Service Parts in 1994. He was elected a GM vice president and named general manager of Delphi Interior Systems in 1997.

O'Neal, 50, earned a bachelor's degree from Kettering University and a master's degree from Stanford University. He is a member of the board of directors for Woodward Governor Company and Inroads Inc. O'Neal was given the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Award by the National Society of Black Engineers in 2002.

The election of O'Neal brings the size of Goodyear's board to ten members, nine of whom are independent.

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 28 countries. It has marketing operations in almost every country around the world. Goodyear employs about 88,000 people worldwide. For more information about the company and a downloadable photo of O'Neal, visit http://www.goodyearnewsroom.com/ on the Internet.

Delphi, headquartered in Troy, Mich., is a world leader in mobile electronics and transportation components and systems technology. It has approximately 186,000 employees in 41 countries. Delphi can be found on the Internet at http://www.delphi.com/ .

CONTACT: Keith Price of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, +1-330-769-1863, or kprice@Goodyear.com

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