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Curtis H. Barnette, age 71, has been Of Counsel to the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP since 2000. He is also Chairman Emeritus of Bethlehem Steel Corporation and was a Director and its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from November 1992 through April 2000. Bethlehem Steel Corporation filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in 2001 and the proceedings were completed in 2003. He is a member and former Chair of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University, a Director and former Chair of the West Virginia University Foundation, Chair of the Yale Law School Fund, a Director of the Board of the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership Board, a Director of the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation, Chair of the National Museum of Industrial History, and Comenius Professor and Executive in Residence at Moravian College, of which he is also a Trustee. Mr. Barnette served on the President's Trade Advisory Committee from 1989 to 2002 and is a Director of the National Center for State Courts and the Pennsylvania Society. Mr. Barnette is also a member of The Business Council. Mr. Barnette received a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and a law degree from Yale Law School. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and Manchester University where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He has been a Director of MetLife since August 1999 and a Director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 1994. | 