Houston, Tx., USA - July 29, 2009, Houston, Tx., USA - Marathon Oil Corporation announced that William F. Schwind, Jr., vice president, general counsel and secretary, will retire on November 1. Sylvia J. Kerrigan, assistant general counsel, has been elected vice president and general counsel, effective September 1.
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Mr. Schwind holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and a Doctor of Law degree from Loyola University of Chicago. He joined Marathon in 1974 in the Company's offices in Robinson, Illinois, and then Findlay, Ohio, and he subsequently held a number of legal and government affairs positions of increasing responsibility. In 1983 Schwind moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, as a commercial contract manager. He returned to the United States in 1984 serving as a general attorney for Marathon's refining, marketing, supply and transportation (downstream) activities located in Findlay.
In 1991, Mr. Schwind was appointed senior vice president of administration, general counsel and secretary of Delhi Gas Pipeline Corporation, a former wholly-owned subsidiary of Marathon located in Dallas. The following year, he was named general counsel and secretary of Marathon Oil Company and to his current position in 2002. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel, and he serves as a member of the General Committee of Law of the American Petroleum Institute.
Ms. Kerrigan graduated from Southwestern University, cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, political economy and English in 1986. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas in 1990. Ms. Kerrigan currently serves as Marathon's assistant general counsel for Litigation, Human Resources, Health, Environmental, Safety and Security Law. She joined Marathon in 1995, and has been in her current position since 2001. ■
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