CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 14,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced
today that its board of directors has elected retired U.S. Army
General Lloyd J. Austin III as a
director effective September 18,
2017.
General Austin, 64, retired as a four-star general in 2016 after
nearly 41 years with the U.S. Army. From March 2013 through March
2016, General Austin served as the commander of U.S. Central
Command responsible for military strategy and joint operations
throughout the 20-country Central Region that includes Iraq, Syria,
Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt
and Saudi Arabia. Prior to that he served as the 33rd Vice
Chief of Staff of the Army from January
2012 to March 2013 and as the
Combined Forces Commander in Iraq
from September 2010 through the
completion of Operation New Dawn in December 2011.
A 1975 graduate of the United States
Military Academy at West Point where he earned a bachelor of
science degree, General Austin also holds a master's degree in
counselor education from Auburn
University and a master's degree in business management from
Webster University. Over his military career, General Austin
was awarded the Silver Star, five Defense Distinguished Service
Medals, the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Graduate Award
from the United States Military Academy at
West Point, among others.
"We are honored to have General Austin join the Nucor
board. He brings a unique and valuable perspective from his
years of proven leadership and management during his distinguished
military career," said John
Ferriola, Nucor's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President. "He will be a strong addition to our board of
directors and the Nucor team."
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel products,
with operating facilities primarily in the U.S. and Canada.
Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars,
beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing;
electrical conduit; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders;
steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished
steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; steel grating; and
wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph
Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and
HBI/DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and
nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North
America's largest recycler.
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