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Tenneco Appoints Crockford Vice President-Compensation and Benefits

12 May 1998

Tenneco Appoints Crockford Vice President-Compensation and Benefits

    GREENWICH, Conn., May 12 -- Tenneco today announced the
appointment of Rebecca M. Crockford as vice president-compensation and
benefits for the corporation.
    In her new position, Crockford will work on all aspects of total
compensation and benefits strategic planning and design, including setting
direction for the company's compensation and benefits philosophy and working
with outside firms to assess market comparisons and track trends and best
practices.  She will work closely with aligned resources in Tenneco operating
units and Tenneco Business Services and assist with due diligence in
acquisitions or divestitures.
    Crockford will report to Barry Schuman, Tenneco senior vice president,
Human Resources, and will operate out of Tenneco's corporate headquarters in
Greenwich, Conn.
    Crockford joins Tenneco from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, where she
started as a junior accountant in 1975.  She rose through positions of
increasing responsibility there, becoming controller of corporate accounting
and headquarters accounting, director of internal audit, and president and
treasurer of the company foundation, before being elected vice president,
compensation and benefits in 1994.  In that position, she designed, developed
and administered EVA-based annual cash incentive plans and long-term incentive
plans based on total shareholder return.
    With a bachelor's degree in accounting from Portland State University and
a master's degree in human resource management from the Keller Graduate School
of Management in Atlanta, Ga., she received her Certified Public Accountant
designation in 1984 and the Certified Internal Auditor designation in 1986.
    Tenneco is a $7 billion global manufacturing company headquartered in
Greenwich, Conn., with 50,000 employees worldwide.  Tenneco Automotive is one
of the world's largest producers and marketers of ride control and exhaust
systems and products, which are sold under the Monroe(R) and Walker(R) global
brand names.  Among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) shocks and struts,
Rancho(R) shock absorbers, Walker(R) Quiet-Flow(TM)  mufflers and DynoMax(TM)
performance exhaust products, and Monroe(R) Clevite(TM) vibration control
components.  Tenneco Packaging is among the world's leading and most
diversified packaging companies.  Among its products are Hefty(R) trash bags,
Hefty OneZip(R) and Baggies(R) food storage bags, E-Z Foil(R) single-use
aluminum cookware and Hexacomb(R) paper honeycomb products.
    For more information about Tenneco, visit the Tenneco website at
http://www.tenneco.com.

SOURCE  Tenneco, Inc.