(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp issued the following news release on April 17.)
FORT WORTH, Texas — Shareholders of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) elected 12 directors, including Matthew K. Rose, chairman, president and chief executive officer, at the company’s annual shareholders meeting held today in Fort Worth.
In addition to Rose, the following directors were elected for a one-year term:
— Alan L. Boeckmann, 54, chairman and chief executive officer of Fluor Corporation;
— John J. Burns, Jr., 71, president and chief executive officer of Alleghany Corporation;
— Vilma S. Martinez, 59, partner in the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP;
— Marc F. Racicot, 54, partner in the law firm of Bracewell & Patterson L.L.P.;
— Roy S. Roberts, 64, retired group vice president, North American Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing, of General Motors Corporation;
— Marc J. Shapiro, 55, vice chairman for finance, risk management, and administration of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.;
— J.C. Watts, Jr., 45, chairman, J.C. Watts Companies LLC, and J.C. Watts Enterprises, Inc.
— Robert H. West, 64, retired chairman of the board of Butler Manufacturing Company;
— J. Steven Whisler, 48, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Phelps Dodge Corporation;
— Edward E. Whitacre, Jr., 61, chairman and chief executive officer of SBC Communications Inc.; and
— Michael B. Yanney, 69, chairman of America First Companies L.L.C.
Bill M. Lindig, retired chairman of SYSCO Corporation, did not stand for re-election to the BNSF board of directors.
Through its subsidiary The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, BNSF operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with 32,500 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at http://www.bnsf.com/ . The railway is among the world’s top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other American railroad, transports the mineral components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough coal to generate about 10 percent of the electricity produced in the United States.