John P. Surma

John P. Surma

John P. Surma (1954 in Pittsburgh - ) is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of United States Steel Corporation.

Surma received his bachelor’s in accounting in 1976 from Pennsylvania State University, following which he joined Price Waterhouse, in1987, he was admitted as a partner. In 1983 Surma was picked for Ronald Reagan’s Executive Exchange Program in Washington, D.C., where he worked with the Federal Reserve Board.

In 1997 he was hired at Marathon Oil, then a subsidiary of U. S. Steel, as the senior vice president for finance & accounting. [Staff (30 January 1997) "People on the Move" "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" Business p. B-6] In 1998, he became president of Speedway SuperAmerica, a subsidiary of Marathon, and in 2001 he became president of Marathon Ashland Petroleum, another subsidiary. When U. S. Steel and Marathon separated at the end of 2001, he stayed with U. S. Steel as vice chairman and chief financial officer. [(18 February 2002) "U.S. Steel Corporation (Interview with John P. Surma)" "The Wall Street Transcript" 155.7: pp.182-186] He became president of U. S. Steel in March 2003 [Staff (2004) "Surma assumes USS CEO post, Usher remains chairman" "Metal Producing & Processing" 42.6: p.11] , and chairman of the board as of February 2006. [Guzzo, Maria (30 November 2005) "USS' Surma will add chairman's post as Usher opts for early out" "American Metal Market" 113.47-2: p.6] [Boselovic, Len (30 November 2005) "U.S. Steel's CEO Surma to Become Chairman" "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" Business p. E-1]

Among his current posts Surma is chairman of the International Iron and Steel Institute [ Mas, Renate F. (4 October 2006) "U. S. Steel's Surma tapped by IISI board to succeed Dolle as chairman" "American Metal Market " 114.39-3 p. 6)] , vice chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute, and a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Manufacturers. He is also involved with education and community development in Pittsburgh.

Surma became an honorary member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) in 2006.Fact|date=December 2007

Surma received the American Iron and Steel Institute's Elbert Gary Medal in 2006. [Robertson, Scott (11 May 2006) "U.S. Steel's Surma awarded AISI's Gary Medal" "American Metal Market" 114.18-4: p.7]

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References

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050320172517/http://www.uss.com/corp/media/surma.htm “John P. Surma Jr. - President and Chief Executive Officer” United States Steel Corporation biography 2005] permanent link from WebArchive


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