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Biographical information on new UAW president Ron Gettelfinger

AP

Wednesday, June 5, 2002 | 6:23 a.m.

NAME: Ron Gettelfinger.

AGE: 57.

EDUCATION: Indiana University-Southeast.

MILITARY: U.S. Marine Corps

CAREER: Joined the UAW in 1964 working as a chassis line repairman at Ford's Louisville, Ky., Assembly Plant. Elected President Local 862 in 1984 and served in that office until 1987. He became a member of the UAW-Ford bargaining committee in 1987. In 1992, he was named director of UAW Region 3. Since 1998 he has been a vice president and director of the Ford department and director of the UAW aerospace department and UAW chaplaincy program.

PERSONAL: Married to Judy. Two children, Dawn and Darin.

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