CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has announced the appointment of Bill Walthall to the newly formed position of Vice President, Customer Relations at its Charlotte-based enterprise headquarters. In this new role Walthall is responsible for Goodrich's relationships with its airline and other large aerospace customers. Walthall reports to Marshall Larsen, Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace.

Walthall, who has been with Goodrich since 1979, rejoins the aerospace side of the business after serving as Group Vice President, Engineered Products. Before going to the engineered products side of the company Walthall served as President, Safety Systems for Goodrich's Aerospace segment. Prior to his career at Goodrich, Walthall held several managerial and operational positions with Allegheny Ludlum Steel Company.

With 2000 sales of $4.4 billion, Goodrich Corporation is a leading worldwide supplier of aerospace components, systems and services, as well as engineered industrial products, which the company plans to spin off to shareholders in early 2002. Goodrich is ranked by Fortune magazine as one of the "Most Admired" aerospace companies and is included on Forbes magazine's "Platinum List" of America's best big companies. The company employs 23,000 people worldwide. For more information, please visit www.goodrich.com. A High-res. downloadable image of Walthall is available at http://www.goodrich.com/transformation2/imageLibrary/imageLibraryPage6.asp.

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