Dec. 7, 2006 — United States Steel Corp. Chairman and CEO John P. Surma announced that Stephan K. Todd has elected to retire as U. S. Steel's Vice President—Law & Environmental Affairs in February 2007.

"Steve has done an outstanding job in overseeing our legal affairs and navigating and managing the increasingly complex world of environmental law for our company," Surma said. "He brought the same great leadership abilities he honed in the military to our organization and retires as a respected leader in our company, our industry and our country. We wish him well in his retirement."

The company also announced that James D. Garraux will assume responsibility for environmental affairs in his new role as U. S. Steel General Counsel and Senior Vice President—Labor Relations & Environmental Affairs, effective Feb. 1, 2007,

Following a six-year stint in the U.S. Army, where he served as an attorney with the rank of captain, Todd, 60, joined U. S. Steel's Law Department at Pittsburgh headquarters in 1976. He was promoted to General Attorney in 1982. In 1985, he was transferred to the company's Midwest region office in Chicago, where he was promoted to Senior General Attorney the following year. He returned to Pittsburgh as Senior General Attorney in 1989.

Todd was called up for active military duty during the Persian Gulf War in March 1991, returning to U. S. Steel after a six-month tour of duty. He was named Assistant General Counsel in 1995 and elected General Counsel for the former USX Group’s U. S. Steel Group in 1998. He was elected Vice President—Law in 2002. In June 2003, he was assigned to his current position, Vice President—Law & Environmental Affairs.

Todd retired from the U.S. Army Reserve in 1996 with the rank of Colonel. He is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Allegheny County (Pa.) Bar Associations, the Association of Corporate Counsel and the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and earned law degrees from Valparaiso (Ind.) University in 1970 and the University of Virginia in 1976.