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George F. Babcoke
Senior Vice President-European Operations
President-U. S. Steel Košice



George F. Babcoke George F. Babcoke, a native of Northwest Indiana, holds a master's degree in management from National-Louis University and a bachelor's degree in organizational management from Calumet College.

Mr. Babcoke began his career with U. S. Steel in 1976 as a laborer in Gary Works’ general services department. He later became a lineman in the energy division. He moved into management in 1981, supervising electrical power distribution for the plant’s sheet finishing operations, and in 1987, after a series of promotions, became area manager of maintenance at Gary Works’ hot strip mill. In 1990, he was named division manager for the hot rolling division.
Mr. Babcoke was named division manager of operations services in 1994 and advanced to plant manager of finishing operations in 1995. He left Gary Works in 1997 when he was appointed vice president of operations at a joint-venture partnership, USS/Kobe Steel Company in Lorain, Ohio. He later assumed the title of president. In 1999, after the operations of USS/Kobe and two other companies were combined to form Republic Technologies International, he was named executive vice president and general manager of hot rolled bar operations.

Mr. Babcoke returned to U. S. Steel in 2001, when he was appointed general manager of Gary Works. In 2004, Mr. Babcoke was named managing director – engineering and technology. He was elected vice president-plant operations in 2005 and was responsible for overseeing all of the company’s operating facilities in the United States. He assumed his current position March 1, 2008, and is responsible for operations at U. S. Steel’s two European locations: U. S. Steel Košice in the Slovak Republic and U. S. Steel Serbia in the Republic of Serbia.

03-01-2008
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