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Thomas W. Sterling
Senior Vice President-Administration
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A native of Union City, Tenn., Mr. Sterling graduated from
Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.
He earned his law degree from Samford University's Cumberland School
of Law in Birmingham, Ala., and has been admitted to the bar in
Alabama and Pennsylvania.
He began his career with U. S. Steel in 1969 at Fairfield (Ala.)
Works as a management trainee. He advanced through positions in the
operating, personnel services and commercial departments before he
was transferred to Pittsburgh headquarters in 1975 as assistant
manager-equal employment opportunity in the employee relations
department.
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Mr. Sterling progressed through various employee relations positions
in Pittsburgh before he became vice president-labor relations, steel
and related resources for the former U. S. Steel Group of USX
Corporation in 1984. In 1986, he became vice president-employee
relations with responsibility for all human resources, labor
relations, productivity improvement, and health and safety matters
for the U. S. Steel Group. In 1996, he assumed additional
responsibility for employee benefits.
Additionally, Mr. Sterling held oversight responsibilities for
several of U. S. Steel’s joint venture operations with foreign steel
companies, including USS-POSCO Industries and PRO-TEC Coating
Company.
In 2000, Mr. Sterling was elected president of Transtar, Inc., now a
wholly owned subsidiary of
U. S. Steel, which owns the following
operating companies: Birmingham Southern Railroad; Elgin, Joliet and
Eastern Railway; The Lake Terminal Railroad; McKeesport Connecting
Railroad; Union Railroad; and Warrior & Gulf Navigation. He served
in that position until 2003, when he was elected to the position of
senior vice president-human resources. In 2004, he was named senior
vice president-human resources & business services when he assumed
oversight of the business services organization that manages
administrative and information technology services company-wide. He
was appointed to his current position in February 2007 with
continuing responsibility for business services. In addition,
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project activities, Public
Affairs and various other administrative functions were added to his
area of responsibility. Mr. Sterling also serves as chairman of the
United States Steel Foundation.
Mr. Sterling is chairman of the Board of Directors of the University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) – Braddock and a member of the
Board of Directors at UPMC – McKeesport. He serves on the Board of
Directors and the Executive Committee of the Greater Pittsburgh
Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is a member of the Board of
Trustees of Robert Morris University, and currently represents U. S.
Steel on the Board of Directors of Maglev, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based
company promoting the development of magnetically levitated
transportation systems in the United States with an initial line to
be constructed in the Pittsburgh area.
03-25-2008
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