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Glenn F. Tilton is chairman, president and chief executive officer of UAL Corporation and United Air Lines, its principal subsidiary company. He is based at the company�s headquarters in Chicago.
United, United Express� and Ted� operate more than 3,600 daily scheduled flights on a route network that spans the globe and employs approximately 55,000 men and women.
Prior to joining United in September 2002, Tilton was vice chairman of the board of directors of ChevronTexaco, as well as interim chairman of Dynegy Inc. Previously, he served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Texaco Inc., a position he assumed in February 2001.
Tilton, 59, joined Texaco Inc. in 1970 and served in various marketing, corporate planning and European downstream assignments of increasing responsibility. In 1989, while serving as president of U.S. refining and marketing, he was appointed vice president of Texaco Inc. He became chairman of Texaco Ltd. in 1991 and president of Texaco Europe in 1992. In January 1995, he was appointed president of Texaco USA and, later that year, a senior vice president of Texaco Inc. In January 1997, he became president of Texaco's Global Business Unit.
Tilton serves on the board of directors of TXU Corp., a Dallas-based energy company that manages a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy businesses in North America, primarily in Texas. Tilton also serves on the board of directors of Abbott Laboratories, headquartered in suburban Chicago. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the Air Transport Association and is a member of the U.S. Travel & Tourism Advisory Board. Tilton also serves on the board of trustees for the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry, and the board of directors for After School Matters in Chicago. | 