Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> February 18, 2002

Daniel Dimicco – Nucor Corporation (nue)

DANIEL R. DIMICCO is President and Chief Executive Officer of Nucor Corporation. He is also Vice Chairman of Nucor's Board of Directors. Mr. DiMicco joined Nucor Corporation in November 1982 as Plant Metallurgist and Manager of Quality Control for Nucor Steel in Plymouth, Utah and in January 1988, he became Melting and Casting Manager at the Utah division. In March 1991, he became General Manager of the Nucor-Yamato joint venture in Blytheville, Arkansas and became Vice President in January 1992. He became Executive Vice President in September 1999. Prior to joining Nucor Mr. DiMicco was with Republic Steel Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio as Research Metallurgist and Project Leader. He was with Republic Steel from March 1975 until he joined Nucor in November 1982. Mr. DiMicco graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials Science. He graduated with a Master of Science degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1975. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief overview of the history and evolution

of Nucor?

Mr. DiMicco: Today, Nucor is the largest mini-mill producer of steel

products and the most diversified