Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> February 18, 2002
JOHN P. SURMA, JR., is Vice Chairman & Chief Financial Officer of United
States Steel Corporation. He graduated from Pennsylvania State
University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He
joined Price Waterhouse LLP in 1976 and was promoted to manager in 1981.
In 1983 Mr. Surma participated in the President's Executive Exchange
Program in Washington, DC, where he served as Executive Staff Assistant
to the Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Upon returning to
Pittsburgh, he served a number of major companies in the steel, oil and
gas, chemicals, mining and manufactured products industries. He was
promoted to senior manager in 1985, and was admitted to the partnership
in 1987. Immediately prior to joining Marathon Oil Company in 1997, he
was the Pittsburgh office leader for Audit and Business Advisory
Services, and national co-leader of the Products Advisory Group. In 1997
Mr. Surma was named Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting for
Marathon Oil Company. He was named President, Speedway SuperAmerica LLC
in 1998, and Senior Vice President, Supply & Transportation for Marathon
Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP) in 2000. He was named President of MAP on
January 1, 2001 and assumed the position of Assistant to the Chairman of
USX Corporation, effective September 1, 2001. Effective with its
separation from USX, he became Vice Chairman and CFO of United States
Steel Corporation on January 1, 2002. Professionally, he is a member of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Pennsylvania
State Institute, and the Pennsylvania Business Roundtable. He is a
member of the boards of Calgon Carbon Corporation and the Pennsylvania
Chamber of Business & Industry. Profile
the company today?
Mr. Surma: I think it would be useful, just for some historical
perspective, to remember that even
