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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 18, 2004

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HOUSTON, May 18, 2004 – Gerald McElvy, general auditor for ExxonMobil Corporation, was presented with the 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Houston’s C.T. Bauer College of Business during its May 15 commencement exercises.

The award from Bauer College is the highest honor given to alumni who are recognized for their service to students, faculty, other alumni and business partners of the college.

McElvy serves on the Dean’s Executive Advisory Council for Bauer College as well as the President’s National Advisory Council at UH.

For nearly three decades, he has worked for ExxonMobil Corporation. McElvy has extensive management, financial, and controllership experience in the upstream, downstream, and coal and minerals segments of the energy business. He was recently named Distinguished Alumnus by UH’s Black Alumni Association. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration (‘75) from UH. In 1977, he obtained a master’s of business administration from the University of California at Los Angeles, and he is a certified public accountant.

Past recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award include Carl Glaw, managing partner of Glaw, Londergan and O’Neil, LLP; Michael Cemo, senior partner of AMVESCAP PLC; and Jim Wise, chairman and chief executive officer of NeoStar Group, Inc.

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