Peterson

Akron, Ohio-based tire maker Goodyear recently announced that Shirley Peterson had been appointed a director, bringing the company's board membership to 11. Peterson is a former partner with Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, D.C., and also served as assistant attorney general, tax division, under Pres. George H.W. Bush. Pres. Bush later appointed her commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Peterson, who is also a director at AK Steel and Federal-Mogul, joins a Goodyear board that includes former Sprint CEO Gary Forsee and former Sherwin-Williams CEO John Breen.

As CW reported on March 16, Goodyear delayed filing its annual report due to pending investigations into its European accounting problems. Several European senior managers recently left the company in response to an investigation of improper accounting, and the company was expected to issue its third restatement in six months to reflect a reduction of $16 million over five years.