Aon Corporation Names Joseph Shenton Senior Vice President and President of Aon Investor Strategies, Inc.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 3, 1998--Aon Corporation announced today the appointment of Joseph W. Shenton as a senior vice president of Aon Corporation and president of Aon Investor Strategies, Inc., a company providing corporate shareholder value consulting services. Mr. Shenton was the founder of OLC OLC - On-Line Computer system Corporation, which was subsequently acquired by Thomson Financial Thomson Financial A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings Corporation, where Mr. Shenton served as chairman of the investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. consulting operations. Mr. Shenton is a founding trustee of the National Investor Relations Education Institute. He has lectured at the Business School of the University of Chicago and at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business. Commenting on the appointment of Mr. Shenton, Aon's chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Patrick G. Ryan noted, "Joe's expertise in the increasingly important field of shareholder value fits well with Aon's broad range of consulting services. Many of our clients are keenly focused on the creation and recognition of shareholder value and this is yet one more example of Aon's ability to deliver strategic client-oriented services." The current issue of the Journal of Corporate Value named Joe Shenton and Harvard professor Michael Porter as two individuals who made the most significant innovations in the field of investor relations since the practice began in 1957: Porter for his revolutionary approach to competitive strengths of companies, and Shenton for his quantitative targeting systems for companies seeking to attract long-term institutional investors. Aon is an insurance services holding company that comprises a family of insurance brokerage, consulting and consumer insurance companies. Aon's common stock (Symbol AOC AOC, n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council. ) is listed on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Chicago, and London stock exchanges London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. .
CONTACT: Aon Corporation, Chicago
John F. Roskopf
Vice President, Financial Relations
312/701-3983
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