ExxonMobil a Sponsor of New Transportation Exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2003 Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Mobil Corporation U.S.-based oil and gas company formed in 1999 through the merger of Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. It has investments and operations in petroleum and natural gas, coal, nuclear fuels, chemicals, and ores. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :XOM XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation (stock symbol) XOM X/Open Object Management XOM OSI-Abstract-Data Manipulation API XOM Xml Object Model XOM X/Open Osi Abstract Data Manipulation ) announced today that it will provide $2 million worth of funding in grant and marketing related contributions to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History The National Museum of American History is a museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution and located in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall. It opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology and adopted its current name in 1980. to support a major new exhibition of the history of transportation in America over the past 125 years. The exhibition will include areas focusing on the automobile, rail, marine, and city transit. At 26,000 sq. ft., it will be the largest exhibition in the National Museum of American History and is expected to attract millions of visitors a year. "America on the Move" will open on November 22, 2003 and is expected to be in place for at least 20 years. Jerry Kohlenberger, President, Lubricants & Specialties Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, said, "We are delighted to sponsor the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History's new transportation exhibition. And we hope visitors will enjoy many hours of traveling through the timeless journey of transportation and how we got here. ExxonMobil and its heritage companies have played a leadership role in developing high quality products over these many years to fuel this transportation evolution. From the fuels and lubricants used in the Wright brothers' first airplane flight, to the lubricants used in the International Space Station, to the asphalt that covers the roads on which we drive, from deserts to arctic regions, and on all seven seas, ExxonMobil products have been at the heart of this progress." "America on the Move" is on the first floor of the museum in the General Motors Hall of Transportation. The National Museum of American History is located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W., and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Dec. 25. For more information about the exhibition, visit the "On the Move" Web site at http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/. Exxon Mobil Corporation is a leading international energy company whose subsidiaries have operations in approximately 200 countries and territories. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , ExxonMobil has significant exploration and production, refining and marketing and chemicals operations. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers and reserve holders in the United States, with our portfolio including Alaska, onshore Gulf Coast and deepwater Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east . In addition, there are approximately 16,000 Exxon and Mobil branded service stations in the U.S., as well as seven refineries, four of which are integrated petrochemical facilities. For more information about ExxonMobil, please visit our Web site at www.exxonmobil.com. Short Name: Exxon MobilCorp Category Code: MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. Sequence Number : 12841 Time of Receipt (offset from UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, Temps Universel Coordonné) The international time standard (formerly Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT). Zero hours UTC is midnight in Greenwich, England, which is located at 0 degrees longitude. ): 20031118T201832+0000 |
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