Michael J. Connolly Elected GPU, Service Vice President - Law.MORRISTOWN Morristown. 1 Town (1990 pop. 16,189), seat of Morris co., N N.J., on the Whippany River; settled c.1710, inc. 1865. Although chiefly residential, it has diverse manufactures, including electronic products, health and beauty aids, auto parts, and , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1999-- GPU GPU: see secret police. (Graphics Processing Unit) A specialized logic chip devoted to rendering 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs for fast graphics rendering. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GPU) Michael Michael, archangel Michael (mī`kəl) [Heb.,=who is like God?], archangel prominent in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. In the Bible and early Jewish literature, Michael is one of the angels of God's presence. J. Connolly has been elected vice president - law of GPU Service, Inc. In this capacity Mr. Connolly is responsible for the leadership of the legal and claims functions and will assist Ira H. Jolles, GPU, Inc.'s senior president and general counsel with the strategic and tactical direction of GPU's domestic and international legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. . "Michael has consistently demonstrated exceptional skill in counseling his clients in the GPU system," Jolles said. "His new duties will involve him even more in providing global legal services to the system during this period of rapid change." Mr. Connolly joined the GPU system in 1984 as a staff attorney at Metropolitan Edison Company until he transferred to GPU Service, Inc. as senior attorney in 1990. In 1993 he was named assistant general counsel and director of legal services for GPU Service, Inc. Mr. Connolly is admitted to the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York , serves on the Legal Advisory Committee of the Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd. and is also a member of the American Corporate Counsel Association. He has represented the GPU Companies on various generation station and power pool legal committees. A native of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , he earned a JD from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law where he was the recipient of the Taintor Memorial Award for Conflicts of Law. He also obtained a Masters of Education from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Education and is a graduate of Cathedral College, Douglaston, NY. Mr. Connolly and his wife Carol reside in Mendham and have five children. GPU, Inc., headquartered in Morristown, NJ, is a registered utility holding company. GPU International develops, owns and operates transmission and distribution facilities overseas and generating plants both here and abroad. GPU's three domestic operating utility subsidiaries --Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric Company--do business under the trade name of GPU Energy, and serve approximately two million customers in a service area encompassing about half the land areas of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. GPU's other subsidiaries include: GPU Advanced Resources, Inc.; GPU Generation, Inc.; GPU Nuclear, Inc.; GPU Service, Inc.; and GPU Telcom Services, Inc. (http://www.gpu.com) |
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