US Steel CFO Gretchen Haggerty To Retire

(RTTNews) - United States Steel Corp. (X) said Tuesday that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Gretchen Haggerty plans to retire in 2013 after 37 years with the company, including a decade as its chief financial officer.

The company said it is undertaking a comprehensive search for a new chief financial officer.

Haggerty began her career with U. S. Steel in the company's tax division in 1976. In 1991, she was elected vice president and treasurer of USX Corp., becoming the first female executive in the company's history. In 1998, she was named vice president - accounting and finance for U. S. Steel and assumed the position of senior vice president and controller in January 2002. In May 2002, she was elected senior vice president and treasurer, and in March 2003, she was promoted to executive vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer. In October 2004, she relinquished the title of treasurer and has continued as executive vice president and chief financial officer.