8-K

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): February 23, 2005

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio	1-1927	34-0253240
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
1144 East Market Street, Akron, Ohio		44316-0001
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 330-796-2121

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(d) On February 23, 2005, the Registrant's Board of Directors elected Denise M. Morrison as Class I director with a term expiring at the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Ms. Morrison has been named a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Board Governance Committee. Ms. Morrison was not elected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between her and any other persons. A copy of the news release issued by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on Wednesday, February 23, 2005, announcing the election of Ms. Morrison is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
February 23, 2005	By:	C. Thomas Harvie
		Name: C. Thomas Harvie
		Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99	News Release dated February 23, 2005

EX-99

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Denise Morrison Elected to Goodyear Board

AKRON, Ohio, February 23, 2005 – Denise M. Morrison, president, Global Sales and Chief Customer Officer for Campbell Soup Company, has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

“Denise Morrison is a customer-focused leader with extensive experience in sales and marketing and in building top brands,” said Goodyear Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Keegan. “We are confident that she will make significant contributions to our board.”

Morrison joined Campbell Soup, where she has responsibility for the company’s

$7.1 billion in global sales, in April 2003 from Kraft Foods. At Kraft Foods, she was Executive Vice President and General Manager of its Snacks and Confections divisions, responsible for such leading brands as Planters nuts, Lifesavers candies and Altoids mints. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President at Nabisco Inc. where she led its food sales organization and was General Manager of the Down the Street division. Morrison joined Nabisco in 1995. Nabisco was acquired by Kraft in 2001.

Previously, Morrison held senior sales and marketing positions at Nestle USA, which she joined in 1984. She began her career in the sales organization at The Procter & Gamble Company in 1975 and later joined Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company as Manager of Business & Trade Development.

Morrison, 51, is a 1975 graduate of Boston College where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics and psychology. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Ballard Power Systems, president of the New Jersey Women’s Forum and chairwoman of the Advisory Board for Catalyst. She is also a board member of Students in Free Enterprise.

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She is one of Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Business. In 2003, Morrison was named Executive of the Year by Snack Food & Bakery magazine and received the Althea Gibson Beacon award for business leadership.

The election of Morrison brings the size of Goodyear’s board to 11 members, 10 of whom are independent.

Goodyear is the world’s largest tire company. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, the company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and chemicals in more than 85 facilities in 28 countries. It has marketing operations in almost every country around the world. Goodyear employs about 80,000 people worldwide. More information on Goodyear is available at www.goodyear.com/corporate.

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