Former U.S. Senator Hank Brown Named to US West Board

(November 3, 1998)  Hank Brown, a U.S. Senator from Colorado until 1997, has been named to the Board of Directors of U S West, the telephone company which provides local phone service to most of the western United States, except California.

Brown is a former accountant and executive for Monfort, a giant cattle feedlot company.  He served in the Colorado state legislature in the 1970s.  He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980 from a district comprised of the high plains of eastern Colorado.  He served in succession on the Interior, Budget, and Ways and Means Committees.  In 1990 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served on the Judiciary, Budget, and Foreign Relations Committees.

Company Profile

U S WEST is a regional Bell Operating Company spanning 14 western and midwestern states: Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico,  Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, and Arizona.  It  provides local phone service to about 25 million customers, many of whom are widely dispersed geographically. It also provides long distance, wireless PCS service in selected markets, custom calling service (such as Caller ID, Voice Messaging, and Call Waiting), local phone interconnections to interstate long-distance companies, operator services, and high-speed data networking services and equipment.

U S West had revenues of $10.3 Billion in 1997.  It had a market capitalization of $28.8 Billion on November 2, 1998.  It has over 47,000 employees.  It is headquartered in Englewood, a suburb of Denver.

7800 East Orchard Rd, Englewood CO 80111 Phone: 303-793-6629  Fax: 303-793-6654 NYSE: USW Website: http://www.uswest.com/

Brown is a mild mannered, sometimes iconoclastic, conservative Republican who tends to oppose government intervention in the marketplace.  He has much in common with his former Senate colleagues, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), who chair the Commerce Committee, and Communications Subcommittee, respectively.

Brown did not seek reelection in 1996.  He was briefly head of the University of Denver's Center for Public Policy.  He has been President of the University of Northern Colorado since July 1. UNC is located in Greeley, Colorado, just north of Denver.  It has a total enrollment of 10,670 mostly undergraduate students.

Solomon Trujillo, president and CEO, U S WEST, stated in a press release, "He understands business. He understands government. And he understands education. I'm honored he has agreed to serve on our board. I speak for every board member when I say we're looking forward to working with Hank and adding his advice and counsel to our deliberations."

"I'm delighted to join the board of U S WEST," Brown said. "U S WEST is one of Colorado's premier companies and a true industry leader. It's uniquely positioned as not just another telecommunications provider, but as a leader in the revolution that is bringing high-speed data and Internet access to educators, businesses and residential customers across the nation."

In addition to Trujillo and Brown, the other members of the U S WEST board include: Linda  Alvarado, president and CEO of Alvarado Construction, Inc.; Craig Barrett, president and CEO of Intel; Jerry Colangelo, owner, chairman and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks and president and CEO of the Phoenix Suns; George J. Harad, chairman and CEO of Boise Cascade Corp.; Peter Hellman, president and COO of TRW, Inc.; Allen Jacobson, retired chairman and CEO of 3M Corp.; Marilyn Nelson, president, CEO and vice chair of Carlson Companies, Inc.; Frank Popoff, chairman and former CEO of The Dow Chemical Company; and Jerry Williams, president and CEO of Grand Eagle Companies, Inc.

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