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1189.0. "Oracle - the company" by WILBRY::NEEDLEMAN () Fri Sep 18 1992 15:37

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|C I S|      ABRAHAMSON CHAIRMAN; /        
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             Source : Business Wire              Date : 15-SEP-92



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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oracle Corporation today
announced the appointment of former Executive Vice President and 
President of the transportation sector at Hughes Aircraft Company 
James Abrahamson as chairman of the board of directors.  Upon 
election to the board by the stockholders, Abrahamson will assume the 
position of chairman, joining current Chairman, President and Chief 
Executive Officer Lawrence J. Ellison in the newly created Office of
the Chairman. 

Additionally, the company announced a new executive committee 
chartered with formulating the company's strategic direction and 
overseeing the company's worldwide operations.  The committee consists 
of Abrahamson; Ellison; Ray Lane, president, Oracle USA; Geoff Squire, 
chief executive, international operations and Jeff Henley, executive 
vice president and chief financial officer.

``Over the last two years Oracle has made a concerted effort to 
bring in proven, senior management,'' said Ellison.  ``Through the 
office of the chairman, Jim Abrahamson will help provide the leadership 
and strategic direction that will enable Oracle to become a 
multi-billion dollar company.''

Abrahamson, 59, spent 33 years in the United States Air Force 
rising to the rank of Lt. General.  During his Air Force career, he 
directed the development of several spacecraft, a missile program, the 
F-16 International Fighter program, and was in charge of NASA's Space 
Shuttle program from 1981 until 1984.  In 1984 President Reagan asked 
him to direct the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), the largest and 
most complex research and development effort ever undertaken in American 
history.  Abrahamson directed SDI from April 1984 until his retirement 
from the Air Force in March 1989.

Following his retirement from the Air Force, Abrahamson served as 
executive vice president for corporate development, then president of 
the transportation sector for Hughes Aircraft Company from October 1989 

                                                  

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 -----       ORACLE CORPORATION APPOINTS JAMES A.           | 15-SEP-92
|C I S|      ABRAHAMSON CHAIRMAN; /                         | Business Wire
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to September 1992.  He served on the Hughes board of directors and its 
executive committee and as a member of the policy board.  His 
operational responsibilities included Hughes' automotive business with 
its parent company, General Motors, and with other automotive 
companies worldwide.  Additionally, Abrahamson was responsible for a 
variety of automotive products and related environmental, 
manufacturing and training businesses, as well as systems engineering 
and research projects for General Motors.

``For the last two years it has been one of my primary objectives to
recruit a full-time chairman for Oracle,'' said Ellison.  ``During the 
two years that I have known Jim I have worked to persuade him to join 
Oracle.  His intelligence, technical aptitude and leadership skills 
make him the ideal person to help lead Oracle.''

``As I've watched the dramatic change in information technology 
in the last five years, I am convinced that Oracle is one of only a 
handful of companies that can provide broad based information 
management solutions,'' said Abrahamson.  ``My initial focus at 
Oracle will be to assist Larry in strategic planning and helping the 
company work with large businesses and manufacturing enterprises.'' 


About Oracle


Oracle Corporation, headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, 
is the world's largest supplier of database software.

Oracle develops and markets an integrated family of software products 
for database management; tools for CASE, application development, and office 
automation; and application packages for accounting and manufacturing. 
Oracle software runs on PCs, workstations, minicomputers, mainframes 
and massively parallel computers.

The company offers its products, along with related consulting, 
education and support services, in 92 countries around the world. 
Oracle is a publicly-held corporation whose shares are traded on 
NASDAQ/NMS with the ticker symbol ORCL.

For further information about Oracle, call Oracle corporate 
headquarters at 415/506-7000, or write to Oracle Corporation, 500 
Oracle Parkway, Box 659509, Redwood Shores, CA 94065. 







                                                  

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         News Article: GEOFF SQUIRE STEPS DOWN FROM ORACLE
                                                               
 
         23-NOV-1993   Length: 17   lines           Businesswire

   REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oracle Corp. today announced 
that Geoff Squire, former chief executive of Oracle's International 
Operations, is no longer with the company.  This management change 
occurred in connection with Oracle's recently announced unification of 
its Domestic and International Operations into one worldwide 
organization.  As a result of the unification, Mr. Squire left the 
chief executive position on October 28 of this year to work on new 
business opportunities for Oracle.  With today's announcement, those 
plans have been abandoned.

	   Mr. Squire leaves Oracle after nine years.  "Geoff led the 
development of our international business to its current level of 
revenue and played a significant role in the leadership of the 
corporation," said Oracle president and CEO Larry Ellison.  "We are 
grateful for the contributions Geoff made and wish him well in his new 
endeavors."