FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2000 CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119 RUDIN JOINS DRAKE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gary Rudin, retired senior vice president of EDS, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He will serve a three-year term and be a member of the board's Academic Affairs Committee, Business and Finance Committee and Student Life Committee. Rudin received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Drake in 1970 and his MBA from Drake in 1971. He was still a student at Drake when he joined EDS in 1970 as the company's first part-time employee. "I have very fond memories of my years and education at Drake," Rudin said. "I am honored to be able to contribute back to the University during these times of great change for a great future." After college, Rudin continued with EDS, serving as team leader for systems engineers who developed and managed California's Medicaid program. He was promoted to a number of posts in EDS' retail, manufacturing, health care and government operations. In 1996 he was named senior vice president and a member of EDS' Global Operations Council. He was responsible for EDS' activities throughout the Americas, including Canada and all of Latin America, as well as the company's Health Care, State Health Care, Energy, Utilities, Federal Government, State and Local Government, and Military Systems strategic business units. In 1998 he assumed the post of chief information officer and the responsibility for setting strategy, policy, direction and performance metrics for EDS' information management systems. He also led EDS' business transformation initiative, ensuring that the company achieved the results and changes it required for the future. He retired in 1999. Rudin is active in community affairs, serving as a member of the Executive Board of the Dallas Opera and the Board of Trustees of Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, a national institute for policy studies on Latino issues that is affiliated with the Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, Calif., and the University of Texas at Austin. Drake University's Board of Trustees meets four times yearly and serves as the University's policy-making and governing body. Drake is a private, independent university with approximately 3,250 full-time undergraduate and pharmacy students from 46 states and 50 countries. The University is ranked among the top three Midwest regional universities by U.S. News and World Report magazine.