4.04.2005 ET

(CSRwire) STAMFORD, Conn. - Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has named Patricia A. Calkins as vice president of Environment, Health and Safety, effective April 1.

Calkins is responsible for policy and strategy development and implementation of all EH&S programs at Xerox worldwide. A pioneer in environmental management, Xerox saves hundreds of millions of dollars annually through its initiatives. Its goal of "waste-free products from waste-free factories" filters through all aspects of the company's operations - from designing products, processes and facilities to capture energy savings for both Xerox and its customers, to creating printers and copiers that can be remanufactured, to recycling toner cartridges and materials, and much more.

She replaces former EH&S vice president Jack Azar, who is retiring after 38 years at Xerox. Widely recognized in the technology and electronics industry as an expert in environmental issues, Azar was instrumental in shaping Xerox's uniquely practical perspectives and movement toward a model of sustainable operations. Calkins inherits an award-winning environmental program that demonstrates doing what's right for the environment is not a cost but an opportunity. Xerox applies the same environment, health and safety standards in every country where it operates.

Calkins joined Xerox EH&S as a manager of resource conservation in 1993. She has assumed increasingly responsible management positions in quality and business process, EH&S market support, and Design for Lean Six Sigma programs in the Xerox Engineering Center. She most recently served as vice president, EH&S Operations.

Calkins is a member of the external advisory board for the University of Michigan's Center for Sustainable Systems. From 1997-2002 she was chair for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society Technical Committee on electronics and the environment; and from 1994-1997 she served as chair for the Information Technology Industry Council Technical Committee on product life-cycle environmental management. She is also a past member of the advisory board at the University of Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute and of the advisory committee at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

Calkins, 48, received a bachelor of arts degree in biology in 1979 from Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass. She earned a master of science degree in civil/ environmental engineering at Tufts University in 1991, and in 2001 she received her executive MBA from the University of Rochester.

She leads Xerox's environmental initiatives out of Webster, N.Y., where the company's largest global manufacturing, engineering and research complex is based. The environment, health and safety initiatives are a fundamental component of Xerox's corporate social responsibility and citizenship efforts, which include corporate philanthropy and volunteering; minority and women-owned supplier programs; diversity and employee support; and business ethics and corporate governance initiatives.

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