James P. Roemer

JAMES P. ROEMER has served as chief executive officer of Bell & Howell
Company (BHC) since February 1997. He has been director, president and
chief operating officer of Bell & Howell Company since February 1995. He
joined Bell & Howell Publication Systems Company (PSC) in October 1991
as president and chief operating officer and was promoted to president
and chief executive officer in September 1993. In January 1994, he was
promoted to president and chief executive officer of UMI (then called
University Microfilm Inc.) Before joining BHC, Roemer was President of
the Michie Group, Mead Data Central. Previously, he was vice president
and general manager of Lexis/Nexis, an on-line legal information
service. He also has served as director of data processing at Mead
Products Division, director of operations, and later, acting president
of Mead Data Central. Roemer attended the University of Cincinnati and
completed the Executive Program at the University of Virginia and the
Program for Management Development at Harvard University.