William R. Brody Elected to IBM Board of Directors

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The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors today elected William R. Brody, president
of The Johns Hopkins University, to the board effective July 31, 2007.

Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer, said:
'We are delighted that Bill will be joining the IBM board, bringing with him
extensive experience as a leader of a world-renowned teaching and research
institution that will be extremely beneficial to IBM.'

Dr. Brody became president of The Johns Hopkins University in 1996. Immediately
prior to assuming the position, Dr. Brody was provost of the Academic Health
Center at the University of Minnesota. From 1987 to 1994 he was the Martin
Donner Professor and director of the Department of Radiology, professor of
electrical and computer engineering, and professor of biomedical engineering at
Johns Hopkins and radiologist-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. Brody received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.D. and Ph.D., also in electrical
engineering, from Stanford University.

When Dr. Brody joins the IBM board on July 31, 2007, the board will have a total
of 13 members.

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