3M announced today that Richard F. Ziegler, senior vice president, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, will retire at the end of the year.

“Richard is an extraordinary lawyer who served the company very effectively since joining 3M in 2003. During that time, he served with three chief executive officers, and I am especially grateful that he remained in place for the first year of my tenure,” said George W. Buckley, 3M chairman of the board, president and CEO. “Rich made invaluable contributions to 3M and I thank him for his strong leadership of our legal function.”

Ziegler, 57, will step down from his current position March 31, but will continue to provide counsel and support on the company’s ongoing legal matters and in the transition to his successor, for whom an external and internal search is under way.

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