JLL elects Staubach to board of directors after companies merge

According to Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, Roger Staubach has been elected as a member of its board of directors. Staubach is the executive chairman of the firm's americas region. He assumed that role on July 11th, when Jones Lang LaSalle completed the previously announced transaction to merge its operations with The Staubach Co., the leading real estate services firm specializing in tenant representation in the U.S. Staubach founded The Staubach Co. in 1977 and served as its chairman and chief executive officer until June 2007, when he became its executive chairman.  A 1965 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Staubach served for four years as a Navy officer.  He then joined the Dallas Cowboys professional football team, from which he retired in March 1980. Staubach is a member of the board of directors of AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, and Cinemark Holdings, Inc., the third largest movie exhibitor in the U.S., and is also the chairman of the host committee for Super Bowl XLV, which will be held in North Texas in 2011.  He has received numerous honors for his leadership in business, civic, philanthropic and athletic activities, including the 2006 Congressional Medal of Honor "Patriot Award" and the 2007 Horatio Alger Award.  He has also been inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame and named a "Distinguished Graduate" by the United States Naval Academy. Sheila Penrose, chairman of the Jones Lang LaSalle board of directors said, "We warmly welcome Staubach to our board. He brings a strong combination of entrepreneurial and large public company experiences that will enhance the strength of our board and its value to the organization." Colin Dyer, president and chief executive officer of Jones Lang LaSalle said, "Staubach has been highly successful in developing the significant corporate relationships that his firm brings to ours.  We look forward to the professionalism, drive and marketing sophistication that he will contribute to our Americas management as well as to our board." Staubach will initially serve a term that will expire at the company's 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.   His appointment brings the Jones Lang LaSalle board to a total of nine directors.  In addition to Penrose and Dyer, the other current members of the board are Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Darryl Hartley-Leonard, Lauralee Martin, Alain Monié, David Rickard and Thomas Theobald.