NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

           FRED A. ALLARDYCE, SENIOR EXECUTIVE OF AMERICAN STANDARD'S

                         MEDICAL BUSINESS GROUP, RESIGNS

         Piscataway, New Jersey - November 4, 1999 - American Standard announced
today that Fred A.  Allardyce,  Senior Vice  President of American  Standard and
Business  Leader of the Medical  Systems  Group,  has  resigned  his position to
pursue other interests. Allardyce has led the Medical Systems Group since it was
established in 1997. American Standard announced its intent to sell the business
in October, and is actively engaged in preparations to sell the business.

         American Standard,  with annual sales exceeding $7 billion, is a global
manufacturer  with  market  leading  positions  in three  principal  businesses:
TRANE(R),  the nations' leading  supplier of central air conditioning  equipment
for  commercial  and  institutional  buildings  and  the  primer  brand  for the
residential buildings;  AMERICAN STANDARD(R) AND IDEAL STANDARD(R),  the world's
largest manufacturer of plumbing products; and WABCO(R), the leading supplier of
electronic  braking  and  control  systems  to  the  world's   manufacturers  of
heavy-duty trucks and buses. The Company employs  approximately 57,000 people in
33 countries. American Standard is included in the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400.

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