[Logo of PPG Industries, Inc.]                         Exhibit 20 
 
PPG Industries, Inc. 
Corporate Communications Department 
One PPG Place 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15272-0001   USA 
 
 
News        John S. Ruch        412-434-2445 
 
 
PPG PRESIDENT LeBOEUF NAMED 
COMPANY'S NEXT BOARD CHAIRMAN 
 
 
     PITTSBURGH, Sept. 19 -- The board of directors of PPG Industries
today designated Raymond W. LeBoeuf chairman-elect, and said he will
become board chairman and chief executive officer when Chairman Jerry E.
Dempsey retires from the company and its board on Nov. 1.
 
     LeBoeuf, 50, has been PPG's president and CEO since July.  Dempsey
will be 65 years old in October. 

     "Implementation of a comprehensive executive development and
succession program has been one of my major responsibilities since I was
elected PPG's chairman four years ago,"  Dempsey said.  "I am confident
that the process we now have in place assures ongoing continuity of
outstanding management for this company."
 
     LeBoeuf joined PPG in 1980 as treasurer, after holding financial 
management posts with the Ford Motor Co.  He became PPG's controller in
1984; vice president-purchasing in 1986; vice president-finance and
chief financial officer in 1988; and vice president, coatings, in
March 1994. 


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     He was elected executive vice president in 1994 and continued to
lead the company's coatings business until early 1995.  He was elected
president and chief operating officer, as well as a board member, in
December 1995.
 
     He is a trustee of Robert Morris College and a director of
Magee-Womens Hospital, and is on the boards of the Extra Mile Education
Foundation and Chemical Manufacturers Association.
 
     A native of Chicago, LeBoeuf is a political science and history
graduate of Northwestern University.  He earned a master's degree in
business administration from the University of Illinois.
 
     He and his wife, Loralee, have two daughters and live in the
Pittsburgh suburb of Fox Chapel. 


 
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