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          PINEAU-VALENCIENNE RESIGNS FROM WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION BOARD


  BENTON HARBOR, Mich. -- Feb. 22, 1995 -- Didier Pineau-Valencienne yesterday
resigned from the Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) board of directors.   Pineau-
Valencienne, a director since August 1992, is chairman and chief executive
officer of France's Schneider SA.

  Pineau-Valencienne said that responsibilities to Schneider had prevented him
recently from fully carrying out his role as a Whirlpool director, hence his
decision to resign the seat.

  "We brought Didier to our board to add a new and important perspective to our
increasingly global organization," said Whirlpool Chairman and CEO David R.
Whitwam.  "He contributed that and more and we're sorry to see him leave, though
we understand and respect his action."

  Pineau-Valencienne's resignation reduces the board's size to 12 members.

  Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of
major home appliances.  Headquartered in Benton Harbor, the company manufactures
in 11 countries and markets products under 10 major brand names in more than 120
countries.
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