Exhibit 99.1

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS


I, John P. McConnell, state and attest that:

     (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
         reports of Worthington Industries, Inc., and, except as corrected or
         supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

         -        No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
                  fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
                  the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
                  materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

         -        No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary
                  to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
                  circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
                  the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
                  of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of
                  the date on which it was filed).

     (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
         Audit Committee.

     (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
         before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

         -        The Annual Report on Form 10-K of Worthington Industries, Inc.
                  for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2002;

         -        All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
                  definitive proxy materials of Worthington Industries, Inc.
                  filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
                  10-K identified above; and

         -        Any amendments to the foregoing.



         /s/ John P. McConnell            Subscribed and sworn to
- -----------------------------------       before me this 21st day of
John P. McConnell                         August 2002.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Date:  August 21, 2002


                                                   /s/ Marybeth Bosko
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                                          Notary Public

                                                   [NOTARY SEAL]



                                          My Commission Expires: No Expiration
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