John Surma, the Penn State trustee who uttered the words “Joe Paterno is no longer the head football coach, effective immediately” in November 2011, will not seek re-election to the board, the ...

U.S. Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) President/CEO John Surma was the voice of Wednesday night's news conference from the Penn State University Board of Trustees, of which Surma is a member. United States ...

John P. Surma, the Penn State trustee who told Joe Paterno that he was fired, has decided that he is not seeking re-election to the university's governing board.Joe Paterno that he was fired, has ...

John Surma was vice chairman of the Penn State Board of Trustees when he told Paterno that he was being ousted after 46 seasons as Penn State's head coach on Nov. 9, 2011.

John Surma, chairman of United States Steel Corp., speaks Sept. 19 at West Virginia University's Glen H. Hiner Distinguished Lecture series. Justine Coyne.