Kenneth M. Vittor was appointed executive vice president and general counsel of The McGraw-Hill Companies in 1999. Previously, Ken was senior vice president and associate general counsel of The McGraw-Hill Companies until he was appointed senior vice president and general counsel in July 1995. As general counsel, Ken was responsible for handling the widely publicized BusinessWeek-Bankers Trust prior restraint litigation as well as the highly successful defense of Standard & Poor's in the Orange County litigation.