Brunswick Corporation Names Christopher F. Dekker GC

Brunswick Corporation announced that Christopher F. Dekker has been named vice president, general counsel and secretary. Dekker, who joined Brunswick in 2010 as associate general counsel – litigation and employment, most recently had served as interim general counsel and secretary for the Company. Dekker previously had been with Caterpillar, Inc., where he held a variety of positions in its law department, most recently as senior corporate counsel for Caterpillar Logistics. Prior to joining Caterpillar in 2001, Dekker served with two leading Chicago law firms. Dekker received his law degree from DePaul University, after completing his undergraduate work at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.