TULSA, Okla. , Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Williams Pipeline Partners L.P. (NYSE: WMZ) has elected H. Brent Austin as a member of the general partner's board of directors. He will serve on the board's audit and conflicts committees.

Austin, 53, is managing partner and chief investment officer of Alsamora L.P., a Houston -based private limited partnership with real estate and diversified equity investments. Prior to his current position, he was president and chief operating officer of El Paso Corporation, where he managed all non-regulated operations as well as all financial functions.

He received his bachelor of arts summa cum laude in economics and a master of business administration in finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

Austin joins Emmitt C. House, a partner with the Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan law firm of Chicago , and Stephen C. Beasley, a recently retired former president of El Paso Corporation's Eastern Pipeline Group, as independent members on the board of directors for the general partner. The board also includes these directors who are affiliated with Williams (NYSE: WMB): Steven J. Malcolm, 60; Donald R. Chappel, 56; Phillip D. Wright, 53; and Rodney J. Sailor, 49.

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