DALLAS, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lynn Blodgett, president and chief executive officer of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) will visit the New York Stock Exchange to ring the closing bell on Tuesday November 18th to commemorate the company's 20th anniversary.

Blodgett, ACS' fourth chief executive, will be joined by fellow executives during the ceremony as part of the company's commemoration of its founding in 1988. ACS visited the NYSE on Feb. 5, 1997 when founder and Chairman Darwin Deason rang the opening bell to mark the company's listing on the exchange. ACS originally was traded on the NASDAQ when it went public in 1994.

"The past twenty years can be characterized by growth, opportunity and success," said Blodgett. "It is only fitting that we visit the NYSE as part to this celebration as we launch into our third decade of operations."

ACS was founded as a Dallas-based bank data processor but soon expanded into other services and markets. While its corporate office remains in Dallas, ACS operates in every state of the union as well as more than 100 countries, touching millions of lives everyday as the outsourcing partner to the worlds' most complex corporations and government.

In 1999, ACS earned a FORTUNE 1000 ranking and in its 15th year of operation in 2004, joined the FORTUNE 500. Today it ranks as #423.

About ACS

ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with approximately 63,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at http://www.acs-inc.com.

SOURCE Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.