Raymond
F. Bentele, 68, served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Mallinckrodt, Inc., a manufacturer of medical
and specialty chemical products, from 1981 until his retirement
in 1992. He serves as a director of The Mosaic Company and
of AMCON Distributing Company. He was first elected as a
director of the Company in 1995.
Karl G.
Glassman, 46, was elected Executive Vice President
of the Company in 2002 and has served as President of the
Residential Furnishings Segment since 1999. He previously
served the Company as Senior Vice President from 1999 to
2002 and President of Bedding Components from 1996 through
1998. Mr. Glassman has served the Company in various capacities
since 1982. He was first elected as a director of the Company
in 2002.
Ralph W.
Clark, 64, was a Vice President of International
Business Machines Corporation ("IBM") from 1988
until 1994. He also served as Chairman of Frontec AMT Inc.,
a software company, until his retirement in 1998. Mr. Clark
was first elected as a director of the Company in 2000.
David S.
Haffner, 52, was elected President of the Company
in 2002 and has served as Chief Operating Officer of the
Company since 1999. He previously served as the Company’s
Executive Vice President from 1995 to 2002 and has served
the Company in other capacities since 1983. Mr. Haffner was
first elected as a director of the Company in 1995.
Harry M.
Cornell, Jr., 76, is Chairman Emeritus of the Company’s
Board of Directors. He has served the Company in various
capacities since 1950. He served as President from 1960 to
1982 and as Chief Executive Officer from 1960 to 1999. Mr.
Cornell was Chairman of the Board from 1982 to 2002. He was
first elected as a director of the Company in 1958.
Felix E.
Wright, 69, is Chairman of the Company’s Board
of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. He also served
as Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors
from 1999 to 2002 and as Chief Operating Officer from 1979
to 1999. Mr. Wright has served in various other capacities
since 1959. He was first elected as a director of the Company
in 1977.
R. Ted Enloe,
III, 66, is President and Chief Executive Officer
of Optisoft, Inc., a manufacturer of intelligent traffic
signal systems. He is also Managing General Partner of Balquita
Partners, Ltd., a family securities and real estate investment
partnership. Mr. Enloe serves as a director of Silicon Laboratories.
He was first elected as a director of the Company in 1969.
Richard
T. Fisher, 66, is Managing Director of Oppenheimer & Co.,
an investment banking firm. He served as Managing Director
of CIBC World Markets Corp., an investment banking firm,
from 1990 to 2002. Mr. Fisher was first elected as a director
of the Company in 1972.
Judy C.
Odom, 52, served until 2002 as Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer of Software Spectrum, Inc., a
computer software company. She is a director
of Storage Technology Corp., and of Harte-Hanks, Inc. Ms.
Odom was first elected as a director of the Company in 2002.
Maurice
E. Purnell, Jr., 65, is Of Counsel to the law firm
of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP. He was a partner of Locke
Liddell from 1972 to 2002. Mr. Purnell was first elected
as a director of the Company in 1988.
Key
Board Committees:Audit: Bentele
(Chair), Clark, Fisher, Odom Compensation: Enloe (Chair), Fisher,
Odom Nominating and Corporate Governance: Fisher, Odom, Purnell
(Chair)
Mr. Fisher serves as Presiding Director at meetings
of the non-management directors.
Mr. Bentele and Ms. Odom are
the Audit Committee’s financial
experts.
