American Furniture Hall Of Fame Seeks Nominations And Celebrates First Decade

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The American Furniture Hall of Fame announced that NOMINATIONS FOR THE ADDITION OF PERMANENT MEMBERS WILL BEGIN ON JUNE 1, 1999 AND CLOSE ON JULY 1, 1999. This his will be a celebrations of the tenth year of elections to the American Furniture Hall of Fame. AFHF sponsors nominate leaders who have made notable contributions to the development and growth of the American furniture industry. Candidates can be nominated posthumously. The portraits of the 42 members of the American Furniture Hall of Fame are mounted on the AFHF Wall in the Furniture Discovery Center, High Point, North Carolina. Voting will take place from September 1 through September 15, 1999. The newly elected members will be inducted and honored during the AFHF Banquet Gala on opening day of furniture market, Thursday, October 14, 1999 in High Point, North Carolina. Members of 'the AFHF inducted from 1989 to 1998 include: Hollis S. Baker, John D. Bassett, John C. Bernhardt, Nathan 1. Bienenstock, Rose G. Blumkin, Harold P. Braun, James Edgar Broyhill, David J. Brunn, Robert G. Culp, Sr., Thomas A. Finch, Jr., Henry A. Foscue, Morris Futorian, J. Raymond Gerken, John R. "Jack" Gerken, Robert A. Glick, Robert P. Gruenberg, James J. Haverty, Mary M. Henkel, Clyde Hooker, Jr.', Robert 0. Huffman, Leo Jiranek, Albert G. Juilfs, J. Wade Kincaid, Edward M. Knabusch, Peter E. Kroehler, Edward H. Lane, Henry Talmadge Link, Hyman Meyers, Patrick H. Norton, Earl N. Phillips, Hampton 0. Powell, Joseph E. Richardson II, Amos G. Rhodes, Lawrence K. Schnadig, Edwin J. Shoemaker, Charles R. Sligh, Gustav Stickley, George Alden Thornton, Jr., Charles F. Tomlinson, Parks C. Underdown, Thomas Franklin Wrenn, and J. Smith Young. "All sectors of the industry including manufacturers, retailers, suppliers, sales representatives and furniture designers are eligible to be nominated as members and can become sponsors," says Rodney England, president of England/Corsair Inc and the president of the American Furniture Hall of Fame. "The AFHF was organized to honor those individuals whose outstanding achievements have contributed to the continued growth and development of the American furniture industry. It is vital that industry leaders become sponsors so that they can identify, nominate and vote for those most deserving of this honor." For more information call the American Furniture Hall of Fame at (336) 882-5900.