Jerome Bolick Elected President American Furniture Hall of Fame

Furniture World Magazine

Jerome Bolick, President of Southern Furniture Company of Conover has been elected president of the American Furniture Hall of Fame for the 1998/99 fiscal year. Other officers are Rodney England, President of England/Corsair, First Vice President; Robert Sligh, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Sligh Furniture, Second Vice President; and Tom Powell, President of Directional, Secretary/Treasurer. Melvyn Wolff, Chairman and CEO of Star Furniture was elected to the Board of Directors. Other directors include: Anne H. Bernhardt, President Contract, Bernhardt Furniture Co.; Barton 1. Bienenstock, Publisher, Furniture World; Bob W. Bush, Vice President, Hickory Springs Mfg. Co.; Joseph Carroll. Publisher, Furniture/Today; Rob Culp, Chairman /CEO, Culp, Inc.; William C. DeRusha, Chairman/CEO, Heilig-Meyers; Donald D. Dreher, President, DMI Furniture, Inc.; Douglas M. Fenn, President, Tell City Chair Co.; Edward J. Gerken, CEO, Norwalk Furniture Corp.; Irwin Lowenstein, Rhodes, Inc.; Joseph E. Richardson 111, President, Richardson Brothers Co.; John Vaughan CEO, Vaughan Furniture Co.; John G. Wampler, President, COO, Pulaski; Wayne Wickstrom, Vice President, Leggett & Platt; and C. Jeff Young, President, Lexington Furniture Ind. The American Furniture Hall of Fame is an all industry effort organized to honor those individuals whose outstanding achievements have contributed to the continued growth and development of the American furniture industry and to research, collect and preserve the cultural, economic and artistic history.