Rob Culp Heads Hall Of Fame

Furniture World Magazine

Robert G. Culp III, chairman and chief executive officer of Culp, Inc., has been elected president of the American Furniture Hall of Fame for 2001 - 2002. Also elected, first vice president; Joseph E. Richardson III, executive vice president of Richardson Industries, second vice president; Joseph E. Carroll, Publisher of Furniture Today; Tom Powell, president of Thomas Roderick Company, secretary/treasurer and Roy Briggs, industry consultant, assistant secretary/treasurer. Elected to the Board of Directors: Bruce Birnbach, president , The Rowe Companies; Kurt Darrow, Sr., vice president, La-Z-Boy, Inc.; Eric Henshaw, chairman, Kingsdown, Inc.; Leroy Lail, chairman, the Hickory furniture Mart; and Paul B. Toms, Jr., chairman/CEO Hooker Manufacturing Co. Other directors include: Jerome Bolick, president of Southern Furniture of Conover, Barton Bienenstock, publisher of Furniture World; William C. DeRusha; Donald Dreher, president of DMI; Rodney England, president of England; Steve Kincaid, president of Kincaid Furniture; Irwin Lowenstein, chairman of The Powell Company; Clarence Haverty Smith, COO of Haverty Furniture Company. 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 its cultural, economic and artistic history. For more information call (336) 882 5900.