Joe Richardson III, CEO of Richardson Industries, has been elected president of the American Furniture Hall of Fame for 2002 - 2003.

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Also elected: first vice president, Joseph E. Carroll, Publisher of Furniture Today; second vice president, Clarence H. Smith, president of Haverty's Furniture; secretary/treasurer, Tom Powell, president of Directional, Inc. and Thomas Roderick Company, and assistant secretary/treasurer, Roy Briggs, industry consultant. Elected to the Board of Directors: Russell Bienenstock, Editor, president and CEO of Furniture World', J. Donald Coleman, president & CEO of Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company; Steve Kincaid, president of Kincaid Furniture; and Larry Parnell, president of Oakwood Interiors. Other directors include: Bruce Birnbach, president, The Rowe Companies; Jerome Bolick, president of Southern Furniture of Conover; Rob Culp, chairman & CEO of Culp, Inc.; Kurt Darrow, Sr., vice president, La-Z-Boy, Inc.; Donald Dreher, president of DMI; Rodney England, president of England; Neil Goldberg, president/CEO, Raymour & Flanigan Furniture Co; Eric Henshaw, chairman, Kingsdown, Inc.; Leroy Lail, chairman, the Hickory Furniture Mart; Irwin Lowenstein, chairman of The Powell Company; Elkin McCallum, chairman/CEO Joan Fabrics Corp; and Paul B. Toms, Jr., chairman/CEO Hooker Manufacturing Co. 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.