Leader of the Principal Financial Group Named to Herman Miller
Board of Directors
ZEELAND, Mich., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- J. Barry Griswell will join
the Herman Miller (NASDAQ:MLHR) Board of Directors at the next quarterly
meeting of the board on July 26 and 27, 2004.
Griswell is the Chairman, President and CEO of the Principal Financial Group,
headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, and serving more than 15.6 million customers
worldwide from offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and
Australia. He has led the company through a period of dramatic growth and a
successful initial public offering. The Principal Financial Group is a member
of the Fortune 500 and has $149.8 billion in assets under management. The
company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker
symbol PFG.
Griswell has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services
industry. Prior to joining The Principal, he served as President and CEO of
MetLife Marketing Corporation.
A native of Atlanta, Griswell graduated in 1971 from Berry College in Rome,
Georgia. He earned a master's degree from Stetson University in Deland,
Florida. He is a board member of the American Council of Life Insurers, the
American Council for Capital Formation and the Business Roundtable. He is the
president of the Federation of Iowa Insurers, and Chair of the Greater Des
Moines Partnership.
In 2004, Griswell received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for outstanding
contributions to American Society. In 2003, Griswell was named a Horatio Alger
Association Distinguished American Award winner, and he has been inducted into
the Iowa Business Hall of Fame. He lives in Des Moines with his wife, Michele
Irwin Griswell.
Herman Miller provides complete solutions that help create great places to
work. Through research, design, manufacture, and distribution of innovative
interior furnishings, complemented by furniture management and strategic
consulting services, the company serves organizations and individuals around
the world. During fiscal 2003, Herman Miller's award-winning products and
services generated $1.34 billion in revenue. The company was also again named
among Business Ethics magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens" and was the
recipient of the prestigious National Design Award for product design from the
Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. In 2004,
Herman Miller was cited in Fortune magazine as the "Most Admired" company in
its industry-for the sixteenth time in the 18 years the industry has been
included in the annual survey of industry executives, board members and
independent analysts. Notably, for the key attribute of "innovation," the
company was ranked fourth among all companies surveyed. Herman Miller trades
on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol MLHR. For additional information
visit http://hermanmiller.com/ . DATASOURCE: Herman Miller, Inc.
CONTACT: Mark Schurman, +1-616-654-5498, , or Bruce Buursma, +1-616-654-5770, , both of Herman Miller, Inc.
Web site: http://www.hermanmiller.com/
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