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GYPSUM ASSOCIATION OFFICERS ELECTED

Washington, DC – The Gypsum Association announces the election of the following officers from the Board of Directors for 2007-2008:

Chairman – Kerry G. Gannaway, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, American Gypsum, Dallas, Texas;

Past Chairman – James W. McNeer, Vice President, Gypsum Operations, Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation, West Memphis, Arkansas;

First Vice-Chairman – Gerard P. Carroll, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Operations and Engineering, National Gypsum Company, Charlotte, North Carolina;

Second Vice-Chairman – Donald E. Moses, President and CEO, Manufacturing, CertainTeed Gypsum/ CertainTeed Gypsum Canada, Inc., Tampa, Florida;

Treasurer – Charles J. Poandl, Vice President, Customer Value, Gypsum Division, Lafarge North America Inc., Herndon, Virginia; and

Secretary – Michael A. Gardner, Executive Director, Gypsum Association, Washington, DC.

The officers were elected at the recent meeting of the Association’s Board of Directors in Orlando, Florida. All terms are for one year and are effective May 1, 2007.

The Gypsum Association is in its 77th year of service as the technical, promotion, and information center of the gypsum industry. The Association, representing gypsum board manufacturing companies located throughout the United States and Canada, is located in Washington, DC.

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