BMHC Appoints Norman R. Walker to Board of Directors
September 29 2006 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Building
Materials Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:BMHC) today announced that it
has appointed Norman R. Walker to its Board of Directors. Mr.
Walker, 62, is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a
position he held for more than 26 years. He most recently served as
a National Risk Management Partner, Audit and Business Advisory
Services from 1992 to 2003 with PwC and is currently the Chief
Financial Officer of the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut. Mr.
Walker's professional and business activities also included serving
as Chairman of the Ethics Division Technical Standards Committee of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, President
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Foundation and Chair and President of
the University of Oregon Foundation Board of Trustees. He is
currently an Emeritus Trustee of the University of Oregon
Foundation, member of the Business Advisory Council of Lundquist
College of Business at the University of Oregon, and a Trustee of
the Bank Street College in New York. As a director of BMHC, Mr.
Walker will serve on both the Audit Committee and the Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Walker holds a B.S. degree
in Accounting from the University of Oregon. Robert E. Mellor,
BMHC's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We
are very pleased to have Norm join our Board of Directors. He is a
proven leader with significant executive management experience
within the accounting field. We welcome him to our Board and are
confident that his knowledge, leadership experience and independent
perspective will prove to be of great value to BMHC." About BMHC
BMHC, a Fortune 1000 company, is one of the largest providers of
residential construction services and building materials in the
United States. We serve the homebuilding industry through two
subsidiaries: SelectBuild provides construction services to
high-volume production homebuilders in key growth markets across
the country; BMC West distributes building materials and
manufactures building components for professional builders and
contractors in the western and southern states. BMHC is listed as
one of Fortune Magazine's "100 Fastest Growing Companies" in 2006,
was recently named to the Forbes Platinum 400, also known as
America's Best Big Companies, and was selected Pro Dealer of the
Year by Home Channel News. To learn more about BMHC, visit our
website at http://www.bmhc.com/ . DATASOURCE: Building Materials
Holding Corporation CONTACT: Bill Smartt, Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, +1-415-627-9100, or Mark Kailer, Vice
President, Treasurer and Investor Relations Officer,
+1-415-627-9100, both of Building Materials Holding Corporation Web
site: http://www.bmhc.com/
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