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58
Board of directors
TYSON FOODS, INC. 1999 ANNUAL REPORT
DON TYSON, 69, senior chairman
of the board of directors, served
as chairman of the board until
April 1995 when he was named
senior chairman. Mr. Tyson served
as chief executive officer until
March 1991 and has been a
member of the board since 1952.1
JOE STARR, 66, a private investor,
served as a vice president of Tyson
until 1996. Mr. Starr has been a
member of the board since 1969.
NEELY CASSADY, 71, is chairman of
the board of Cassady Investments,
Inc. and served as a senator in the
Arkansas General Assembly from
1983 to 1996. Mr. Cassady has
been a member of the board
since 1974.2,3,4
FRED VORSANGER, 71, is a private
business consultant, manager of
Bud Walton Arena and vice presi-
dent emeritus of finance and
administration at the University
of Arkansas. He is a director of
McIlroy Bank & Trust Co. of
Fayetteville, Ark. Mr. Vorsanger
was a city director and mayor
of Fayetteville and was a vice
president at the U of A from 1968
until 1988. He has been a member
of the board since 1977.2,3,4
LELAND TOLLETT, 62, retired as
chairman and chief executive
officer Oct. 1, 1998. He had been
chairman of the board since April
1995. He had served as vice chair-
man, president and chief executive
officer since March 1991 and as
president and chief operating
officer from 1983 until 1991.
Mr. Tollett has been a member
of the board since 1984.1
JOHN TYSON, 46, was named
chairman of the board of directors
effective Oct. 1, 1998. He had
served as vice chairman since
1997. Previously he was president
of the beef and pork division and
director of governmental, media
and public relations. He also has
served as vice president and direc-
tor of engineering/environmental/
capital spending, as vice president
of marketing/corporate accounts
and as special projects manager.
Mr. Tyson has been a member
of the board since 1984.1
SHELBY MASSEY, 66, is a farmer
and a private investor. He served
as senior vice chairman of the
board of directors from 1985 to
1988 and has been a member of
the board since 1985.3,4
BARBARA TYSON, 50, is vice presi-
dent of the company. Ms. Tyson
has served in related capacities
for the past eight years and was
previously a regional sales man-
ager in the food service division.
Ms. Tyson has been a member
of the board since 1988.
LLOYD HACKLEY, 58, is president
and chief executive officer of
Lloyd V. Hackley and Associates,
Inc. He was president of the North
Carolina Community College
System from 1995 to 1997 and was
chancellor and a tenured professor
of political science at Fayetteville
State University, Fayetteville, N.C.,
from 1988 to 1995. Mr. Hackley
has been a member of the board
since 1992.2,4
DONALD WRAY, 62, is president of
Tyson Foods. He was named pres-
ident and chief operating officer in
April 1995 after serving as COO
since 1991 and as senior vice pres-
ident of the sales and marketing
division since 1985. Mr. Wray has
been a member of the board since
1994. Although he plans to retire
in March 2000, Mr. Wray will
remain a member of the board.1
GERALD JOHNSTON, 56, a private
investor, was executive vice presi-
dent of finance for Tyson from 1981
to 1996 when he stepped down
and became a consultant to the
company. Mr. Johnston has been
a member of the board since 1996.
WAYNE BRITT, 50, was named chief
executive officer and was elected
to the board of directors of Tyson
effective Oct. 1, 1998. In his 27
years with Tyson, Mr. Britt has
served as executive vice president
and chief financial officer; senior
vice president, international divi-
sion; vice president, wholesale
club sales and marketing; secre-
tary-treasurer; controller; cost and
budget manager; and complex
controller.1
JIM KEVER, 46, founder of ENVOY
Corporation of Nashville, Tenn.,
was elected to the Tyson Board
of Directors in May 1999. ENVOY
Corporation, an innovator in elec-
tronic claims processing, merged
with Quintiles Transnational, a
multi-national clinical research
organization. Mr. Kever serves
as head of the ENVOY division
of Quintiles and serves on the
Quintiles Board of Directors.2
1
Executive Committee
2
Audit Committee
3
Compensation Committee
4
Special Committee
Pictured from left to right: Jim Kever, Don Tyson, Barbara Tyson, John Tyson, Wayne Britt, Fred Vorsanger, Gerald Johnston, Shelby Massey,
Joe Starr, Neely Cassady, Donald Wray, Lloyd Hackley and Leland Tollett.