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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS                                   

BOARD OF DIRECTORS   

William A. Marquard (1)
Chairman of the Company
Chairman Emeritus of 
American Standard, Inc.

Robert A. Young, III (2)
President & Chief Executive 
Officer of the Company

Frank Edelstein (3)
Consultant to Kelso & Company 
and The Gordon + Morris Group

Arthur J. Fritz, Jr. (4)
Chairman, JABAR Enterprises

John H. Morris (2,4)
President, The Gordon + 
Morris Group

Alan J. Zakon (4)
Managing Director of 
Bankers Trust Company


(1) Chairman, Executive Compensation 
    & Development Committee
(2) Member, Executive Compensation 
    & Development Committee
(3) Chairman, Audit Committee
(4) Member, Audit Committee


EXECUTIVE OFFICERS   

Arkansas Best Corporation

Robert A. Young, III
President & Chief Executive 
Officer

Donald L. Neal
Senior Vice President & 
Chief Financial Officer

Richard F. Cooper
Vice President - Risk Management
Vice President - General Counsel
and Secretary

John R Meyers
Vice President - Treasurer

E. George Meyers
Vice President - Human Resources

R. David Slack
Vice President - Comptroller

ABF Freight System, Inc.

David E. Stubblefield
President & Chief Executive 
Officer

H. L. Johnson
Vice Chairman 

James T. Curtis
Vice President - Equiptment 
& Maintenance

John M. Dale
Vice President - Transportation

Robert A. Davidson
Vice President - Pricing

Walter J. Echols
Vice President - Real Estate

Wesley B. Kemp
Vice President - Terminal
Operations

Donald N. Reynolds
Vice President - Sales,
National Accounts

James A. Teter
Vice President - Retail Sales

Bruce B. Whittaker
Vice President - Customer Service

Walter V. Willard
Vice President - Sales



Treadco, Inc.

James J. Seiter
President

Daniel V. Evans
Vice President - Administration

Ronald W. Hawks
Vice President - Sales

Ronald W. Toothaker
Vice President - Production
& Quality Control

Best Logistics, Inc.

Richard M. Crew
President

Data-Tronics Corp.

David W. Hardt
Vice President - General Manager

Clipper Exxpress Company

Andy Hok Fan Sze
President & Chief Executive 
Officer

Rovert B. Wallace
Vice President - Finance, 
Secretary, & Treasurer

William L. Driscoll
Vice President - Operations

Robert H. Pettigrew
Vice President - Sales

Integrated Distribution, Inc.

Jerry A. Yarbrough
Chairman & Chief Executive 
Officer

Don E. Ford
President

Charles E. Cummings
Vice President

Herbert T. Martin, Jr.
Vice President