Fleetwood Announces Management Succession at Coleman Folding Trailer Division

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Nov. 1, 2001 ;Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., the nation's largest manufacturer of recreational vehicles and a leading producer and retailer of manufactured housing, announced today that Pat Scanlon, vice president -- folding trailers, will be retiring as of December 31, 2002. Larry Marsh has been appointed vice president and general manager of the folding trailer division effective immediately.

Scanlon began his career with the Coleman Company 32 years ago, and when Fleetwood acquired Coleman Recreation Vehicles from its parent in 1989 in order to enter the folding trailer niche, he had been president and division general manager for five years. After the Fleetwood acquisition, Scanlon was named division general manager, and he was promoted to vice president in 1998. His other positions at Coleman included regional sales manager, national accounts manager, managing director for Australian Coleman and director of marketing for Coleman International.

Marsh also started with Coleman in 1970, and had been promoted to regional sales manager by 1973. Other positions he held with Coleman include marketing and national accounts manager, director of dealer development and national sales manager. At the time of the Fleetwood acquisition, Marsh was vice president -- sales and marketing for Coleman Recreation Vehicles. Fleetwood named him director -- sales and marketing of its new folding trailer division, a position he held until this promotion. Marsh, a Pennsylvania native, holds a bachelor of science in psychology/natural science from the University of Pittsburgh.

"The folding trailer division, which manufactures under the Coleman brand name, has been a consistently superior performer for Fleetwood," said Edward B. Caudill, president and chief executive officer. "Pat's contributions have been invaluable and Fleetwood was fortunate that he chose to continue his leadership when we acquired the company that he ran so efficiently. While we will miss Pat, we are privileged to have Larry available to move into his position. They have worked side by side for many years, and we expect the transition to be seamless."