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Fleetwood Expands Board, Announces Three New Directors

12 April 1999

Fleetwood Expands Board, Announces Three New Directors

    RIVERSIDE, Calif., April 12 -- Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.
, a leading producer of manufactured housing and recreational
vehicles, announced today that its Board of Directors has voted to expand the
number of directors from eight to eleven.  At the same time, the Board
appointed three new directors with extensive business backgrounds to fill
these newly created positions.  The new directors are Paul D. Borghesani,
Loren K. Carroll and David S. Engelman.
    Board Chairman Glenn F. Kummer said, "We believe that the substantial
experience and talents which these new members bring to the Board will
contribute significantly during a time when the Company is growing its core
manufacturing businesses and expanding into the manufactured housing retail
business.  We feel fortunate to have the services of three new directors with
very impressive credentials," Kummer said.
    Paul Borghesani is affiliated with Baker & Daniels, a large law firm in
Indiana.  He has an extensive background in the transportation industry, most
recently serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Drive Away,
a national leader in services to the manufactured housing and recreational and
commercial vehicle industries.
    Loren Carroll is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of M-I,
an oil services company and the world's largest drilling fluid and fluid
handling equipment supplier.  Carroll is also Executive Vice President and a
director of Smith International, the parent company of M-I.  Prior to joining
Smith, Mr. Carroll was President and a director of Geneva Business Services, a
part of The Geneva Companies, and earlier was an audit partner with Arthur
Andersen & Co., LLP.
    David Engelman is currently a director of MGIC Investment Corporation and
Long Beach Financial Corporation, and has held a number of key executive
positions in the banking and financial services industries.