Exhibit 99.1
| Release Date Contact Address Internet | Immediate July 26, 2005 Mark Schurman (616) 654 5498 or mark_schurman@hermanmiller.com Bruce Buursma (616) 654 5770 or bruce_buursma@hermanmiller.com Herman Miller, Inc., 855 East Main Avenue, PO Box 302, Zeeland, MI 49464-0302 www.hermanmiller.com |
Global Design Director for Nike Named to Herman Miller Board of Directors
John R. Hoke III will join the Herman Miller Board of Directors at the next quarterly meeting of the board on September 26 and 27, 2005.
Hoke is Vice President of Global Footwear Design for Nike, inspiring and overseeing an international team of footwear designers who conceive, create and commercialize hundreds of footwear styles annually. He also has frontline responsibility for communicating Nike’s culture of creativity both within and outside the company.
He joined Nike in 1993 after working for four years with the architect and designer Michael Graves while earning his master’s degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Hoke also holds bachelor’s degrees in architecture and design from Penn State University.
A native of Bainbridge, Maryland, Hoke attracted the notice of Nike leaders when he provided leadership and imagination for the development of Niketown stores in New York City and London. Prior to taking on his current posting in 2002, Hoke was a Global Creative Director for Nike’s image design, brand design, and footwear design.
Hoke, 40, lives with his wife and three sons in Portland, Oregon, where they enjoy sports, movies, camping, traveling and drawing.
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