Exhibit 99.7


                CONSENT OF PERSON ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR


     I hereby consent to the references in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus 
constituting part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 to my name under 
the headings "Summary -- Interest of Certain Persons in the Merger and Effect 
of the Merger on Employees and Benefit Plans," "The Merger -- General 
Description of the  Terms of the Merger," "The Merger -- Interest of Certain 
Persons in the Merger and Effect of the Merger on Employees and Benefit 
Plans," and "Management of LSB," as a person  about to become a director of the 
Registrant.


                                             /s/ Albert J. Dooley, Sr.

April 29, 1994