Hooker Furniture Gifts HPU with Alfred J. Audi Conference Room

October 21, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on October 2008 Hooker Furniture Corp. and High Point University will dedicate the Alfred J. Audi Conference Room at the university with a ceremony at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

The room, number 213 in Norton Hall on the HPU campus, is a gift from Hooker in memory of the late Alfred Audi, who with his wife, Aminy Audi, took L&JG Stickley from a company of 25 workers to a leader in high-end furniture manufacturing that now employs more than 1,600 people.

Aminy Audi, president and CEO of Stickley; and son, Edward Audi, vice president of manufacturing will be in attendance. Paul Toms Jr. of Hooker, will present the gift. Donald Scarborough, HPU vice president of institutional affairs; Aminy Audi, and HPU President Nido Qubein also will have comments.

Tuesday night, Alfred Audi was one of four new inductees into the American Furniture Hall of fame.