Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> October 6, 1999
STEPHEN P. THIGPEN has served as President and Chief Executive Officer
of Hines Nurseries since September 1995, Chief Executive Officer of Sun
Gro-U.S. since May 1997, and a Director of the Northern California
Nursery for Hines Nurseries from 1985 to August 1995 and as a Technical
Resource Manager for Hines Nurseries from 1984 to 1985. Previously, Mr.
Thigpen was Research and Development Program Manager with Weyerhaeuser
Company's Nursery Products Division from 1982 to 1984. Mr. Thigpen
received his B.S. in Plant and Soil Sciences from the University of
Massachusetts in 1977. Mr. Thigpen received a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology
from the University of California at Davis in 1981. On June 22, 1998,
Mr. Thigpen became the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hines
Horticulture, Inc. Profile
Horticulture Incorporated the company's history, products, customers,
those kind of things, please.
Mr. Thigpen: First of all,
