America's Longest Serving Directors.

The article discusses individuals who have served as directors for the same U.S. corporations for at least 40 years. Robert Ted Enloe III has sat on the board of bedding-and-commercial-fixtures producer Leggett & Platt Inc. for 44 years. Consideration is given to whether such long tenures benefit a firm. Ann Yerger of the Council of Institutional Investors says independent judgment can wane over the course of a lengthy board service.