Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(d) Election of New Director

On November 7, 2008, the Company announced that R.A. Walker had been selected to serve on the Company's Board of Directors.

Mr. Walker, 51, is Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Walker joined Anadarko in 2005. Prior to joining Anadarko, he served as managing director for the Global Energy Group of UBS Investment Bank. Previously he was President, CFO and a director of 3TEC Energy Corporation until its sale to Plains Exploration and Production Company. He joined 3TEC after holding a variety of merchant banking positions of increasing responsibility at Prudential Capital Group, where he was senior managing director and co-head at the time of his departure. Mr. Walker holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Tulsa. He is currently Chairman of Western Gas Holdings, the general partner of Western Gas Partners, LP, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the United Way of Greater Houston and the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Mr. Walker has no family relationship with any of the members of our board of directors or any of our executive officers, and there is no arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which he was selected as a director. Mr. Walker is expected to serve on the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board. Mr. Walker is not a party to any transaction requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

With the election of Mr. Walker, Temple-Inland's Board consists of 11 members. The membership of all committees of the Board consists entirely of independent directors.