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

Lakeland Industries, Inc. announced the appointment of Duane W. Albro to its Board of Directors, effective April 17, 2009. The addition of Mr. Albro brings the Company's total number of directors to 7, a majority (being 5 of 7) of which are defined as independent in accordance with NASDAQ regulations.

Duane Albro serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Warwick Valley Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: WWVY). Throughout most of his career, he has served in executive and operational management capacities of increasing responsibility for blue chip publicly traded companies such as NYNEX and Bell Atlantic and performing private and public company turnarounds for private equity investors such as Carlyle Group and Columbia Capital Management among others. An active participant in industry trade groups, Mr. Albro has served on the White House Advisory Council on Technology in Education and provided testimony to Congress on the benefits of technology used in education. He has also served on the boards of several recognized universities and foundations, and has participated in various philanthropic endeavors and economic development initiatives.

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