Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 15, 2000
RICHARD P. WOLLENBERG, President, CEO and Chairman of Longview Fibre
Company, joined the company in 1939 as a Safety Engineer and
subsequently held the positions of Assistant Chief Engineer, Chief
Engineer, Manager of Container Operations, Vice President of Operations
and Executive Vice President. In 1969 he became President of Longview
Fibre; in 1978 he was named CEO; and in 1985 he was named Chairman of
the Board. Mr. Wollenberg continues to hold these three titles today; he
is also a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Wollenberg received a BS
in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley
and an MBA from Harvard University. He also attended the Army Industrial
College and received an Honorary Doctor of Public Affairs from the
University of Puget Sound. Mr. Wollenberg also served in the US Air
Force from 1941 to 1945, holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. A
member of the Pacific Coast Association of Pulp and Paper Manufacturers,
the Western Advisory Board of Factory Mutual Insurance, Washington State
Roundtable and the Institute of Paper and Science Technology, Mr.
Wollenberg was the recipient of the Harvard Business School Alumni
Achievement Award in 1994. Profile
describe what you see as the business today.
Mr. Wollenberg: We were founded in 1926 to create a paper mill to use
sawmill
