Harry Merlo

Harry Merlo
Born(1925-03-05)March 5, 1925
DiedOctober 24, 2016(2016-10-24) (aged 91)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)Businessman, philanthropist
Known forPresident of Louisiana-Pacific
SpouseFlo Newton
Children1

Harry A. Merlo (March 5, 1925 – October 24, 2016) was an American businessman and philanthropist in the state of Oregon. A native of California, he was chief executive of then Fortune 500 company Louisiana-Pacific after it was divested by forest products company Georgia-Pacific, which were both then headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Early life

Harry A. Merlo was born on March 5, 1925, the son of emigrants from Italy.[1] He grew up in Northern California in Stirling City where his mother ran a boarding house.[2] During World War II he was an officer in the United States Marine Corps.[2] He also graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.[2] After the war he started working in the timber business with Rounds and Kirkpatrick Lumber Company in 1949 where he remained until moving to Georgia-Pacific, another lumber company, in the 1960s.[1][2] He had one son, Harry Merlo Jr. Later in life he married Flo Newton.

Career

Merlo worked for Georgia-Pacific when Louisiana-Pacific (LP) was divested in 1973.[1] He was the CEO of the then Portland, Oregon-based company.[1] In July 1995, he was forced to resign from LP by the board of directors after the company faced several lawsuits over siding problems.[3]

During his time as leader of LP, he also was a professional sports owner. He owned the Portland Timbers, then of the NASL, from 1979 to 1982.[4] As a philanthropist, he donated money to the University of Portland, who named its soccer stadium in his honor.[1] Merlo also donated funds to the World Forestry Center and St. Mary's Home for Boys, among others.[1] The World Forestry Center's Merlo Hall and The Harry A. Merlo Award are both named in his honor.[2] He also had LP sponsor tennis events, including the Louisiana Pacific Coast Indoor.[5]

Later life

Following his departure from LP, he spent time running his winery in Sonoma County, California, along with his ranch in Eastern Oregon near La Grande.[4] In 2013, he led a failed effort to convert the Portland Water Bureau into an independent, but still public, entity.[6] Merlo died on October 24, 2016, at the age of 91.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Manning, Jeff (November 2, 2016). "Harry Merlo, last of the great timber chiefs, dies at 91". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Harry A. Merlo" (PDF). World Forestry Center. March 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ^ Schine, Eric (1 October 1995). "The Fall Of A Timber Baron". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Jaquiss, Nigel (October 30, 2016). "The Timber Baron Harry Merlo Died Last Week". Willamette Week. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. ^ Eggers, Kerry (October 27, 2016). "Shoes, Roses, Merlo and more". Portland Tribune. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. ^ Jaquiss, Nigel (October 1, 2013). "Mystery Man Revealed". Willamette Week. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

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